It expresses the movie's difficult love story between a young woman and a vampire and the battle they must prepare to fight.

VOA: special.2010.06.25

She dreamt about a young girl and a vampire having an intense discussion while standing in a forest.

VOA: special.2010.01.20

The four members of Vampire Weekend met while attending college at Columbia University in New York City.

VOA: special.2010.03.05

They named their group Vampire Weekend after a film lead singer Ezra Koenig made while in school.

VOA: special.2010.03.05

The American television show "True Blood" tells a more adult version of vampire love than "Twilight."

VOA: special.2010.01.20

And,there are sunny California vampires like in the former American television show "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."

VOA: special.2010.01.20

Long before the "Twilight" series, writer Anne Rice created another popular series of vampire books.

VOA: special.2010.01.20

I feel like you're going to disappear." Edward lives with a vampire family that has chosen to drink the blood of animals instead of humans.

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what Matt would have done?" "How do you know "Now you're setting up a date with a vampire! What do you have, a death wish?"

VOA: special.2010.01.20

She falls in love with Bill Compton, a vampire who lives in the town.

VOA: special.2010.01.20

And,Mister Stoker was not the first person to write a story about a vampire.

VOA: special.2010.01.20

Other recent vampire movies include the American film "Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant", the Swedish film "Let the Right One In" and the Korean film "Thirst."

VOA: special.2010.01.20

His family helps Bella when she is threatened by a more dangerous vampire.

VOA: special.2010.01.20

She shows how vampire stories help express people's cultural, social and political beliefs.

VOA: special.2010.01.20

Mister Stoker did not invent the idea of a vampire.

VOA: special.2010.01.20

I'm Doug Johnson. Today on our program, we visit an art exhibit by film director Tim Burton, play music by Vampire Weekend, and answer a question about religion in America.

VOA: special.2010.03.05

But his book defined one tradition of the vampire story.

VOA: special.2010.01.20

After meeting Dracula's vampire brides, Harker barely escapes alive.

VOA: special.2010.01.20

Harker becomes a prisoner in the vampire's large home.

VOA: special.2010.01.20

Edward is a vampire played by Robert Pattinson.

VOA: special.2010.06.14

She soon discovers that Edward is a vampire.

VOA: special.2010.01.20

She knows that to stay with Edward means she must give up her mortal life and become a vampire too.

VOA: standard.2010.07.07

Of course, Edward is really more than a century old, but,as a vampire, he remains eternally young.

VOA: standard.2010.07.07

"About a week before this was offered to me I was saying to a friend 'why are they making so many vampire movies?

VOA: standard.2009.11.23

First, Edward was a vampire.

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What I really love about New Moon is you see this girl really build herself back up and by the time she makes the sort of rash decision to spend eternity with a vampire, you believe her.

VOA: standard.2009.11.23