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| The Vampire as Walking Death |
The walking plague. Disease incarnate. The Vampire. For centuries demons lurked in the darkness, feeding on human blood. They were the corruption of values, the scourges of life. In essence, they were our collective fear of death and disease. From the succubus to the werewolf, our fears were made manifest in the form of blood sucking demons. After the horror of the atomic bombs leveling Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese did the same with atomic energy by embodying it in the form of Godzilla. We take our fears and reshape them to give them form and substance, to make them controllable. The fears are still monstrous, but despite their enormous power, these personified fears can be overcome, if only in story.
