U. K. Study Proves Older Vampires Stronger
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Fangs ain’t what they used to be –
Twilight may be a top box office
draw but old timer Dracula has
been voted the top screen vampire,
WWW.SFX.CO.UK website
reports August 22nd, 2010.
The Transylvanian count proved
to be top of the popularity stakes,
beating characters from TV shows
such as Buffy The Vampire Slayer
and Being Human.
Dracula beat the new blood to top
the list in a poll commissioned by
leading sci-fi and fantasy
magazine SFX.
The fiendish bloodsucker
was memorably played by actor
Christopher Lee in numerous
Hammer films and revived by
Gary Oldman in the 1992 movie
Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
Second place went to Spike
from the US TV series Buffy,
while in third place was Angel
from the same show.
More than 8,000 fans took part
in the www.sfx.co.uk website survey
as part of the magazine’s 200th
issue celebrations.
Robert Pattinson’s Twilight
character Edward Cullen failed
to make the top ten and figures
only at number 14.
He was even beaten by cartoon
character Count Duckula which
was placed in ninth position
by voters.
Top ten favourite vampires
of all time according to
sfx.co.uk users are:
1.
Dracula;
2.
Spike (Buffy The Vampire Slayer)
3.
Angel (Buffy The Vampire Slayer)
4.
John Mitchell (Being Human)
5.
Drusilla (Buffy The Vampire Slayer)
6.
Eric Northman (True Blood)
7.
Mick St John (Moonlight)
8.
Selene (Underworld)
9.
Count Duckula
10.
Darla (Buffy The Vampire Slayer)
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