It was only a matter of time before vampires were sucked into this show, especially after we had to put up with a werewolf episode last season. That said, I went along with it, hoping to learn something.
Instead of the typical “monster” approach of setting camera traps and live traps, this show was more documentary than reality show. The show covered just about everything vampire related and I was pleasantly surprised. They made clear distinctions from what we tend to think of as vampires today because of Bram Stoker and the various Hollywood incarnations and the stories passed down generation after generation from Eastern Europe.
Do you think Vampires exist?
It seems Tuberculosis (also known as consumption back then) was in part responsible for making people believe that vampires existed. The coughing up of blood and the ease of spreading it made people think someone was responsible for the deaths of entire families at times.
Stories of people digging up TB-inflicted bodies and having the remains burned or desecrated made their way to New England and the vampire legend spread.
I could have sworn I was watching Ghost Hunters at one point in this show when an “expert” was brought in to see if a “psychic vampire” could really pull in energy from another person. Now I don’t know how well trained this person was, but like the show’s narrator, I wasn’t about to have my mind changed by anything like that.
Documentary episodes aren’t my favorite type of episode on MonsterQuest, but they’re informative. That being said, much of the information given here could have been found watching one of the vampire documentaries the History Channel has done in the past. I’m sure you’ll be able to catch one come Halloween.
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Ogre
To be honest, I really liked this show in the beginning, but the more and more they’ve managed to drag it on, I’ve come to find it boring. I yawn now everytime I see a promo for it
Aug 11th, 2008
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