at the present moment, we could say that the Twilight Saga is the beginning of the vampire craze in recent years. Following in its footsteps, trying to make money aka "..... third parties in the pursuit of gain." would be Vampire Diaries, True Blood and definitely the parody, Vampires Suck since it was made to make fun of Twilight, and profit out off of it.
Wannabe Dracula
but no, Twilight is not the beginning. it is not what is being reproduced, as there have been many shows, movies, books, comics, etc. made about vampires that came long before Twilight was even a thought in Stephanie Meyers' mind. Hell, vampire myths and legends go all the way back to 5000 BC, before Christ was even born. but the original bad ass vampire who everyone after tried to copy, was Dracula. Dracula was published a little more than a hundred years ago by Bram Stoker. it was the first book about a vampire that was popular. his book started the whole vampires being popular craze, back in the early 1930's, when the movie dracula was released and following that, even more movies and books were made, all using the name Dracula.
The beginning of all things vampire
After Bram Stoker, probably the most famous author of vampire novels, is Anne Rice. Almost everyone can say that they have either read one of her books or seen the movies based on them. Interview with a Vampire being one of the most famous, with the movie adaptation including both BRad Pitt and Tom Cruise or Queen of The Damned, starring the now deceased Aaliyah and Stuart Townsend.
So while many people would like to credit(or blame) Twilight for making people vampire freaks, that is simply not true, as Twilight is just a replica, a ripoff of Dracula and all the other current movies/ tv shows/ books about vampires are just bad imitations of the real OG, or should I say OV( Original Vampire).
