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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:02,922 --> 00:00:05,085 Vampires are about sex and death. 2 00:00:05,127 --> 00:00:08,038 When the vampire bites... 3 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:09,078 [women gasping] 4 00:00:09,079 --> 00:00:10,702 Women swoon... 5 00:00:10,742 --> 00:00:12,490 [gasps] 6 00:00:12,532 --> 00:00:15,111 They're dangerous because they're seductive. 7 00:00:15,152 --> 00:00:17,024 What is seductive 8 00:00:17,066 --> 00:00:18,896 is often bad for us, 9 00:00:18,938 --> 00:00:20,519 is often dangerous. 10 00:00:20,561 --> 00:00:22,308 [skin crinkling] 11 00:00:22,349 --> 00:00:24,596 - [roars] - [hisses] 12 00:00:24,638 --> 00:00:26,593 It's not brutality for the sake 13 00:00:26,634 --> 00:00:27,758 of being brutal. 14 00:00:27,799 --> 00:00:29,338 It's survival. 15 00:00:29,380 --> 00:00:30,420 [rat squeaking] 16 00:00:30,462 --> 00:00:32,500 [screams] 17 00:00:32,542 --> 00:00:35,204 They are a drug addict, 18 00:00:35,246 --> 00:00:36,910 a historian, 19 00:00:36,952 --> 00:00:38,200 a serial killer, 20 00:00:38,241 --> 00:00:40,238 a hopeless romantic 21 00:00:40,279 --> 00:00:41,944 all at the same time. 22 00:00:41,985 --> 00:00:43,399 [screeches] 23 00:00:43,441 --> 00:00:45,563 It deals with the exchange of fluids. 24 00:00:45,604 --> 00:00:46,810 It deals with blood. 25 00:00:46,852 --> 00:00:48,100 It's too late. 26 00:00:48,142 --> 00:00:51,095 My blood is in your veins. 27 00:00:51,137 --> 00:00:53,259 Vampires are supposed to be awful... 28 00:00:53,301 --> 00:00:56,794 the stink of the grave, his fetid breath. 29 00:00:56,836 --> 00:00:59,458 It was supposed to be ugly and nasty. 30 00:00:59,500 --> 00:01:01,454 - [croaking] - [screams] 31 00:01:01,496 --> 00:01:02,744 And then there was "Twilight." 32 00:01:02,785 --> 00:01:04,866 [dark music] 33 00:01:04,908 --> 00:01:07,154 What's good about a "Twilight" movie is, 34 00:01:07,196 --> 00:01:08,610 it makes everybody who watches it 35 00:01:08,651 --> 00:01:10,274 feel like a 13-year-old girl. 36 00:01:10,316 --> 00:01:11,937 Vampires are the only ones 37 00:01:11,979 --> 00:01:13,727 that you can really make sexy and beautiful. 38 00:01:13,768 --> 00:01:15,599 - [breathing heavily] - We are immortal. 39 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:18,677 They've always been... since Anne Rice, anyway... 40 00:01:18,719 --> 00:01:21,423 allowed to be gay or bisexual. 41 00:01:21,465 --> 00:01:23,878 - This idea of... - Do you wanna do me now? 42 00:01:23,918 --> 00:01:25,375 - The taboo... - [hollering] 43 00:01:25,417 --> 00:01:27,080 - [growling] - Darkness. 44 00:01:27,122 --> 00:01:28,703 And, you know, if you're gonna tangle 45 00:01:28,744 --> 00:01:30,135 with the darkness... with the sexuality 46 00:01:30,159 --> 00:01:31,739 - and all of that... - [screams] 47 00:01:31,781 --> 00:01:33,820 Well, death is all around you. 48 00:01:33,862 --> 00:01:37,647 [vampires screeching] 49 00:01:37,689 --> 00:01:40,642 [sinister music] 50 00:01:40,684 --> 00:01:47,589 ♪♪ 51 00:01:57,907 --> 00:02:00,237 [chain saw revs] 52 00:02:04,646 --> 00:02:07,308 [foreboding music] 53 00:02:07,350 --> 00:02:09,930 Naughty little girl. 54 00:02:09,970 --> 00:02:12,550 - [screams] - Over the last 25 years, 55 00:02:12,592 --> 00:02:16,543 we've seen an explosion of vampire stories. 56 00:02:16,585 --> 00:02:17,958 ♪♪ 57 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:20,121 - [hisses] - [growls] 58 00:02:20,163 --> 00:02:22,409 - You're wrong. - "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" 59 00:02:22,451 --> 00:02:24,115 gave us bloodsucking bad boys 60 00:02:24,157 --> 00:02:27,277 the heroine both detested and desired. 61 00:02:27,319 --> 00:02:30,065 "Underworld" and "Blade" 62 00:02:30,105 --> 00:02:32,769 recast vampires as action heroes. 63 00:02:32,809 --> 00:02:34,806 [dramatic music] 64 00:02:34,848 --> 00:02:36,138 [growls] 65 00:02:36,180 --> 00:02:37,677 Art-horror films like 66 00:02:37,719 --> 00:02:40,049 "A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night" 67 00:02:40,090 --> 00:02:42,836 and "The Addiction" used vampires to tell 68 00:02:42,877 --> 00:02:46,247 allegorical tales about drug abuse. 69 00:02:46,289 --> 00:02:48,535 The "Twilight" books and films doubled down 70 00:02:48,577 --> 00:02:50,407 on vampire romance... 71 00:02:50,449 --> 00:02:52,695 - [breathing heavily] - While sex and splatter 72 00:02:52,737 --> 00:02:55,898 dominated the teen drama "The Vampire Diaries" 73 00:02:55,940 --> 00:02:59,975 and the very adult series "True Blood." 74 00:03:00,017 --> 00:03:02,471 Modern vampires come in many guises, 75 00:03:02,513 --> 00:03:06,299 but they all address a singular hunger. 76 00:03:06,340 --> 00:03:08,545 It's bringing together the two things 77 00:03:08,586 --> 00:03:10,708 that media culture seems to love the most: 78 00:03:10,749 --> 00:03:12,039 sex and violence. 79 00:03:12,081 --> 00:03:14,161 You know, it allows them to coexist 80 00:03:14,202 --> 00:03:16,615 in one figure. 81 00:03:16,657 --> 00:03:19,902 Vampires have been violent avatars of the erotic 82 00:03:19,944 --> 00:03:22,148 going all the way back to the king daddy 83 00:03:22,190 --> 00:03:23,937 of bloodsuckers. 84 00:03:23,979 --> 00:03:25,352 [dramatic music] 85 00:03:25,394 --> 00:03:27,515 I am Dracula. 86 00:03:27,556 --> 00:03:29,637 - I am Dracula. - I... 87 00:03:29,678 --> 00:03:31,758 am Dracula. 88 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:33,381 [wood creaking] 89 00:03:33,422 --> 00:03:37,124 Created in 1897 by novelist Bram Stoker, 90 00:03:37,166 --> 00:03:40,786 Dracula is a true icon of horror. 91 00:03:40,827 --> 00:03:43,656 But Stoker's Dracula was far more monstrous 92 00:03:43,697 --> 00:03:46,443 than the polished aristocrats we think of today. 93 00:03:46,485 --> 00:03:48,191 [fire crackling] 94 00:03:48,233 --> 00:03:50,437 I grew up reading "Dracula" 95 00:03:50,479 --> 00:03:53,266 and reading about the stink of the grave, 96 00:03:53,307 --> 00:03:55,678 the graveyard earth that the vampire was in 97 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:57,926 with the worms crawling in it, 98 00:03:57,966 --> 00:04:00,338 about his fetid breath. 99 00:04:00,379 --> 00:04:02,834 It was supposed to be ugly and nasty. 100 00:04:02,876 --> 00:04:05,871 Yeah, he's the original stalker, 101 00:04:05,913 --> 00:04:08,367 the original scary stranger, you know, 102 00:04:08,408 --> 00:04:10,198 the original serial killer. 103 00:04:10,239 --> 00:04:12,319 [hisses] 104 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:13,816 - [exclaims] - One of the reasons 105 00:04:13,858 --> 00:04:16,313 that Dracula has persisted for so long... 106 00:04:16,354 --> 00:04:18,642 as opposed to the Frankenstein monster, 107 00:04:18,684 --> 00:04:21,388 as opposed to the Wolfman or the Mummy... 108 00:04:21,430 --> 00:04:23,302 was, he was a character. 109 00:04:23,343 --> 00:04:25,008 He was a genuine... 110 00:04:25,048 --> 00:04:26,380 character. 111 00:04:26,422 --> 00:04:28,419 [sinister music] 112 00:04:28,460 --> 00:04:31,330 The first unauthorized adaptation of "Dracula" 113 00:04:31,372 --> 00:04:35,449 was the German silent film "Nosferatu." 114 00:04:35,490 --> 00:04:37,862 It was released in 1922, 115 00:04:37,903 --> 00:04:40,858 four years after the end of the First World War. 116 00:04:40,898 --> 00:04:43,187 ♪♪ 117 00:04:43,228 --> 00:04:45,101 The makers of "Nosferatu" 118 00:04:45,143 --> 00:04:47,263 intended that vampire 119 00:04:47,264 --> 00:04:49,885 to represent war itself... 120 00:04:49,926 --> 00:04:51,423 ♪♪ 121 00:04:51,465 --> 00:04:53,295 War as a cosmic vampire 122 00:04:53,337 --> 00:04:56,666 that had drained the blood out of Europe. 123 00:04:56,707 --> 00:04:58,454 And you watch the original "Nosferatu"... 124 00:04:58,496 --> 00:05:00,451 - Yeah. - It was terrifying. 125 00:05:00,493 --> 00:05:02,781 And I thought it was so cool that Tobe Hooper went 126 00:05:02,823 --> 00:05:05,818 to that kind of vampire in "Salem's Lot." 127 00:05:05,859 --> 00:05:08,022 - [hisses] - The bald vampire 128 00:05:08,064 --> 00:05:10,310 with the teeth like that always freaked me out. 129 00:05:10,352 --> 00:05:11,392 [screeches] 130 00:05:11,434 --> 00:05:14,929 ♪♪ 131 00:05:14,969 --> 00:05:17,466 The first official adaptation of "Dracula" 132 00:05:17,508 --> 00:05:20,628 starred the incomparable Bela Lugosi. 133 00:05:20,669 --> 00:05:23,248 Listen to them. 134 00:05:23,290 --> 00:05:26,785 The children of the night... 135 00:05:26,826 --> 00:05:29,946 what music they make. 136 00:05:29,988 --> 00:05:31,818 We all know the story: 137 00:05:31,860 --> 00:05:33,690 looking for new blood, 138 00:05:33,732 --> 00:05:35,687 the undead Count Dracula 139 00:05:35,729 --> 00:05:38,724 relocates from Transylvania to England. 140 00:05:38,766 --> 00:05:42,260 Once in London, the vampire begins to feed. 141 00:05:42,302 --> 00:05:45,172 [woman screams] He takes a special interest 142 00:05:45,213 --> 00:05:47,377 in corrupting a young woman whom he wants 143 00:05:47,419 --> 00:05:50,414 to turn into his vampire bride. 144 00:05:50,456 --> 00:05:52,244 In 1931, 145 00:05:52,286 --> 00:05:54,699 which was the worst year of the Great Depression, 146 00:05:54,741 --> 00:05:56,196 Universal took a chance 147 00:05:56,238 --> 00:05:59,482 on "Dracula" and "Frankenstein." 148 00:05:59,524 --> 00:06:03,019 We have this American public that has just endured 149 00:06:03,060 --> 00:06:04,932 the beginning of the Great Depression. 150 00:06:04,974 --> 00:06:06,430 They wanted to have some sort 151 00:06:06,471 --> 00:06:08,677 of foreign presence to go and blame 152 00:06:08,719 --> 00:06:10,192 for everything that was happening around them: 153 00:06:10,216 --> 00:06:11,731 for losing their jobs, for not being able 154 00:06:11,755 --> 00:06:13,627 to feed their family. 155 00:06:13,669 --> 00:06:15,666 People were on edge, 156 00:06:15,708 --> 00:06:19,284 and "Dracula" was the mysterious draining force 157 00:06:19,326 --> 00:06:21,572 that was at everybody's door. 158 00:06:21,614 --> 00:06:25,483 My blood now flows through her veins. 159 00:06:25,525 --> 00:06:28,437 I find it fascinating that anybody 160 00:06:28,479 --> 00:06:30,975 for years, decades to come 161 00:06:31,016 --> 00:06:32,972 who wanted to imitate Count Dracula 162 00:06:33,013 --> 00:06:34,885 did it with a Hungarian accent. 163 00:06:34,927 --> 00:06:37,048 - I am Dracula. - Greetings. 164 00:06:37,090 --> 00:06:38,296 It is I, the Count. 165 00:06:38,338 --> 00:06:40,751 Welcome to Hotel Transylvania! 166 00:06:40,793 --> 00:06:43,995 I didn't know Bela Lugosi 167 00:06:44,037 --> 00:06:46,284 was the name of a man. 168 00:06:46,325 --> 00:06:50,028 I thought all the horror film monsters 169 00:06:50,070 --> 00:06:52,274 and all the actors 170 00:06:52,316 --> 00:06:54,104 worked as a team... 171 00:06:54,146 --> 00:06:55,537 - [laughing] - And the name of the team 172 00:06:55,561 --> 00:06:58,431 was Bela Lugosi. 173 00:06:58,473 --> 00:07:00,886 Lugosi was a hard act to follow. 174 00:07:00,928 --> 00:07:03,673 It took nearly three decades for another Dracula 175 00:07:03,714 --> 00:07:05,378 to make his mark. 176 00:07:05,420 --> 00:07:08,082 But Christopher Lee made the role his own. 177 00:07:08,124 --> 00:07:10,246 Mr. Harker. 178 00:07:10,287 --> 00:07:12,242 I'm glad that you've arrived safely. 179 00:07:12,284 --> 00:07:13,990 Count Dracula? 180 00:07:14,032 --> 00:07:16,485 I am Dracula, and I welcome you to my house. 181 00:07:16,527 --> 00:07:19,273 Lee was both dapper, aristocratic, 182 00:07:19,315 --> 00:07:20,521 and terrifying. 183 00:07:20,563 --> 00:07:23,516 [sinister music] 184 00:07:23,558 --> 00:07:25,096 ♪♪ 185 00:07:25,097 --> 00:07:27,343 [screams] 186 00:07:27,385 --> 00:07:30,880 Very different than Lugosi's count. 187 00:07:30,921 --> 00:07:34,457 Bela Lugosi's Dracula never had fangs. 188 00:07:34,499 --> 00:07:36,371 They felt that fangs would have been 189 00:07:36,413 --> 00:07:39,117 too suggestive of penetration. 190 00:07:39,158 --> 00:07:41,363 Well, Christopher Lee... not only did he have fangs, 191 00:07:41,405 --> 00:07:43,318 but as he's approaching these women, 192 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:46,938 who at first are intimidated, they... 193 00:07:46,980 --> 00:07:49,850 start undoing their blouse, and they're like, 194 00:07:49,891 --> 00:07:50,931 you know, "Come at me. 195 00:07:50,973 --> 00:07:52,304 This is awesome." 196 00:07:52,346 --> 00:07:54,301 ♪♪ 197 00:07:54,343 --> 00:07:56,797 It's so interesting, the fear of female sexuality 198 00:07:56,839 --> 00:08:00,416 that is so powerful in "Dracula," 199 00:08:00,458 --> 00:08:03,328 the idea of a woman after having had sex, 200 00:08:03,370 --> 00:08:05,117 basically, after having been bitten 201 00:08:05,159 --> 00:08:07,489 and then transforming into this ravenous 202 00:08:07,531 --> 00:08:08,861 sexual creature. 203 00:08:08,903 --> 00:08:10,983 [hisses] 204 00:08:11,025 --> 00:08:12,481 [growls] 205 00:08:12,523 --> 00:08:14,520 It's... it's, like, so... 206 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:16,225 it's great, 'cause horror allows you 207 00:08:16,266 --> 00:08:18,804 to really express your fears in a very obvious way. 208 00:08:18,845 --> 00:08:20,635 [laughs] You know, go to town on them. 209 00:08:20,676 --> 00:08:22,174 Come. 210 00:08:22,216 --> 00:08:23,921 Let me kiss you. 211 00:08:23,962 --> 00:08:26,043 There have been many Draculas since Lugosi 212 00:08:26,084 --> 00:08:28,871 and Lee, but one truly stands out... 213 00:08:28,913 --> 00:08:30,619 [foreboding music] 214 00:08:30,660 --> 00:08:33,281 Gary Oldman in Francis Ford Coppola's 215 00:08:33,323 --> 00:08:35,611 epic 1992 adaptation. 216 00:08:35,652 --> 00:08:37,150 ♪♪ 217 00:08:37,192 --> 00:08:38,980 Gary Oldman, who plays Dracula, 218 00:08:39,022 --> 00:08:41,227 we have him being suave and sophisticated and sexy, 219 00:08:41,268 --> 00:08:44,014 and then the next minute, he's transforming into a wolf... 220 00:08:44,055 --> 00:08:45,387 a large wolf. 221 00:08:45,429 --> 00:08:47,342 And he is just maiming people. 222 00:08:47,384 --> 00:08:49,464 He's vicious. He's terrible. 223 00:08:49,505 --> 00:08:52,209 And somehow, it works. 224 00:08:52,251 --> 00:08:54,165 - [screams] - [growls] 225 00:08:54,206 --> 00:08:55,371 [eerie music] 226 00:08:55,413 --> 00:08:57,908 I loved Coppola's "Dracula," 227 00:08:57,950 --> 00:08:59,905 just the level of art direction, 228 00:08:59,947 --> 00:09:03,358 just how creative that was as a film... 229 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:05,022 [speaking foreign language] 230 00:09:05,064 --> 00:09:06,936 And what a mood it set. 231 00:09:06,978 --> 00:09:09,224 [ominous music] 232 00:09:09,266 --> 00:09:11,970 When he was doing Dracula point-of-view stuff, 233 00:09:12,011 --> 00:09:14,923 the way that he shot that was so exhilarating. 234 00:09:14,965 --> 00:09:17,003 - [growling] - [screams] 235 00:09:17,045 --> 00:09:19,250 [barking] [glass shatters] 236 00:09:19,291 --> 00:09:21,455 I think that helps paint a pretty picture... 237 00:09:21,496 --> 00:09:23,535 [laughing] Over the brutality of it all, 238 00:09:23,576 --> 00:09:25,365 and I think that is specific 239 00:09:25,407 --> 00:09:27,320 to the vampire genre. 240 00:09:27,362 --> 00:09:29,169 We're strong in the Lord and the power of his might. 241 00:09:29,193 --> 00:09:30,774 [speaking Latin] 242 00:09:30,815 --> 00:09:33,311 [screeches] 243 00:09:33,353 --> 00:09:35,932 I bring you from shadow into light! 244 00:09:35,973 --> 00:09:40,175 I cast you out, the Prince of Darkness! 245 00:09:40,217 --> 00:09:43,004 We see this extremely sympathetic Dracula 246 00:09:43,046 --> 00:09:45,250 because he misses his... 247 00:09:45,292 --> 00:09:47,954 his wife, who was killed, and then sees 248 00:09:47,996 --> 00:09:51,116 sort of her reincarnation in this modern-day gal. 249 00:09:51,158 --> 00:09:54,236 That completely revolutionized 250 00:09:54,278 --> 00:09:55,900 Dracula performances. 251 00:09:55,901 --> 00:09:58,771 It changed the... the filmic Dracula mythos. 252 00:09:58,812 --> 00:10:01,725 [dramatic music] 253 00:10:01,766 --> 00:10:03,014 [snarls] 254 00:10:03,056 --> 00:10:04,595 [growls] 255 00:10:04,637 --> 00:10:06,259 And, in fact, you could argue 256 00:10:06,301 --> 00:10:08,672 that we're still riding the wave from that film 257 00:10:08,713 --> 00:10:10,628 - even today. - [hollers] 258 00:10:10,668 --> 00:10:13,165 Mina. 259 00:10:13,206 --> 00:10:14,911 What Coppola did was, he portrayed 260 00:10:14,953 --> 00:10:16,950 a very tragic figure. 261 00:10:16,992 --> 00:10:19,405 The guy just wants to be loved. 262 00:10:19,447 --> 00:10:21,128 I mean, that's what all of the Universal monster movies 263 00:10:21,152 --> 00:10:23,149 have in common is that they're all just 264 00:10:23,190 --> 00:10:25,062 male archetypes who want 265 00:10:25,104 --> 00:10:26,436 the love and affection of a woman 266 00:10:26,477 --> 00:10:28,433 but because they're monsters, 267 00:10:28,473 --> 00:10:31,177 they're sort of scorned and rejected. 268 00:10:31,219 --> 00:10:33,716 [screams] 269 00:10:33,757 --> 00:10:36,919 The story of Dracula continues to resonate today. 270 00:10:36,961 --> 00:10:38,417 [both breathing heavily] But its fear 271 00:10:38,458 --> 00:10:40,996 of female sexuality is firmly rooted 272 00:10:41,037 --> 00:10:43,492 in 19th-century England. 273 00:10:43,534 --> 00:10:45,364 In the late 20th century, 274 00:10:45,406 --> 00:10:48,608 novelist Anne Rice created a new breed of vampire 275 00:10:48,650 --> 00:10:50,647 suited for the modern world, 276 00:10:50,689 --> 00:10:52,977 vampires as tortured heroes, 277 00:10:53,018 --> 00:10:55,764 amoral villains, and avatars 278 00:10:55,806 --> 00:10:57,553 of alternative sexuality. 279 00:11:01,630 --> 00:11:03,709 Pretend to drink, at least. 280 00:11:03,751 --> 00:11:06,705 [ominous music] 281 00:11:06,747 --> 00:11:08,245 ♪♪ 282 00:11:08,286 --> 00:11:10,616 Such fine crystal shouldn't go to waste. 283 00:11:12,113 --> 00:11:15,399 Anne Rice dominates modern vampire fiction. 284 00:11:15,441 --> 00:11:18,187 Her books turned the genre inside out. 285 00:11:18,229 --> 00:11:20,933 Rice's vampires were beautiful monsters 286 00:11:20,974 --> 00:11:23,844 with tortured souls. 287 00:11:23,886 --> 00:11:26,132 As soon as I started to write what's called fantasy, 288 00:11:26,174 --> 00:11:27,963 I was able to touch reality. 289 00:11:28,005 --> 00:11:29,752 I was able to talk about my world. 290 00:11:29,793 --> 00:11:31,500 I was able to talk about good and evil 291 00:11:31,540 --> 00:11:33,496 and guilt and pain and suffering, 292 00:11:33,537 --> 00:11:35,285 but I had to do it in that context, 293 00:11:35,327 --> 00:11:37,573 with that frame of fantasy around it. 294 00:11:37,615 --> 00:11:40,859 Rice's first novel, "Interview with the Vampire," 295 00:11:40,901 --> 00:11:44,520 was made into a film in 1994. 296 00:11:44,562 --> 00:11:45,976 The story follows 297 00:11:46,018 --> 00:11:47,432 the centuries-long relationship 298 00:11:47,474 --> 00:11:49,345 between the vampire Lestat 299 00:11:49,387 --> 00:11:53,007 and Louis, a troubled New Orleans aristocrat. 300 00:11:53,048 --> 00:11:55,253 Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt... 301 00:11:55,295 --> 00:11:57,459 two of the biggest stars of modern times... 302 00:11:57,499 --> 00:11:58,498 played the leads. 303 00:11:58,540 --> 00:11:59,996 The Paris opera is in town. 304 00:12:00,037 --> 00:12:03,199 We can try some French cui... cuisine. 305 00:12:04,322 --> 00:12:07,650 Forgive me if I have a lingering respect for life. 306 00:12:07,692 --> 00:12:10,521 The Louis character didn't want to be a vampire, 307 00:12:10,563 --> 00:12:12,560 and he didn't like the brutal killing aspect. 308 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:15,846 - [hollers] - And then you have Lestat, 309 00:12:15,887 --> 00:12:18,008 who just enjoys and revels in all of it. 310 00:12:18,050 --> 00:12:20,172 - Why do you do this? - I like to do it. 311 00:12:20,214 --> 00:12:21,753 I enjoy it. 312 00:12:21,795 --> 00:12:23,251 There was a lot of controversy 313 00:12:23,292 --> 00:12:26,080 about casting Tom Cruise, 314 00:12:26,121 --> 00:12:28,492 but between Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, 315 00:12:28,534 --> 00:12:31,030 and Kirsten Dunst, I thought they really nailed it. 316 00:12:31,072 --> 00:12:32,528 I was surprised. 317 00:12:32,569 --> 00:12:34,690 I went in skeptical but came out a fan. 318 00:12:34,732 --> 00:12:36,313 [tense music] 319 00:12:36,355 --> 00:12:38,643 You see the old woman? 320 00:12:38,684 --> 00:12:40,391 That will never happen to you. 321 00:12:40,431 --> 00:12:44,093 You will never grow old, and you will never die. 322 00:12:44,134 --> 00:12:46,173 That goes down as one of the great 323 00:12:46,215 --> 00:12:48,169 child's performances. 324 00:12:48,211 --> 00:12:50,166 Once in a while, it happens 325 00:12:50,208 --> 00:12:52,704 that a kid can kick so much ass in a movie. 326 00:12:52,746 --> 00:12:54,950 You give her to me, Louis! 327 00:12:54,992 --> 00:12:58,652 Do this before you leave me! 328 00:12:58,694 --> 00:13:00,026 [crying] 329 00:13:00,068 --> 00:13:01,731 Oh, God. 330 00:13:01,773 --> 00:13:03,562 I love you still. 331 00:13:03,604 --> 00:13:06,390 My dark angel, when you are gone. 332 00:13:06,432 --> 00:13:07,889 [somber music] 333 00:13:07,929 --> 00:13:10,717 What do you think she is, Madeleine? 334 00:13:10,759 --> 00:13:12,090 ♪♪ 335 00:13:12,132 --> 00:13:13,962 A doll? 336 00:13:14,004 --> 00:13:16,167 ♪♪ 337 00:13:16,208 --> 00:13:18,413 A child who cannot die. 338 00:13:18,455 --> 00:13:19,828 [locket snaps] 339 00:13:19,870 --> 00:13:21,991 And the child who did die? 340 00:13:22,033 --> 00:13:24,487 Claudia's probably the best part of the movie. 341 00:13:24,529 --> 00:13:27,316 You know, the idea of a vampire 342 00:13:27,357 --> 00:13:29,479 being forced to age in the body 343 00:13:29,521 --> 00:13:33,057 of, what, a ten-year-old girl? 344 00:13:33,098 --> 00:13:37,425 To see a character that is granted immortality, 345 00:13:37,466 --> 00:13:39,630 but the downside being she never gets to grow up 346 00:13:39,671 --> 00:13:41,876 to become a woman, like, that's heartbreaking. 347 00:13:41,918 --> 00:13:43,291 [tense music] 348 00:13:43,332 --> 00:13:45,745 Anne Rice lost a daughter 349 00:13:45,787 --> 00:13:47,992 at a very young age, 350 00:13:48,033 --> 00:13:51,902 and Claudia in the novel was an homage to that. 351 00:13:51,944 --> 00:13:54,690 - Mama. - Oh, shh. 352 00:13:54,731 --> 00:13:56,520 Hush, now. Don't cry. 353 00:13:56,561 --> 00:13:58,683 - We'll find her. - Mama. 354 00:13:58,724 --> 00:14:00,888 Oh. 355 00:14:00,930 --> 00:14:03,883 The vampires Lestat, Louis, and Claudia 356 00:14:03,925 --> 00:14:05,922 form a family of outsiders 357 00:14:05,964 --> 00:14:08,750 headed by two fathers. 358 00:14:08,792 --> 00:14:11,247 The arrangement suggested gay marriage 359 00:14:11,288 --> 00:14:14,824 years before that was accepted by mainstream society. 360 00:14:14,866 --> 00:14:17,154 One happy family. 361 00:14:17,195 --> 00:14:20,565 The novel was intentionally homoerotic. 362 00:14:20,607 --> 00:14:22,270 Even though I think they downplayed 363 00:14:22,312 --> 00:14:24,309 a little bit of the homoeroticism 364 00:14:24,351 --> 00:14:27,055 that was in novel, it was still there. 365 00:14:27,096 --> 00:14:31,589 I've drained you to the point of death. 366 00:14:31,631 --> 00:14:34,127 Using it as a cultural link 367 00:14:34,169 --> 00:14:36,373 with homosexuality... 368 00:14:36,415 --> 00:14:37,871 - Yes. - Has been part 369 00:14:37,913 --> 00:14:39,743 of the vampire mystique, but I mean, 370 00:14:39,784 --> 00:14:43,030 when you couldn't deal with homo... homosexuality, 371 00:14:43,071 --> 00:14:46,025 you could deal with it to some degree or another 372 00:14:46,026 --> 00:14:47,606 in vampire movies, 373 00:14:47,647 --> 00:14:50,975 even going back as far as the '30s. 374 00:14:51,017 --> 00:14:53,221 - Really? - Yeah, "Dracula's Daughter." 375 00:14:53,263 --> 00:14:56,050 I suppose you'll want these pulled down, won't you? 376 00:14:56,092 --> 00:14:57,174 Yes. 377 00:14:57,215 --> 00:14:59,503 Probably the most famous 378 00:14:59,545 --> 00:15:01,293 lesbian sequence... 379 00:15:01,333 --> 00:15:03,705 - Mm-hmm. - In an American movie 380 00:15:03,746 --> 00:15:05,036 made in the '30s. 381 00:15:05,078 --> 00:15:07,740 Why are you looking at me that way? 382 00:15:07,782 --> 00:15:09,862 Won't I do? 383 00:15:09,903 --> 00:15:11,859 Yes, you'll do very well indeed. 384 00:15:11,900 --> 00:15:15,062 The suggestion of a female seduction 385 00:15:15,104 --> 00:15:16,934 is just right there. 386 00:15:16,976 --> 00:15:19,264 That's just... it's just there. 387 00:15:19,305 --> 00:15:20,845 It's not even subtext. 388 00:15:20,886 --> 00:15:23,674 You are out of your mind. 389 00:15:23,715 --> 00:15:26,669 [intimate music] 390 00:15:26,710 --> 00:15:30,247 ♪♪ 391 00:15:30,288 --> 00:15:33,034 It was commonplace, particularly in the '70s... 392 00:15:33,075 --> 00:15:35,904 lesbians would, like, say, "Oh, wow, I-I just saw 393 00:15:35,946 --> 00:15:38,026 "this magnificent movie 394 00:15:38,068 --> 00:15:40,979 "about these two women that were in love, and it... 395 00:15:41,021 --> 00:15:43,351 "and it really played the relationship 396 00:15:43,392 --> 00:15:44,848 "for all it's worth. 397 00:15:44,890 --> 00:15:46,405 I mean, they're vampires, all right, but..." 398 00:15:46,429 --> 00:15:47,528 - "But..." That's... yeah. - [laughs] 399 00:15:47,552 --> 00:15:48,842 Well, this is one 400 00:15:48,884 --> 00:15:50,423 of the cool things about horror 401 00:15:50,464 --> 00:15:51,855 is that historically, it's always been able 402 00:15:51,879 --> 00:15:53,626 to deal with taboo subjects. 403 00:15:53,667 --> 00:15:55,248 [dark music] 404 00:15:55,290 --> 00:15:58,368 In recent times, the challenging of taboos 405 00:15:58,410 --> 00:15:59,991 was taken to new levels 406 00:16:00,033 --> 00:16:02,446 by the television series "True Blood." 407 00:16:02,487 --> 00:16:05,524 It cut open the veins of vampirism 408 00:16:05,565 --> 00:16:08,769 and let the pansexual eroticism gush out. 409 00:16:08,810 --> 00:16:09,975 [roars] 410 00:16:13,802 --> 00:16:15,508 The many sides of vampires... 411 00:16:15,550 --> 00:16:17,213 the danger and the romance, 412 00:16:17,255 --> 00:16:18,961 the threat and the fun... 413 00:16:19,003 --> 00:16:21,749 were all on full display in the long-running 414 00:16:21,790 --> 00:16:23,995 HBO series "True Blood," 415 00:16:24,037 --> 00:16:26,699 which debuted in 2008. 416 00:16:26,741 --> 00:16:28,280 I... 417 00:16:28,321 --> 00:16:31,858 never thought I would be having sex with you. 418 00:16:31,898 --> 00:16:34,728 Who said anything about sex? 419 00:16:34,769 --> 00:16:37,723 [foreboding music] 420 00:16:37,764 --> 00:16:39,928 ♪♪ 421 00:16:39,970 --> 00:16:42,965 "True Blood" was based on the Southern Vampire Mysteries 422 00:16:43,007 --> 00:16:44,837 by Charlaine Harris. 423 00:16:44,878 --> 00:16:47,374 Over seven seasons, the series followed 424 00:16:47,416 --> 00:16:49,912 its heroine, Sookie Stackhouse, 425 00:16:49,954 --> 00:16:52,242 as she made her way through a world 426 00:16:52,283 --> 00:16:54,697 where vampires emerged from the shadows 427 00:16:54,737 --> 00:16:57,441 and entered mainstream society. 428 00:16:57,483 --> 00:16:59,231 ♪♪ 429 00:16:59,272 --> 00:17:00,770 The epicenter of "True Blood" 430 00:17:00,812 --> 00:17:03,225 is in Louisiana, 431 00:17:03,265 --> 00:17:06,885 and, basically, vampires have been around forever, 432 00:17:06,927 --> 00:17:08,757 but they kind of come out of the closet... 433 00:17:08,799 --> 00:17:10,421 or the coffin, I should say... 434 00:17:10,463 --> 00:17:15,372 and they decide to live amongst the living. 435 00:17:15,413 --> 00:17:17,992 As you can see, I did not burst into flames. 436 00:17:18,034 --> 00:17:19,490 [scattered laughter] 437 00:17:19,531 --> 00:17:21,861 It becomes a metaphor for so many 438 00:17:21,903 --> 00:17:24,025 different rights movements 439 00:17:24,067 --> 00:17:27,436 and how they're both ostracized. 440 00:17:27,478 --> 00:17:29,557 When I started on "True Blood," 441 00:17:29,599 --> 00:17:31,638 all we knew about Pam at the beginning 442 00:17:31,679 --> 00:17:34,633 was that she was the lieutenant 443 00:17:34,674 --> 00:17:36,630 to this vampire, her maker, 444 00:17:36,671 --> 00:17:39,084 and that she cared about nothing else. 445 00:17:39,126 --> 00:17:41,539 I find myself doubting whether you were ever 446 00:17:41,580 --> 00:17:43,535 truly human. 447 00:17:43,577 --> 00:17:44,825 Thank you. 448 00:17:44,867 --> 00:17:46,448 Pam... 449 00:17:46,489 --> 00:17:48,611 objectifying, 450 00:17:48,652 --> 00:17:49,901 murdering, 451 00:17:49,942 --> 00:17:52,979 literally eating men 452 00:17:53,021 --> 00:17:54,767 was one of my favorite parts. 453 00:17:54,809 --> 00:17:56,639 [roars] 454 00:17:56,681 --> 00:17:58,803 I don't know a lot of men 455 00:17:58,845 --> 00:18:01,091 who are aware of where to park 456 00:18:01,133 --> 00:18:03,421 in a parking lot... not next to a minivan, 457 00:18:03,462 --> 00:18:05,834 to carry your keys between your fingers; 458 00:18:05,876 --> 00:18:07,664 when you're parking at the airport, 459 00:18:07,706 --> 00:18:09,952 to look for where it's most lit. 460 00:18:09,994 --> 00:18:12,365 It's just part of a woman's life. 461 00:18:12,407 --> 00:18:14,861 To be the top of the food chain 462 00:18:14,902 --> 00:18:17,066 was so refreshing. 463 00:18:17,108 --> 00:18:20,726 I'll give you 24 hours to deliver that witch to me. 464 00:18:20,768 --> 00:18:23,805 And if you don't, I will personally eat, 465 00:18:23,847 --> 00:18:26,509 [...], and kill all three of you. 466 00:18:26,551 --> 00:18:28,215 [tense music] 467 00:18:28,257 --> 00:18:29,754 I was never good at the vampire teeth, 468 00:18:29,796 --> 00:18:31,293 - and I never got better. - [squeals] 469 00:18:31,335 --> 00:18:32,999 Huh? What... what's that? 470 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:35,079 I-I can't understand you. 471 00:18:35,120 --> 00:18:36,968 The thing I struggled with the most was the teeth... 472 00:18:36,992 --> 00:18:38,698 talking with the teeth. 473 00:18:38,740 --> 00:18:40,737 What do you expect when you come into my house 474 00:18:40,778 --> 00:18:42,275 and [...] with me? 475 00:18:42,276 --> 00:18:43,981 It's hard trying to act 476 00:18:44,023 --> 00:18:46,727 with a piece of your body that you don't normally have. 477 00:18:46,769 --> 00:18:49,140 [hisses] 478 00:18:49,182 --> 00:18:51,220 It's been a long time since I've done this. 479 00:18:51,261 --> 00:18:53,425 - A man? - No. 480 00:18:53,467 --> 00:18:55,006 A vampire. 481 00:18:55,048 --> 00:18:57,252 "True Blood's" often comic tone 482 00:18:57,294 --> 00:18:59,540 masked its serious intent: 483 00:18:59,582 --> 00:19:01,828 trying to make sense of sexual identity 484 00:19:01,870 --> 00:19:03,742 in the 21st century. 485 00:19:03,784 --> 00:19:10,273 ♪♪ 486 00:19:10,315 --> 00:19:13,060 My character was mainly gay... 487 00:19:13,102 --> 00:19:15,848 There's vampire in your cleavage. 488 00:19:15,890 --> 00:19:16,929 ♪♪ 489 00:19:16,971 --> 00:19:19,426 [gasps] Okay, ew. 490 00:19:19,467 --> 00:19:21,464 She just had it with men. 491 00:19:21,505 --> 00:19:24,876 She came from a time... in early 1900... 492 00:19:24,916 --> 00:19:27,288 where women had a very hard time. 493 00:19:27,329 --> 00:19:28,994 - [hollers] - That's right, whore. 494 00:19:29,035 --> 00:19:31,407 [screaming] 495 00:19:31,449 --> 00:19:33,778 Vampires just in general kind of go both ways. 496 00:19:33,819 --> 00:19:35,234 They're kind of bisexual. 497 00:19:35,276 --> 00:19:37,397 They kind of... whatever, and so I love 498 00:19:37,439 --> 00:19:40,059 that writers explored sexuality 499 00:19:40,101 --> 00:19:42,265 in relationships with characters that wouldn't 500 00:19:42,305 --> 00:19:45,009 normally, I think, maybe have a relationship like that. 501 00:19:45,051 --> 00:19:47,132 It's appealing because we live in the United States 502 00:19:47,173 --> 00:19:50,043 and a culture that is very sexual 503 00:19:50,085 --> 00:19:52,290 and yet very sexually repressive. 504 00:19:52,332 --> 00:19:56,534 The idea of the vampire as a kind of sexy monster 505 00:19:56,575 --> 00:19:59,321 fits very well with the United States' kind of 506 00:19:59,362 --> 00:20:03,772 complicated relationship to sexuality. 507 00:20:03,814 --> 00:20:06,434 "True Blood" reflected America's gradual acceptance 508 00:20:06,476 --> 00:20:08,473 of gay rights, but it made a point 509 00:20:08,515 --> 00:20:11,052 of showing those rights could be taken away 510 00:20:11,094 --> 00:20:13,382 at any time. 511 00:20:13,423 --> 00:20:15,212 Got to season six, and it was about 512 00:20:15,253 --> 00:20:17,376 the vamp camp and how the vampires 513 00:20:17,417 --> 00:20:19,830 were sort, of like, being herded into these camps 514 00:20:19,871 --> 00:20:22,700 because of who they were and they were a threat. 515 00:20:22,742 --> 00:20:24,530 [vampires hissing] 516 00:20:24,572 --> 00:20:26,403 [all screaming] 517 00:20:26,444 --> 00:20:28,899 And that directly correlates just to social issues in life, 518 00:20:28,940 --> 00:20:31,312 of just being minorities in life that sort of 519 00:20:31,354 --> 00:20:33,516 aren't feeling equal. 520 00:20:33,558 --> 00:20:35,181 So you're not gonna read me my rights? 521 00:20:35,222 --> 00:20:37,385 You don't have any rights, vampire. 522 00:20:37,427 --> 00:20:40,505 I am sure that there's a lot of people 523 00:20:40,547 --> 00:20:42,128 in the "True Blood" audience 524 00:20:42,170 --> 00:20:45,373 who would not vote for equal rights 525 00:20:45,414 --> 00:20:47,536 - in a lot of arenas... - [hiccups] 526 00:20:47,578 --> 00:20:50,324 But because they were just being entertained... 527 00:20:50,365 --> 00:20:52,528 I did not see that [...] coming. 528 00:20:52,570 --> 00:20:55,025 That opens the opportunity 529 00:20:55,065 --> 00:20:57,478 through entertainment to go, "Well, 530 00:20:57,520 --> 00:20:59,392 "you like this character, 531 00:20:59,434 --> 00:21:01,015 "you're rooting for him, 532 00:21:01,056 --> 00:21:03,802 and he sleeps with men and women." 533 00:21:03,844 --> 00:21:05,466 [both grunt] 534 00:21:05,508 --> 00:21:07,338 "True Blood" used the vampire metaphor 535 00:21:07,380 --> 00:21:10,916 to explore the shifting sands of adult sexuality, 536 00:21:10,957 --> 00:21:14,119 but vampire stories have also perfectly captured 537 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:17,239 the joys and agonies of being a teenager. 538 00:21:17,281 --> 00:21:18,987 What's happening to me, Star? 539 00:21:22,730 --> 00:21:24,103 [sinister music] 540 00:21:24,144 --> 00:21:25,725 The teenage years are filled 541 00:21:25,767 --> 00:21:28,347 with big emotions and raging hormones. 542 00:21:28,388 --> 00:21:30,717 It's a time when everything seems 543 00:21:30,759 --> 00:21:32,965 like a matter of life and death. 544 00:21:33,005 --> 00:21:36,085 So when Joel Schumacher's 1987 film 545 00:21:36,125 --> 00:21:39,538 "The Lost Boys" put vampires and teenagers together, 546 00:21:39,578 --> 00:21:42,366 a new kind of horror film was born. 547 00:21:42,407 --> 00:21:44,779 "Lost Boys" was great, 'cause who would imagine 548 00:21:44,820 --> 00:21:47,608 of taking the legend of Peter Pan, 549 00:21:47,650 --> 00:21:50,021 of the boys who never grow up, 550 00:21:50,062 --> 00:21:52,683 who are just kind of rowdy rock-and-roll vampires? 551 00:21:52,725 --> 00:21:54,430 [engines roaring] 552 00:21:54,472 --> 00:21:56,307 The whole thing is set to this kind of, like, 553 00:21:56,344 --> 00:21:58,673 '80s rock-and-roll thing: 554 00:21:58,715 --> 00:22:03,374 big hair; oiled-up, shirtless saxophone players. 555 00:22:03,416 --> 00:22:05,787 That's "The Lost Boys." 556 00:22:05,829 --> 00:22:07,493 [dark music] 557 00:22:07,534 --> 00:22:09,822 You've got a family that moves to this town. 558 00:22:09,864 --> 00:22:14,399 The older son, A, falls for a girl 559 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:17,560 and, B, discovers that the town is overrun 560 00:22:17,602 --> 00:22:19,931 with some very dark things that are happening. 561 00:22:19,973 --> 00:22:22,386 ♪♪ 562 00:22:22,428 --> 00:22:24,674 You had this incredibly dark, sexy component 563 00:22:24,716 --> 00:22:28,210 of, like, Kiefer Sutherland and Jami Gertz. 564 00:22:28,252 --> 00:22:30,290 Like, that was... they were beautiful. 565 00:22:30,331 --> 00:22:32,245 I'm over here, Michael. 566 00:22:32,287 --> 00:22:35,657 So it was sort of, like, dark, glamorous, sexy... 567 00:22:35,698 --> 00:22:38,319 Be one of us. 568 00:22:38,361 --> 00:22:41,605 And it was about kids saving the day. 569 00:22:41,647 --> 00:22:42,728 Hey, man. 570 00:22:42,770 --> 00:22:44,226 Read this. 571 00:22:44,268 --> 00:22:46,930 I told you, I don't like horror comics. 572 00:22:46,972 --> 00:22:49,676 Think of it more as a survival manual. 573 00:22:49,717 --> 00:22:52,838 We identified with it because the two kids, 574 00:22:52,879 --> 00:22:55,500 you know, hung out at a comic book shop, 575 00:22:55,542 --> 00:22:57,622 and they knew every rule 576 00:22:57,664 --> 00:22:59,701 about how to kill monsters. 577 00:22:59,743 --> 00:23:01,241 So that's what we were all about. 578 00:23:01,282 --> 00:23:02,947 Awesome monster bashers. 579 00:23:02,988 --> 00:23:05,235 - The meanest. - The baddest. 580 00:23:05,276 --> 00:23:07,065 [all grunt] 581 00:23:07,107 --> 00:23:08,938 Well, I-I based them on Rambo. 582 00:23:08,978 --> 00:23:11,101 I told them, "I want you to be like little Rambos." 583 00:23:11,142 --> 00:23:13,098 Okay, where's Nosferatu? 584 00:23:13,139 --> 00:23:14,595 - Who? - Prince of Darkness. 585 00:23:14,637 --> 00:23:16,093 The night crawler. The bloodsucker. 586 00:23:16,134 --> 00:23:17,466 El vampiro. 587 00:23:17,507 --> 00:23:18,797 For 13-year-old boys, 588 00:23:18,838 --> 00:23:20,211 I mean, they were obsessed with it. 589 00:23:20,252 --> 00:23:21,875 [engines revving] 590 00:23:21,917 --> 00:23:24,496 "The Lost Boys" was vampire and horror 591 00:23:24,537 --> 00:23:26,992 for the MTV generation, 592 00:23:27,034 --> 00:23:29,654 so the way it was edited, the way it was scored, 593 00:23:29,696 --> 00:23:32,068 and the whole look of the vampires. 594 00:23:32,109 --> 00:23:35,354 I told you to stay off the boardwalk. 595 00:23:35,395 --> 00:23:36,994 Even when I was auditioning, it was like, 596 00:23:37,018 --> 00:23:38,450 "You guys are gonna be riding Triumphs. 597 00:23:38,474 --> 00:23:39,971 You're gonna have leather jackets on." 598 00:23:40,013 --> 00:23:41,802 Like, I thought I was gonna die 599 00:23:41,844 --> 00:23:43,923 when I saw what he wanted me to look like. 600 00:23:43,965 --> 00:23:45,754 Marko. 601 00:23:45,795 --> 00:23:47,252 Good night, Michael. 602 00:23:47,294 --> 00:23:48,292 Bombs away. 603 00:23:48,334 --> 00:23:49,539 I was, like, you know, 604 00:23:49,540 --> 00:23:51,537 this scrappy NYU film student 605 00:23:51,578 --> 00:23:53,200 from, like, the Lower East Side. 606 00:23:53,242 --> 00:23:54,841 I mean, who the hell else was gonna get me 607 00:23:54,865 --> 00:23:56,820 in 14-inch hair extensions? 608 00:23:56,862 --> 00:23:59,399 But I did... and I wore chaps, you know? 609 00:23:59,441 --> 00:24:02,561 So that tells you a lot about wanting to keep Joel happy. 610 00:24:02,602 --> 00:24:04,100 [engines revving] 611 00:24:04,142 --> 00:24:05,432 [breathing shakily] 612 00:24:05,473 --> 00:24:08,094 - Come on, Michael! - [grunts] 613 00:24:08,136 --> 00:24:10,340 I said to everybody at Warner Brothers, 614 00:24:10,382 --> 00:24:12,503 "Let's not make excuses for this movie. 615 00:24:12,545 --> 00:24:14,542 It's a teenage vampire film." 616 00:24:14,583 --> 00:24:15,665 Come on! 617 00:24:15,707 --> 00:24:17,162 Can we make the best one 618 00:24:17,204 --> 00:24:18,369 that's ever been made? 619 00:24:18,411 --> 00:24:19,866 We can die trying. 620 00:24:19,908 --> 00:24:21,947 [shouts] 621 00:24:21,989 --> 00:24:24,068 [grunting] 622 00:24:24,110 --> 00:24:25,941 [engine rumbling] 623 00:24:25,983 --> 00:24:28,687 I think Joel may or may not kill me for saying this, 624 00:24:28,727 --> 00:24:32,846 but I mean, the movie... it's "Rebel Without a Cause." 625 00:24:32,888 --> 00:24:34,718 It's really a Nick Ray movie. 626 00:24:34,760 --> 00:24:36,839 [tires squealing] 627 00:24:36,881 --> 00:24:38,629 [engines roaring] 628 00:24:38,671 --> 00:24:41,042 [dramatic music] 629 00:24:41,084 --> 00:24:43,121 It's a straight-up 630 00:24:43,163 --> 00:24:45,534 teen-sploitation, 631 00:24:45,576 --> 00:24:48,280 burgeoning sexuality. 632 00:24:48,322 --> 00:24:51,026 It's death, fear of mortality. 633 00:24:51,068 --> 00:24:52,649 I mean, it gets into all the things 634 00:24:52,690 --> 00:24:55,435 that great vampire stories get into. 635 00:24:55,477 --> 00:24:56,618 They must have hidden their coffins 636 00:24:56,642 --> 00:24:58,722 around here someplace. 637 00:24:58,764 --> 00:25:00,594 There's nothing here. Let's go, guys. 638 00:25:00,636 --> 00:25:03,923 - Jesus! - [screams] 639 00:25:03,963 --> 00:25:06,169 [dark music] 640 00:25:06,211 --> 00:25:08,166 I end up getting staked in the chest 641 00:25:08,207 --> 00:25:10,204 by the two Coreys... 642 00:25:10,245 --> 00:25:12,783 Good night, bloodsucker. 643 00:25:12,825 --> 00:25:14,364 - [hisses] - No! 644 00:25:14,405 --> 00:25:16,652 [roars] [boys screaming] 645 00:25:16,694 --> 00:25:19,689 And then die in a bath of glittery glue blood. 646 00:25:19,731 --> 00:25:22,185 [roaring] [boys screaming] 647 00:25:22,226 --> 00:25:24,639 So that's... to not spoil all of it for you, 648 00:25:24,681 --> 00:25:26,053 that's basically my demise. 649 00:25:26,095 --> 00:25:27,634 [hisses] 650 00:25:27,676 --> 00:25:29,590 [pipes gurgling, sinks rattling] 651 00:25:29,631 --> 00:25:31,961 [both shouting] 652 00:25:32,003 --> 00:25:34,083 [pipes clanging] 653 00:25:34,124 --> 00:25:36,495 All right, not to get too heavy, but obviously, 654 00:25:36,537 --> 00:25:38,368 there's no way it was lost on Joel 655 00:25:38,409 --> 00:25:40,905 that the movie was made in the... in the era of AIDS, 656 00:25:40,947 --> 00:25:42,570 when that was really exploding. 657 00:25:42,611 --> 00:25:44,358 To date, the AIDS virus has claimed 658 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:46,604 over 24,000 lives, 659 00:25:46,646 --> 00:25:48,601 the majority homosexual men. 660 00:25:48,643 --> 00:25:50,806 The stigmatizing of the gay population for, 661 00:25:50,848 --> 00:25:52,637 "Well, if you're gonna have that kind of sex, 662 00:25:52,679 --> 00:25:54,218 then you're gonna die"... 663 00:25:54,259 --> 00:25:56,880 That was very much in the news and in writing 664 00:25:56,922 --> 00:25:58,669 - at the time in the '80s. - [hisses] 665 00:25:58,710 --> 00:25:59,917 It's too late. 666 00:25:59,959 --> 00:26:02,829 My blood is in your veins. 667 00:26:02,870 --> 00:26:05,325 When the AIDS crisis hit, 668 00:26:05,367 --> 00:26:07,529 there was suddenly this renaissance 669 00:26:07,530 --> 00:26:09,320 of vampire movies. 670 00:26:09,360 --> 00:26:12,647 Vampires are metaphors, clearly, for sex and death. 671 00:26:12,688 --> 00:26:15,351 [screams] 672 00:26:15,392 --> 00:26:18,222 I think it's a good example of how a real-life trauma, 673 00:26:18,262 --> 00:26:21,424 especially one that seems uncontrollable, 674 00:26:21,466 --> 00:26:25,585 is responded to by the creation of horror entertainment. 675 00:26:25,626 --> 00:26:29,412 [screaming] 676 00:26:29,454 --> 00:26:30,951 If people just want to see it 677 00:26:30,993 --> 00:26:32,449 as an entertainment, that's fine. 678 00:26:32,491 --> 00:26:34,112 If they want to read other things in it, 679 00:26:34,154 --> 00:26:35,444 that's fine. 680 00:26:35,486 --> 00:26:37,025 And if they don't enjoy it, 681 00:26:37,067 --> 00:26:38,855 well, that's a reaction too. 682 00:26:38,897 --> 00:26:41,268 [spits] [laughter] 683 00:26:42,349 --> 00:26:45,595 Vampires remind us that looks can be deceiving. 684 00:26:45,636 --> 00:26:48,132 We never really know what lies beneath 685 00:26:48,174 --> 00:26:50,087 the surface of a stranger. 686 00:26:50,129 --> 00:26:51,270 [distorted voice] I love you too, Seth. 687 00:26:51,294 --> 00:26:52,292 [roars] 688 00:26:55,953 --> 00:26:58,450 Back, spawn of Satan! 689 00:26:58,491 --> 00:27:00,571 [laughing] 690 00:27:00,612 --> 00:27:01,777 [tense music] 691 00:27:01,819 --> 00:27:03,316 My favorite thing, I think, 692 00:27:03,358 --> 00:27:05,521 about horror and fantasy and science fiction 693 00:27:05,563 --> 00:27:06,561 is, you can make it up. 694 00:27:06,562 --> 00:27:08,101 It's... there are no rules. 695 00:27:08,143 --> 00:27:11,554 Any genre, every individual project, 696 00:27:11,595 --> 00:27:14,091 you have to invent your own rules, 697 00:27:14,133 --> 00:27:17,585 so in some movies, vampires can't be seen in a mirror. 698 00:27:17,627 --> 00:27:20,580 In other movies, they have to be killed with silver. 699 00:27:20,622 --> 00:27:22,703 [flesh sizzling] 700 00:27:22,744 --> 00:27:24,491 What about crucifixes? 701 00:27:24,533 --> 00:27:27,404 Actually, I'm quite fond of looking at crucifixes. 702 00:27:27,445 --> 00:27:29,692 How about the old stake-through-the-heart thing? 703 00:27:29,733 --> 00:27:32,187 The vulgar fictions of a demented Irishman. 704 00:27:32,229 --> 00:27:33,810 You can follow the rules of the genre 705 00:27:33,851 --> 00:27:35,682 that have been placed down by other movies 706 00:27:35,723 --> 00:27:37,780 or other stories, or you can kind of come up with your own. 707 00:27:37,804 --> 00:27:40,133 [man singing in Spanish] 708 00:27:40,175 --> 00:27:42,214 [rousing rock music playing] 709 00:27:42,254 --> 00:27:43,794 This is my kind of place. 710 00:27:43,835 --> 00:27:45,541 In "From Dusk Till Dawn," 711 00:27:45,583 --> 00:27:47,996 two violent criminals take refuge 712 00:27:48,037 --> 00:27:50,533 in a Mexican strip club. 713 00:27:50,575 --> 00:27:52,614 [sultry music] 714 00:27:52,656 --> 00:27:55,400 The main attraction turns out to be the queen 715 00:27:55,442 --> 00:27:57,023 - of the vampires. - [grunts] 716 00:27:57,065 --> 00:27:58,812 [screams] 717 00:27:58,854 --> 00:28:00,726 ♪♪ 718 00:28:00,768 --> 00:28:02,723 [skin crinkling] 719 00:28:02,764 --> 00:28:04,595 [roars] 720 00:28:04,637 --> 00:28:05,801 [dramatic music] 721 00:28:05,842 --> 00:28:07,839 - [screams] - Dinner... 722 00:28:07,881 --> 00:28:09,503 [distorted voice] Is served. 723 00:28:09,545 --> 00:28:11,334 [screeches] 724 00:28:11,375 --> 00:28:13,497 I love the vampire makeup in "Dusk Till Dawn." 725 00:28:13,539 --> 00:28:15,993 That, for me, was one of the coolest reinventions. 726 00:28:16,035 --> 00:28:17,907 [man shouts] 727 00:28:17,948 --> 00:28:20,254 Robert Kurtzman came up with the original treatment of it. 728 00:28:20,278 --> 00:28:22,482 His vampires did kind of point 729 00:28:22,524 --> 00:28:24,771 in this weird direction 730 00:28:24,812 --> 00:28:27,558 that I had never quite seen before 731 00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:29,222 for vampires. 732 00:28:29,264 --> 00:28:30,928 They could take on the shapes of humans, 733 00:28:30,970 --> 00:28:33,549 like they do in the Danny Trejo character, 734 00:28:33,591 --> 00:28:35,504 but their true selves 735 00:28:35,546 --> 00:28:38,666 were these bat-like creatures. 736 00:28:38,708 --> 00:28:40,288 - [growls] - [screams] 737 00:28:40,329 --> 00:28:42,577 [hisses] 738 00:28:42,617 --> 00:28:44,323 - [roars] - I-I came up with 739 00:28:44,365 --> 00:28:47,943 a few mythology things that would be specific 740 00:28:47,985 --> 00:28:50,147 to these creatures. 741 00:28:50,189 --> 00:28:53,101 One was, okay, yeah, they could definitely be killed 742 00:28:53,142 --> 00:28:54,974 by a wooden stake to the heart. 743 00:28:55,014 --> 00:28:57,427 That still worked. 744 00:28:57,469 --> 00:28:59,424 - Their blood was green... - [hollers] 745 00:28:59,466 --> 00:29:01,921 And the reason I made their blood green 746 00:29:01,962 --> 00:29:04,416 is because I knew there would be vampire blood 747 00:29:04,458 --> 00:29:06,913 all over the place, and it would be 748 00:29:06,955 --> 00:29:09,575 the color red, in particular, that would get you an X. 749 00:29:09,617 --> 00:29:11,489 - NC-17. - Yeah, an NC-17. 750 00:29:11,531 --> 00:29:14,442 So if we made the vampire blood green... 751 00:29:14,484 --> 00:29:16,106 You could spray it all over the place. 752 00:29:16,148 --> 00:29:18,019 We could spray it all over the place, 753 00:29:18,020 --> 00:29:20,392 and then the MPAA wouldn't be so freaked out by that. 754 00:29:20,433 --> 00:29:22,638 And that ended up actually working. 755 00:29:22,679 --> 00:29:25,051 [roars] 756 00:29:25,092 --> 00:29:26,715 [flesh hissing] 757 00:29:26,756 --> 00:29:29,377 "From Dusk Till Dawn" reinvented vampires 758 00:29:29,419 --> 00:29:31,915 as nightmarish creatures that used sex 759 00:29:31,956 --> 00:29:34,577 to lure in their victims. 760 00:29:34,619 --> 00:29:36,325 [sinister music] 761 00:29:36,366 --> 00:29:38,737 The horror masterpiece "Let the Right One In" 762 00:29:38,779 --> 00:29:40,859 is another brilliant reinvention. 763 00:29:40,901 --> 00:29:42,856 ♪♪ 764 00:29:42,898 --> 00:29:44,686 The vampire here lives within 765 00:29:44,728 --> 00:29:47,639 the classic boundaries of only going out at night 766 00:29:47,681 --> 00:29:50,011 and viciously feeding on humans. 767 00:29:50,052 --> 00:29:51,842 [body thuds] 768 00:29:51,884 --> 00:29:54,296 But this is not a story about sex. 769 00:29:54,337 --> 00:29:56,002 It's about love and how much 770 00:29:56,043 --> 00:29:58,622 we are willing to accept in the name of love. 771 00:29:58,664 --> 00:30:02,450 ♪♪ 772 00:30:02,491 --> 00:30:05,653 "Let the Right One In" is about a boy called Oskar 773 00:30:05,695 --> 00:30:07,941 who is getting bullied in school 774 00:30:07,983 --> 00:30:10,687 and is a bit lonely. 775 00:30:10,729 --> 00:30:13,973 And one day, he meets a girl called Eli, 776 00:30:14,014 --> 00:30:16,220 and then they became friends. 777 00:30:16,262 --> 00:30:18,299 ♪♪ 778 00:30:18,341 --> 00:30:20,047 What's special about my character, Eli, 779 00:30:20,089 --> 00:30:22,501 first of all is that she's a vampire. 780 00:30:22,543 --> 00:30:24,124 [eerie music] 781 00:30:24,165 --> 00:30:25,954 She has lived for a very long time. 782 00:30:25,995 --> 00:30:28,866 ♪♪ 783 00:30:28,908 --> 00:30:31,612 They cut off my lashes and my eyebrows 784 00:30:31,654 --> 00:30:33,401 to not make me so female, 785 00:30:33,442 --> 00:30:35,772 and it's also not my voice in the film. 786 00:30:35,814 --> 00:30:38,018 They wanted a voice that wasn't so feminine. 787 00:30:38,060 --> 00:30:42,512 [speaking Swedish] 788 00:30:42,553 --> 00:30:44,258 Vampires could be, like... 789 00:30:44,300 --> 00:30:46,422 they're, like, sexy or dangerous 790 00:30:46,463 --> 00:30:48,252 or something like that, and she's, like, 791 00:30:48,294 --> 00:30:50,374 the opposite, I think. 792 00:30:50,415 --> 00:30:52,287 Once you realize who this girl is 793 00:30:52,329 --> 00:30:54,035 and how long she's been around and... 794 00:30:54,077 --> 00:30:56,822 then it's very haunting in the sense that, you know, 795 00:30:56,864 --> 00:30:58,860 she's taken on this kid as her companion. 796 00:30:58,902 --> 00:31:00,775 And we already know what's gonna happen to him. 797 00:31:00,815 --> 00:31:05,808 ♪♪ 798 00:31:05,849 --> 00:31:09,552 Probably the scariest and most powerful sequence 799 00:31:09,594 --> 00:31:11,507 in modern horror 800 00:31:11,549 --> 00:31:15,500 is the final sequence in "Let the Right One In." 801 00:31:16,541 --> 00:31:19,411 A gang of bullies sees 802 00:31:19,453 --> 00:31:21,575 a very vulnerable child 803 00:31:21,617 --> 00:31:23,904 and shove him underwater. 804 00:31:23,946 --> 00:31:26,816 And there is a 2½ minute shot 805 00:31:26,858 --> 00:31:29,271 of the boy's head being held underwater, 806 00:31:29,313 --> 00:31:30,893 and you're seeing him desperately trying 807 00:31:30,935 --> 00:31:33,847 to get back to the surface and breathe. 808 00:31:33,888 --> 00:31:35,386 ♪♪ 809 00:31:35,428 --> 00:31:38,132 But meanwhile, above the water... 810 00:31:38,173 --> 00:31:39,796 [sinister music] 811 00:31:39,838 --> 00:31:41,751 This pipsqueak vampire, 812 00:31:41,793 --> 00:31:44,538 who loves the little boy, has turned up... 813 00:31:44,580 --> 00:31:46,244 ♪♪ 814 00:31:46,286 --> 00:31:49,239 And is beginning to butcher the bullies. 815 00:31:49,281 --> 00:31:51,735 [muffled splash] 816 00:31:51,777 --> 00:31:53,275 ♪♪ 817 00:31:53,316 --> 00:31:55,272 What was beautiful about that story 818 00:31:55,313 --> 00:31:59,348 is that a monster comes to the rescue 819 00:31:59,390 --> 00:32:02,426 when humanity fails this young man, 820 00:32:02,468 --> 00:32:05,547 and who could blame him for choosing the monster 821 00:32:05,588 --> 00:32:07,377 when humanity was so horrible? 822 00:32:09,166 --> 00:32:11,287 The title has a double meaning. 823 00:32:11,329 --> 00:32:12,993 It could mean that you should let 824 00:32:13,035 --> 00:32:15,572 the right person get into your life, 825 00:32:15,614 --> 00:32:17,736 or, as it is for Eli, 826 00:32:17,778 --> 00:32:20,482 someone has to tell her that she can come in. 827 00:32:26,721 --> 00:32:29,675 [tense music] 828 00:32:29,717 --> 00:32:34,584 ♪♪ 829 00:32:39,243 --> 00:32:42,654 For me, the part of the vampire legend 830 00:32:42,696 --> 00:32:44,526 that has always remained really powerful 831 00:32:44,568 --> 00:32:47,730 is this idea that they have to be invited in. 832 00:32:47,771 --> 00:32:49,478 [scratching on glass] 833 00:32:49,519 --> 00:32:52,223 Open the window, Mark. 834 00:32:52,264 --> 00:32:54,635 [mimicking scratching] "Let me in. 835 00:32:54,677 --> 00:32:56,467 Let me in." 836 00:32:56,507 --> 00:32:58,006 Let me in. 837 00:32:58,047 --> 00:32:59,462 It's okay, Mark. I'm your friend. 838 00:32:59,503 --> 00:33:01,708 So many times in people's lives, 839 00:33:01,749 --> 00:33:03,663 you know, whatever that thing is 840 00:33:03,705 --> 00:33:06,242 that's draining them of their life and vitality, 841 00:33:06,284 --> 00:33:08,114 so often, they invited it in... 842 00:33:08,156 --> 00:33:09,487 ♪♪ 843 00:33:09,529 --> 00:33:11,026 If it's drugs, if it's alcohol, 844 00:33:11,068 --> 00:33:13,440 if it's someone who's just abusive, 845 00:33:13,481 --> 00:33:15,644 you know, who's cruel to you. 846 00:33:15,686 --> 00:33:17,683 A lot of vampire stories 847 00:33:17,724 --> 00:33:19,971 are about inviting in something 848 00:33:20,012 --> 00:33:21,444 that you think will bring you bliss... 849 00:33:21,468 --> 00:33:23,340 What's wrong, baby? 850 00:33:23,382 --> 00:33:24,963 And that destroys you instead. 851 00:33:31,036 --> 00:33:32,826 Do you think, with your crosses 852 00:33:32,867 --> 00:33:35,488 and your wafers, you can destroy me? 853 00:33:35,530 --> 00:33:37,402 Me? 854 00:33:37,443 --> 00:33:40,605 Traditionally, vampires have split personalities. 855 00:33:40,646 --> 00:33:43,433 They're both charming and terrifying, 856 00:33:43,475 --> 00:33:45,597 passionate and deadly. 857 00:33:45,639 --> 00:33:47,344 But in the 21st century, 858 00:33:47,386 --> 00:33:49,673 we've seen the two halves separate 859 00:33:49,715 --> 00:33:51,504 into the vampire as monstrous killer... 860 00:33:51,545 --> 00:33:53,126 - [snarls] - [whimpers] 861 00:33:53,168 --> 00:33:55,456 And the vampire as dreamboat boyfriend. 862 00:33:55,498 --> 00:33:56,788 [dark music] 863 00:33:56,829 --> 00:33:59,117 Vampires, ever flexible, 864 00:33:59,159 --> 00:34:01,529 are being reshaped to suit audiences 865 00:34:01,571 --> 00:34:05,024 whose needs are often overlooked, 866 00:34:05,066 --> 00:34:07,728 like the millions of women and teenage girls 867 00:34:07,770 --> 00:34:10,766 who made "Twilight" the most commercially successful 868 00:34:10,807 --> 00:34:13,552 vampire film of all time. 869 00:34:13,594 --> 00:34:15,133 [gasps] 870 00:34:15,175 --> 00:34:18,129 [intimate music] 871 00:34:18,170 --> 00:34:24,618 ♪♪ 872 00:34:24,660 --> 00:34:26,490 Based on the best-selling books 873 00:34:26,532 --> 00:34:28,862 by Stephenie Meyer, "Twilight" reimagines 874 00:34:28,903 --> 00:34:31,524 the vampire story as a teen romance 875 00:34:31,566 --> 00:34:35,060 told from a young woman's point of view. 876 00:34:35,102 --> 00:34:37,140 The thing that's kind of cool about "Twilight" 877 00:34:37,181 --> 00:34:39,761 is, you have an ordinary girl that moves 878 00:34:39,803 --> 00:34:42,340 to this small town in Washington. 879 00:34:42,382 --> 00:34:45,544 She has to live with her dad for a while. 880 00:34:45,585 --> 00:34:48,539 She feels like a misfit, awkward. 881 00:34:48,580 --> 00:34:50,078 And first day of school, 882 00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:53,614 she is kind of attracted to this amazing 883 00:34:53,656 --> 00:34:56,651 and strange kid, Edward. 884 00:34:56,693 --> 00:34:59,230 Stephenie Meyer, she had a dream 885 00:34:59,272 --> 00:35:00,852 about this vampire. 886 00:35:00,894 --> 00:35:03,640 When the vampire was out in the sunlight, 887 00:35:03,682 --> 00:35:07,176 instead of withering, it did the opposite. 888 00:35:07,218 --> 00:35:10,545 It glowed and glittered and sparkled. 889 00:35:10,587 --> 00:35:12,376 This is what I am. 890 00:35:12,417 --> 00:35:14,289 [mystical music] 891 00:35:14,331 --> 00:35:16,495 Well, my vampires break a lot of the rules... 892 00:35:16,536 --> 00:35:18,824 if there can really be rules about fictional characters. 893 00:35:18,866 --> 00:35:20,488 Really, you can do what you want. 894 00:35:20,529 --> 00:35:22,693 Obviously it's a fantasy... [laughing] 895 00:35:22,735 --> 00:35:24,856 That you're gonna have the most handsome, 896 00:35:24,898 --> 00:35:26,853 beautiful, amazing guy in the world 897 00:35:26,895 --> 00:35:29,515 that's madly in love with you and will take care of you 898 00:35:29,557 --> 00:35:30,930 and protect you. 899 00:35:30,971 --> 00:35:32,844 [tires squealing] 900 00:35:32,885 --> 00:35:34,633 - [gasps] - [grunts] 901 00:35:34,674 --> 00:35:37,337 I mean, it's a great fantasy. 902 00:35:37,378 --> 00:35:39,209 It's not, "We shouldn't kiss 903 00:35:39,250 --> 00:35:41,331 "because maybe won't like each other 904 00:35:41,372 --> 00:35:43,743 or maybe we're gonna make someone else upset." 905 00:35:43,784 --> 00:35:45,616 You're adding this element of, 906 00:35:45,656 --> 00:35:48,860 "If I lose control, I might kill you," 907 00:35:48,902 --> 00:35:51,231 which is so dark and so dramatic, 908 00:35:51,273 --> 00:35:54,185 but at the same time, that's what it feels like 909 00:35:54,226 --> 00:35:55,391 when you're young. 910 00:35:55,433 --> 00:35:56,930 It feels like life and death. 911 00:35:56,972 --> 00:35:59,052 Just stay very still. 912 00:35:59,094 --> 00:36:01,922 I really thought it was a fantastic challenge 913 00:36:01,964 --> 00:36:04,877 to create that emotional intoxication 914 00:36:04,918 --> 00:36:07,165 - of first love. - Don't move. 915 00:36:07,206 --> 00:36:08,870 [intimate music] 916 00:36:08,911 --> 00:36:12,073 I thought, "Can I show that on-screen? 917 00:36:12,074 --> 00:36:14,113 "Can I make people as crazy 918 00:36:14,154 --> 00:36:15,942 "about a cinematic version 919 00:36:15,984 --> 00:36:18,688 as the book made people crazy?" 920 00:36:18,729 --> 00:36:21,184 ♪♪ 921 00:36:21,226 --> 00:36:22,557 And yeah, I think we did 922 00:36:22,598 --> 00:36:24,470 make them pretty crazy. [laughing] 923 00:36:24,512 --> 00:36:27,424 [crowd screaming] 924 00:36:29,004 --> 00:36:32,915 You can't dismiss something that had such a giant hold on... 925 00:36:32,957 --> 00:36:34,995 on fandom. 926 00:36:35,037 --> 00:36:37,574 I remember going to Comic-Con a few years back 927 00:36:37,616 --> 00:36:39,280 when the second "Twilight" movie 928 00:36:39,322 --> 00:36:41,277 was coming out, and kids were camped out 929 00:36:41,319 --> 00:36:43,398 on the lawn for 24 hours. 930 00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:46,394 So obviously, it had something to say. 931 00:36:46,435 --> 00:36:48,141 ♪♪ 932 00:36:48,183 --> 00:36:50,263 You don't know how long I've waited for you. 933 00:36:50,304 --> 00:36:53,217 I honestly find its gender and sexual politics 934 00:36:53,258 --> 00:36:56,503 pretty problematic, but that being said, 935 00:36:56,544 --> 00:36:58,292 I think it takes 936 00:36:58,334 --> 00:37:00,705 women's desires seriously 937 00:37:00,746 --> 00:37:04,449 in a way that most Hollywood cinema does not, 938 00:37:04,491 --> 00:37:06,653 most popular culture in general does not. 939 00:37:06,695 --> 00:37:09,566 The focus is more on her desire for Edward, 940 00:37:09,608 --> 00:37:11,105 on her attraction to Edward 941 00:37:11,147 --> 00:37:13,310 and at some points Jacob. 942 00:37:13,351 --> 00:37:15,765 It's not about them lusting after her. 943 00:37:15,806 --> 00:37:17,304 [soft music] 944 00:37:17,345 --> 00:37:19,841 [chimes tinkling] 945 00:37:19,883 --> 00:37:22,503 There was a photo of one kid at Comic-Con 946 00:37:22,545 --> 00:37:23,936 when "Twilight" came out... there was, like, 947 00:37:23,959 --> 00:37:25,956 some angry kid with a huge placard that said, 948 00:37:25,998 --> 00:37:28,120 - "Nosferatu didn't sparkle." - Yeah. 949 00:37:28,162 --> 00:37:30,408 And I was like, "That's me. I'm that kid." 950 00:37:30,450 --> 00:37:32,113 The whole vampire idea, 951 00:37:32,155 --> 00:37:35,191 the romantic vampire, has always been popular 952 00:37:35,233 --> 00:37:36,897 with teens, 953 00:37:36,939 --> 00:37:39,144 early 20s and things... particularly women... 954 00:37:39,185 --> 00:37:42,098 because it's seen as almost, like, 955 00:37:42,139 --> 00:37:43,761 no-fault sex. 956 00:37:43,803 --> 00:37:45,551 And after all, what's he really gonna do? 957 00:37:45,592 --> 00:37:47,339 He's gonna give you a great big hickey, 958 00:37:47,381 --> 00:37:49,004 like on Lover's Lane. 959 00:37:49,045 --> 00:37:50,543 [dark music] 960 00:37:50,584 --> 00:37:53,163 But that's not the way it's supposed to... to be. 961 00:37:53,205 --> 00:37:56,533 To my mind, I'm a classicist, man. 962 00:37:56,574 --> 00:37:59,029 [growling] 963 00:37:59,071 --> 00:38:01,359 - [hissing] - Hey! Stop! 964 00:38:01,401 --> 00:38:03,398 - [hissing] - Who are you people? 965 00:38:03,438 --> 00:38:04,853 - [screeches] - [grunts] 966 00:38:04,895 --> 00:38:06,850 - [screams] - [screeches] 967 00:38:06,892 --> 00:38:09,513 "30 Days of Night" took vampires back 968 00:38:09,554 --> 00:38:11,926 to their dark and vicious roots. 969 00:38:11,967 --> 00:38:14,963 There are no sparkling, romantic demigods here... 970 00:38:15,004 --> 00:38:16,918 - [screams] - Just ancient 971 00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:20,329 evil predators. [vampires screeching] 972 00:38:20,371 --> 00:38:21,952 [sinister music] 973 00:38:21,993 --> 00:38:25,279 Well, in "30 Days of Night," my character is... 974 00:38:25,321 --> 00:38:28,857 is a sheriff up in Barrow, Alaska. 975 00:38:28,899 --> 00:38:30,562 And in Barrow, Alaska, 976 00:38:30,604 --> 00:38:32,934 apparently, the sun is down 977 00:38:32,975 --> 00:38:35,014 for almost a month in the middle of winter. 978 00:38:35,056 --> 00:38:36,802 Hence the "30 Days of Night" title. 979 00:38:36,844 --> 00:38:39,715 ♪♪ 980 00:38:39,757 --> 00:38:41,753 Vampires have figured out that this is 981 00:38:41,794 --> 00:38:44,540 a really good place to go and have a low-effort meal. 982 00:38:44,582 --> 00:38:46,138 We have to cut off, or they'll hear you. 983 00:38:46,163 --> 00:38:48,451 The vampires close in on the town... 984 00:38:48,492 --> 00:38:50,281 I'll call you back when it's safe. 985 00:38:50,323 --> 00:38:52,819 And then the rest of us who are there 986 00:38:52,861 --> 00:38:55,024 try to survive for a month. 987 00:38:55,065 --> 00:38:56,272 - [loud bang] - [gasps] 988 00:38:56,314 --> 00:38:57,437 Jesus! 989 00:38:57,438 --> 00:38:59,435 Christ! [banging] 990 00:38:59,475 --> 00:39:01,389 [engine revving] 991 00:39:01,431 --> 00:39:03,303 - [yelps] - [screeches] 992 00:39:03,344 --> 00:39:05,716 We spend a lot of time running away. 993 00:39:05,756 --> 00:39:07,379 [laughs] 994 00:39:07,421 --> 00:39:09,625 David Slade's "30 Days of Night"... 995 00:39:09,667 --> 00:39:11,124 which was written by Steve Niles 996 00:39:11,164 --> 00:39:12,538 and based on the graphic novel... 997 00:39:12,580 --> 00:39:14,202 that was the complete antithesis 998 00:39:14,244 --> 00:39:15,907 of what "Twilight" represented. 999 00:39:15,949 --> 00:39:17,613 [hissing] 1000 00:39:17,655 --> 00:39:19,360 [suspenseful music] 1001 00:39:19,402 --> 00:39:21,024 With "Twilight," 1002 00:39:21,066 --> 00:39:22,855 there was always this friendly side. 1003 00:39:22,896 --> 00:39:24,828 They always managed to find, like, a friendly human side 1004 00:39:24,852 --> 00:39:26,932 to the vampires. 1005 00:39:26,974 --> 00:39:29,136 When I was doing the scripts for "30 Days of Night," 1006 00:39:29,178 --> 00:39:32,298 I really tried to go against what everybody else was doing. 1007 00:39:32,340 --> 00:39:33,963 [growls] 1008 00:39:34,003 --> 00:39:37,457 You had vampires returning to their feral form, 1009 00:39:37,498 --> 00:39:38,871 almost Nosferatu-like 1010 00:39:38,913 --> 00:39:41,243 but something completely different. 1011 00:39:41,284 --> 00:39:42,657 - [screeches] - [hollers] 1012 00:39:42,698 --> 00:39:45,319 - [screams] - These are land sharks 1013 00:39:45,361 --> 00:39:48,439 that will kill you, you know, just as soon as look at you. 1014 00:39:48,481 --> 00:39:50,685 [sinister music] 1015 00:39:50,727 --> 00:39:53,265 - [screeches] - By stripping the sexuality 1016 00:39:53,307 --> 00:39:55,719 out of the myth, "30 Days of Night" 1017 00:39:55,761 --> 00:39:58,007 drilled deep into the primal fear 1018 00:39:58,049 --> 00:40:01,127 at the heart of every vampire story: 1019 00:40:01,169 --> 00:40:03,665 - the fear of death. - [roars] 1020 00:40:03,707 --> 00:40:06,037 [dramatic music] 1021 00:40:06,078 --> 00:40:07,992 One of the most beautiful things about 1022 00:40:08,034 --> 00:40:10,446 the horror genre is that the stakes 1023 00:40:10,488 --> 00:40:12,152 are implicitly high, 1024 00:40:12,194 --> 00:40:14,024 because you're dealing with life and death. 1025 00:40:14,065 --> 00:40:16,104 [hollering] 1026 00:40:16,146 --> 00:40:18,808 And that gives horror 1027 00:40:18,850 --> 00:40:21,345 a certain operatic quality to it, 1028 00:40:21,387 --> 00:40:23,592 where there is no choice 1029 00:40:23,633 --> 00:40:26,213 but to survive and thrive 1030 00:40:26,254 --> 00:40:28,460 or be one of the body count. 1031 00:40:28,501 --> 00:40:30,123 ♪♪ 1032 00:40:30,165 --> 00:40:31,662 - [croaking] - [screams] 1033 00:40:31,704 --> 00:40:34,533 Ultimately, the story of the vampire 1034 00:40:34,575 --> 00:40:37,112 is the story of our tenuous grip on life. 1035 00:40:37,154 --> 00:40:38,901 - I don't want to die. - [screams] 1036 00:40:38,943 --> 00:40:41,189 The bite of the vampire symbolizes 1037 00:40:41,231 --> 00:40:43,436 the hundreds of things that could kill us 1038 00:40:43,477 --> 00:40:46,056 at any time, no matter how healthy or safe 1039 00:40:46,098 --> 00:40:47,595 we think we are. 1040 00:40:47,637 --> 00:40:49,218 [screeches] 1041 00:40:49,260 --> 00:40:51,839 Your life force will never be 1042 00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:55,708 steadily drained by an implacable 1043 00:40:55,749 --> 00:40:57,247 supernatural foe. 1044 00:40:57,288 --> 00:40:59,244 [eerie music] 1045 00:40:59,285 --> 00:41:00,825 But some people 1046 00:41:00,866 --> 00:41:02,905 will face cancer 1047 00:41:02,947 --> 00:41:04,652 in their life. 1048 00:41:04,694 --> 00:41:06,274 - [screams] - Fiction gives us 1049 00:41:06,316 --> 00:41:09,311 a safe playground to consider 1050 00:41:09,353 --> 00:41:11,183 what it would be like to be in 1051 00:41:11,225 --> 00:41:12,907 a life-or-death battle with something draining us. 1052 00:41:12,931 --> 00:41:19,629 ♪♪ 1053 00:41:19,670 --> 00:41:22,499 Vampire stories will remain powerful 1054 00:41:22,540 --> 00:41:25,369 as long as we are organic 1055 00:41:25,370 --> 00:41:27,201 and full of blood. 1056 00:41:27,241 --> 00:41:30,819 And the blood can be corrupted. 1057 00:41:30,861 --> 00:41:33,648 - [gasps] - So I think the fanged ones 1058 00:41:33,689 --> 00:41:35,395 will be around for a while longer. 1059 00:41:35,437 --> 00:41:37,767 [vampires hissing, growling] 74574

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