Suddenly everything's coming up vampires! What used to be a Stephen King profit stream franchise is now a mainstream programming trope. From Salem's Lot to Night Shift, vampires used to be messy business. Then Anne Rice got into the act and threw Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt in costume drama at us (with Antonio Banderas to boot).... more.

Edward does not seem to realize a tracker might materialize at any moment. How much of this is wishful thinking and how much of his surprise of a 17 year old without much of a dating track record? As a first date, Bella’s getting almost attacked in Seattle makes for high drama. Then, they fly away to the woods. In other vampire lore, such as Anne Rice and Stephen King, there are “agreements... more.