The True Vampires

[brucethealmighty]

When Bram Stroker wrote the book, Dracula, he created a whole new world of creatures called vampires. It wasn't until Bela Lugosi came along and established the classic vampires. When Steve Niles wrote 30 Days of Night, he rewrote the entire vampire concept. Steve Niles described his view points of the vampires of today by saying

"We've got 'Twilight,' which 16-year-old girls are going bat-s*** over. One of my big motivators for '30 Days of Night' was that vampires had gotten annoying and silly by being romantic. So I strip it back to where they look at you like cattle. They don't like humans. They don't spend time worrying about us. ... It's a direct confrontation with death. And they're metaphors for fear of invasion and disease and more. Vampires have the potential to be really scary. How can they be scary if cheerleaders are dating them?"

 

After the Deadliest Warrior Season 3 finale, pitting Zombies versus Vampires, I have been hoping to see true justice towards the Vampire Genre. The vampires used in Deadliest Warrior are the same vampires that I find the most frightening. The Modern Vampire has six times the strength and speed of an olympic athlete. Instead of having two fangs, these vampires have mouth full of razor sharp fangs and claws at the end of each finger for tearing their foe limb from limb.

 

This is my request. To recreate the Steve Niles' 30 Days of Night vampire and estabolish them as the true Apex Predator.

[WarRatsG]

if you don't mind some shameless self-advertising, a vampire mod is already under way - Terran Vampires. I wouldn't compare the design to zombies, like you have described; they were heavily based on Vampire: the Masquerade in the past, but the design has been moving away from it. Don't worry though, no Stephanie Meyers vegetarian vampires here ;)