Zombies have no real mythos 또는 history. Most zombie stories are merely metaphors for issues that at the time can't be discussed head on due to the 인기 opinion of the time. George Romero's Living Dead 영화 are prime example of that. His 영화 really weren't about the living dead but 더 많이 to do about messages concerning racism to consumerism. Only after the success of those movies, did zombies become 인기 in our culture and zombie 영화 were made just for the sake of making a zombie movie. But that means if such 영화 are based on these metaphor movies, then in a way they're echoing the original message, even if they don't intentional mean to do so.

I do realize that Zombies do have mythos of their own, but most of their history now is based in 더 많이 current pop culture than original black magic myths of Vodoo and Ghouls that originally spawned the term. 당신 could say that the current zombie is a modern invention so of course reflects 더 많이 modern viewpoints (which typically are 더 많이 complex that historical superstitions which played on baser fears).

Now the Vampire has a very old mythos that has been followed 더 많이 closely in 인기 culture over the years. When Bram Stoker wrote Dracula, it draws on common elements of the Vampire superstition, but didn't use them as a delivery system for a message he was trying to relay. Now, yes there are themes to vampire stories, like power and sexuality, but they are a part of the vampire mythos and doesn't supersede it (but some stories can and do focus on particular themes of the Vampire).

The problem currently on why the Vampire mythos is so easily forgotten nowdays is because the Vampire is used a place card for various types of stories. In the TV show Buffy TVS, that's a story about relationships (a soap opera if 당신 will) where 뱀파이어 are used as a vehicle for those stories, but the stories could just as well work any number of "place cards", like aliens, robots, mutants, 또는 even zombies. Same could be said for films like 언더월드 and Blade. They are both clearly action films, but their "hook" 또는 "twist" is that 뱀파이어 are involved. Again, 당신 could easily replace 뱀파이어 with any number of "place cards" and the 영화 would still work with a little changing.

And that's ultimately what makes 뱀파이어 better than Zombies. While Zombie stories can always reflect and 코멘트 on the current times, Vampire stories can dip into its own mythos and tell stories solely in the world of Vampires. Zombies stories can't stand on their own because there's no real background to prop them up. They're mirrors 또는 "place cards" to speak to the viewer 또는 reader about issues, but they can be easily replaced 의해 any other sort of creature (like robots, aliens, mutants, trolls, ect). But Zombies stories don't have anything to draw upon to talk about itself. Because to talk about the Zombie past is to speak of other metaphors.

With vampires, there are enough themes and elements built into the mythos that it stands well enough on its own. 당신 can play with the various themes and elements for plenty of stories before 당신 even have to think about looking elsewhere for inspiration (like using the vampire as an action hero 또는 in a romantic comedy). Mind 당신 there's nothing wrong with using vampries with outside elements, but just remember that 뱀파이어 can be used straight out of the box, no additional preparations necessary.