The Death of Fear

Each generation has a new “fad” of what is cool and what isn’t. These new eras tend to be replay old ones with modifications to them.

There has been a dramatic growth in the popularity of vampires, werewolves, and zombies. Back in the day (I sound so old!) These mythical creatures used to be scary. They were at the heart of every horror story told.

Vampires were something to fear, they were hunters of the night, looking for a neck to sink their teeth on, or a body to feed on until it was completely sucked dry of every ounce of blood.

Werewolves should be chained down at any given moment, avoided at all cost. One bite and you would turn into one too. With their defining howls as a full moon forms, man turns to beast, and all hell breaks loose!

Zombies were mindless creatures that would attack all living beings to eat their insides and eventually turn them.

And now, pop culture completely destroyed that fear. Vampires, werewolves and zombies are at the heart of every romance.

Vampires are no longer dark and scary, they don’t sleep in coffins or turn into bats. What they do is sparkle and get all glittery in the sunlight as little girls fanaticize about their remarkable beauty.

Werewolves also flipped a whole new level of sexy. Who wouldn’t want a boiling man – dog as the love of their life?

And zombies! Zombies wont eat your brain anymore, now all it takes is for you to love a zombie to turn them back into a normal human.

Today’s generation destroyed fear with their glitter and unwarranted romance.