“Other traditional methods of killing vampires include decapitation and stuffing the severed head’s mouth with garlic; a sacred (blessed though not silver) bullet; a stake through the chest (not necessarily through the heart); and so on. (This flexibility, incidentally, is one reason why the vampire genre has been so successful: writers twist old rules and invent new ones to keep the stories fresh.)” (https://www.livescience.com/33452-how-kill-vampire.html)

The vampire genre is so broad, with over 126 vampire series, and over 170 movies. Many of these have become very popular in the society of the United States, including Twilight, The Vampire Diaries, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, My Babysitter’s a Vampire, Blade, and countless other adaptations. The vastness of the vampire genre has given it the ability to be used so often due to its nature of having so many factors that go into its character and monstrosity. The vampire is not singly defined by one depiction, or a select few aspects of its character. The vampire genre flourishes due to the broad characteristics that can be explored into it.