A fat and ugly vampire. One of my young cousins just saw the movie From Dusk Till Dawn.
The thing we noticed was that there are never fat or ugly vampires.
Usually, vampires are portrayed as the "Cool Kids" on the block (Lost Boys, Twilight).
And except for the Succubus played by Grace Jones,
Vampires are usually portrayed as sexy Sirens leading their victims to the rocky shores of lust. (Bloodrayne)
Even in video games - the ideal vampire is a sylphic seductress (Nitara - Mortal Kombat).
In movies, the image is much the same (Ultraviolet).
Even the urbane vampires who hunt the urban werewolves in Underworld are portrayed as sexy and glamorous.
And Salma... (From Dusk To Dawn).
And the hotness isn't limited to race. Aaliyah makes being damned seem desirable (Queen Of The Damned).
And Dracula pulled not one but three appropriately desirable women.I don't know...
Maybe those making these movies are afraid of a fat vampire.
If a thin vampire needed to kill that many people to survive, Imagine the damage done by a vampire the size of Mo'Nique!
Or maybe it's a play on the Biblical Whore of Babylon who leads men to their distruction through their various lusts.
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