The essentials of the vampire story, as we discussed earlier: an older figure representing corrupt, outworn values; a young, preferably virginal female; a stripping away of her youth, energy, virtue; a continuance of the life force of the old male; the death or destruction of the young woman.
Which is why we need old people to die. Imagine what the world would be like if the Victorians were all still here!
By the way, I am an old person.
