the ex-cop-whose-wife-happens-to-have-been-swept-away-by-a-vampire-in-front-of-his-eyes ended up in the one with the vampires in it? That’s all I’m saying. There are examples of “different” families out there ( Coneheads , Meet the Applegates , The Addams Family ) and there was always the danger that Haig could have taken the book in that direction.