"Salem's Lot" author Stephen King is on a mission to bring back the bloodthirsty badness of old-school vampires, and wrest the genre back from the hands of teenage girls.

著有《缅因鬼镇》等一系列悬疑惊悚小说、被誉为美国恐怖大师的史蒂芬·金最近忙着要把传统的嗜血的坏到骨子里的吸血鬼扶正，把吸血鬼的手腕子从花痴少女们的手中扳回来。

In an essay he wrote for "American Vampire," King explained, "Here's what vampires shouldn't be: pallid detectives who drink Bloody Marys and only work at night; lovelorn southern gentlemen; anorexic teenage girls; boy-toys with big dewy eyes."

金在给《美国吸血鬼》写的一篇文章中表示：“以下这些个都不应该是吸血鬼：只在夜里工作、喝血腥玛丽的苍白侦探；为爱痴狂的南方绅士；患有厌食症的少女；眼神无辜的女性玩物。”（好吧……打击面够大的，一溜儿把Angel, True Blood, Twilight跟TVD都说了……）

When asked what vampires should be, he responded, "Killers, honey. Stone killers who never get enough of that tasty Type-A. Bad boys and girls. Hunters. In other words, Midnight America. Red white and blue, accent on the red. Those vamps got hijacked by a lot of soft-focus romance."

而真正的吸血鬼应该怎么样呢？他继而回答道：“亲爱的，当然是杀手啦。铁石心肠的杀手，喝不够的A型血。坏男恶女。猎手。是最深的午夜。白得惨淡，蓝得忧郁，最重要是红得血腥。这年头那些吸血鬼啊，都被柔和的爱情小说给劫持了。”