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Originally Posted by ThreeEyesOni
As for the little back-and-forth; my only real point is that the good "traditional" vampire movies (as opposed to vampires that are akin to "fast zombies") tend to be made from existing novels. In fact most of the traditional-style ones that I can think of were based on novels, wereas I can't think of any of the other type (the so-called "LOOK OUT BEHIND YOU A THOUSAND VAMPIRES") that was based on a novel. Blade is the closest that I can think of, and that's a really weird/bad example.
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Well, I don't believe you're correct, given that Blade-style vampires have only become popular in the last decade or so while traditional style vampires have prevailed for nearly a century, but the point is moot. Whether a movie is based on a book is entirely irrelevant to the quality of the film, as all adaptations are designed to be totally comprehensible and enjoyable to people who haven't read whatever novel on which they happen to be based. If films were only targeted at the literate, well, the American motion picture industry would not be the lucrative enterprise that it is.
A good example of a LOOK OUT BEHIND YOU A THOUSAND VAMPIRES movie adapted from a novel would be last year's I Am Legend. The 'Bon Jovi' movies, or John Carpenter's Vampires series, are also loosely adapted from a book.