[SeekAndFind]

They don’t make Vampires like they used to in the past.

Remember when ...

Dracula was a fearsome creature ?

Dracula had no reflection in the mirror ( they did away with that in say, TRUE BLOOD )

Dracula could be stopped by a cross

Dracula was afraid of Holy Water

You could identify a vampire’s grave by leading a virgin boy through a graveyard or church grounds on a stallion — the horse would supposedly balk at the grave in question.

What happened to all the above from vampire folklore ?
They don’t seem to apply to vampires in the 20th century.

[a fool in paradise]

The culture stopped believing in the Church and having any special consideration of virginity.

[Slings and Arrows]

That's one of the reasons why I like Jim Butcher's Dresden Files - his vampires are monsters, not whiny emo-kids.

[TheOldLady]

Well, everybody knows that it's just a bunch of superstitious nonsense. I mean, in real life, do you think that vampires would react that way to these things? Why, for example, would a reanimated corpse not cast a reflection? It's not physically possible. As far as religious symbols, again, everyone knows that vampires can be nice people too, right? Maybe they aren't God forsaken after all.

All the undead prejudice on this site is disturbing. Rilly. I'm series.

</sarc>