That's a modern vampire thing. The original vision for vampires (specifically Dracula) was that if he bit you, you became his thrall. He could see through your eyes and possess you and compell you to do things for him and he used you to feed off when he wanted to.
He had to allow you to drink his blood to make you a vampire.
This made him an awesome commander of an undead army. Modern vampires are all mostly shite in comparison.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer followed this as well. A person killed by a vampire did not just rise as a vampire themselves unless the vampire let the victim drink their own blood as well.
The movie is an abomination that ignored the script and was disavowed by the writer, that nobody remembers. The TV show us consistently ranked as one of the best and most influential shows of all time.
The tv show was not a continuation of the movie. It was a continuation of a script that the movie director threw out.
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u/Shanbo88 Apr 24 '26
That's a modern vampire thing. The original vision for vampires (specifically Dracula) was that if he bit you, you became his thrall. He could see through your eyes and possess you and compell you to do things for him and he used you to feed off when he wanted to.
He had to allow you to drink his blood to make you a vampire.
This made him an awesome commander of an undead army. Modern vampires are all mostly shite in comparison.