As you get older, you recognize the erotic nature of the vampire and the idea of the undead.
The vampire underworld is much larger than most people could imagine. It exists in all the cities mentioned in the book, but also in many, many more. Teenagers, especially, seem to like to act out vampire fantasies.
Believe in angels? Then believe in vampires. Believe in me. There are worse things on earth.
I always thought what if you took a myth of childhood like the tooth fairy and made it a central scary thing. We did it on Hellboy and we did it on 'Don't be afraid of the dark'.
The vampire thing always works for some reason. Always works.
People have always had a fascination with the supernatural going back to the beginning of time and with vampires in particular. This phenomenon is not new.
But other vampire stories? Well, no, I really haven't read too many, and I can't say I'm crazy about romantic vampires anyway - to me the vampire is simply an evil monster.
Vampires were an excellent springboard. I still love them; they fascinate me.
I grew up hearing about the walking undead. I had a fascination with it as a child.
I shall never sleep calmly again when I think of the horrors that lurk ceaselessly behind life in time and in space, and of those unhallowed blasphemies from elder stars which dream beneath the sea, known and favoured by a nightmare cult ready and eager to loose them upon the world whenever another earthquake shall heave their monstrous stone city again to the sun and air.
You deal with mythological stuff for a few years, you learn that paradises are usually places where you get killed.
There's no set-in-stone way to be a vampire, especially with the evil ones.
One year, my parents hired someone in the village to dress up as Krampus for a surprise visit to our home - and they regretted it for ever. I went to the door and this huge creature was standing there. I think I passed out.
In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulu waits dreaming
I'm from New Orleans. There's a lot of vampire mystique and mythology that resonates there, and I was fascinated by it. I always wanted to play one.
Why do these crazy vampires keep trying to collect me?
