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So now I'm thinking, after breaking up with that total -- wait, what's that? -- energy vampire -- that perhaps the best way to go about doing my project is to 

a.) not go overboard

and 

b.) think of a few themes that can be illustrated by various "visual texts," i.e., stealing scenes off of Youtube.

The vampire is much more complex than just a single metaphor, but can and has and will represent many different facets of blah blah blah.

Some possible ideas could be:

• Possession: "He belongs to me" -- Gary Oldman
• Addiction: Lili Taylor
• Consumerism: Lost Boys? Lestat?
• Old world vs. New world: Lestat? ironically, Dracula in London?
• Disease: Nosferatu? HIV?
• Psychic Vampires:
• Rebirth/Death -- Louie turning into a vampire; death and birth together ...

This should be in film, not tv, as I can't handle all that shit. 

This is a good working start. Stuff to watch/check out includes:

The Hunger

The Vampyr  (Dreiser)

The Vampire Lovers (Hammer, Baker, 1970)

Blood and Roses (Vadim, 1960)

Familiar movies to cull for scenes:

Both Interview movies

The Lost Boys

28 Days Later

• Please note, Miss Rachel, that this research is to be done on YouTube itself, as that is your main source of material.

Lots of love.

R. xx