The Vampire’s Lifestyle
The Vampire’s Lifestyle
Are You, Like, Poor?
This chapter discusses traditional vampires that live in large cob-webbed castles or crumbling stately mansions or sometimes dabble in real estate or property development, such as in the film The Satanic Rites of Dracula in 1973. The chapter points out how vampires are generally depicted as wealthy individuals who rarely have to worry about income or housing. It also considers the Twilight movies, where the Cullen 'family' resides not in a castle or old dark house but an airy modern Frank Lloyd Wright-esque home. The chapter reviews the character Eli in Tomas Alfredson's Let the Right One In, who contents herself with a bog-standard flat on a Swedish housing estate where she customizes the bathroom to turn it into a light-tight nest. It explores Eli and Håkan's flat that bears all the hallmarks of an environment where the occupants have lost interest in the superficial trappings of life.
Keywords: Let the Right One In, Tomas Alfredson, traditional vampires, Swedish housing estate, residence
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