In 2008, the Vampire Subgenre was reignited in American pop culture by two hugely successful

adaptations of romantic teen vampire novels. On the small screen, Alan Bulls HBO smash hit true

blood. And on the big screen, Catherine Hardwick's juggernaut success twilight.

But outside of the US at this time, international filmmakers were still creating darker,

grittier and more innovative works of vampire fiction. Swedish director Thomas Alfredsen

adapted a 2004 novel about a young boy befriending a vampire which went on to become a huge

critical success and even landed an Oscar nomination. One year later in career, a claimed director

Park Chanwook adapted French novel Terezra Can into an erotic and visually striking vampire film

which would go on to win the jury prize at the Cannes Film Festival.

Join me as we continue exploring the evolution of the vampire and we discuss Park Chanwook's

thirst and Thomas Alfredsen's let the right one in.

Welcome back to the evolution of horror. My name is Mike Munter and as ever, I am your host.

If you're tuning in for the first time, then welcome. In this podcast, we explore and dissect

the history and the evolution of the horror genre by looking at particular Subgenre's one

series at a time. We are currently in the middle of our eighth series exploring the evolution

of the vampire movie and this is part 21. This week's episode is sponsored by friend of the pod

Adam Z. Robinson and this week's episode, as that intro suggested, we are going to be looking at

two brilliant international vampire movies from the late 2000s. That's let the right one in

and Park Chanwook's thirst. Loads to get through this week, so let's get straight into it.

Later on in this episode, I'll be joined by Tim Coleman to discuss Park Chanwook's

first in depth, but first of all, let's get into let the right one in. I sat down with

longtime friend of the pod and host of Kavik Minderpod Rob Watts to discuss what I think

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