Unfathomable Vampire Tales. How They Came to Earth and What Is Happening with Them Nowtranslated

“…a white figure moved further. Soon, it was so close that we could clearly see her — the moon still shone. …Yes, it was Lucy, but how she had changed! On her once gentle and innocent face now was a horrific expression of heartless cruelty and sensuality. …With a languid, sensual sigh, she began to entreat:

“Come to me, Arthur. Leave them and come to me. My embrace yearns for you …”.

There was something devilish in the sweetness of her voice; it sounded like crystal bells and enchanted all of us.”

Vampires. Monsters who drink human blood. Elegant aristocrats. Tragic heroes. Suffering villains. Vampires have been stirring our imagination for centuries. But what is the vampire’s image constructed of? And what niche do these bloodthirsty villains occupy in culture? Let’s discuss this with Theology Candidate and Associate Professor at PSTGU, Peter Pashkov, in a new video essay from the Academy of Thomas.

Peter PASHKOV

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1. The Temptation of Immortality

The foremost contemporary specialist on monsters in popular culture, Jeffrey Cohen, writes in his essay “Toward a Theory of Monsters,” that any monster is a “cultural …”