If you want to understand people you need to understand the things we fear. And across three centuries, the Vampire has telegraphed our anxieties. So says Professor Nick Groom, the Prof of Goth.
We don't just fear vampires like Dracula anymore, we laugh with the likes Viago, Deacon and Vladislav, the vampires created by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi in What We Do In The Shadows.
The vampire is 200 years old this year. Professor Groom chronicles our fascination with them in his book, The Vampire: A New History
Bela Lugosi as Dracula Photo: Wikipeda
