The change in representation of vampires Part 1: (Nosferatu)

The most significant differences that I can identify of the representations of vampires is the way that they look. They originally were made to look like hideous monsters, which would scare the audience as vampires were shown as un-human killers that the audience couldn’t relate to. Vampires were used in the horror genre during the early 1920’s to play on the fears of the audience of that time. The way that vampires look and act have changed dramatically, mainly because as time went by vampires were seen being less scary to an audience, and so had to adapt to twist the vampire image, and therefore playing on different fears whilst still keeping the key conventions of the vampire: The teeth, feasting on blood, fear of sunlight and the death by a wooden steak.