Horror stories often frighten us
because they include abominations and violations of our intuitive essentialism. One of the most obvious examples in today’s
popular culture is the vampire myth. Vampires have existed in
folklore for thousands of years and are found throughout the
world’s civilizations. Every culture has tales of the undead who
seek vital essences from the living. Of all the various monsters
created over the millennia, Bram Stoker’s story of Count Dracula,
published in 1897, is the most famous.
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