Are there any films which aren't considered to be vampire / supernatural adjacent which you would argue absolutely fit the criteria?
I consider Dangerous Liaisons (1988): Directed by Stephen Frears Starring - a host of people but including - Glenn Close, John Malkovich, and Michelle Pfeiffer is TOTALLY a film about a bunch of vampires who feed on emotions.
@munroe@humanadverb also there is a comic / graphic novel series called Phonogram where Phonomancers can feed off peoples reaction to music - they can also influence people through that music /crowd magic .
Written by Kieron Gillen and drawn by Jamie McKelvie. It is published by American company Image Comics.
@munroe all Dark Fey fed off HUmans - or other fey, not all Light ones.
The Dark /Light split was about eh only major problem i had with that show .. but even then within the show they explored why that social setup was .. less than ideal.
@munroe The originals is very.. High gloss. It's a vibe shared with lots of other (originally aired on CW Network) shows: Vampire Diaries, Supernatural, The Flash, Smallville - I can totally understand some people bouncing off of that.
For me the Originals leaned into the melodrama but very much acknowledged the type of Genre show it was without being all wink wink meta about it.
Warring siblings dynamics combined with having to co-exist for centuries together - appeals to me
@munroe There's a 2009 film called Daybreakers - Ethan Hawke and Sam Neil are two of the main cast - and it explored just that Vampire Elite and Vampires as Monsters - I can't articulate why but the Daybreakers monster vfx did not squick me out like the Blade 2 'mutli petaled mouths' did.
@munroe Did you know what The Original Showrunner intended for Supernatural to end after 5 seasons? And it was supposed to finish with Sam stuck in hell?
Anyway whatever season it was when Charlie (Felicia Day) came back from Oz and then got killed so Dean had a reason to pick up the Cain jawbone was when I finally soured on the entire thing. I know how it ended but meh.