They live in big houses, sleep all day, revel and roam freely at night, and have a knack for romance. They never worry about serious illness. The release of the Holte's book commemorates the 100th anniversary of Stoker's 1897 novel. Widespread interest in vampires exploded at the start of the 1970s. Today, dozens of new books are printed every two to three months.
Large bookstores have special vampire sections.
At Halloween, vampires sell everything from candy to beer in grocery stores. Frankenstein's monster, for example, comes back from death. The mummy does too. And only a silver bullet can take down a werewolf. All of them are pretty scary creatures, but not one of them is likely to attract dates.