Review of The Curse of Styria

THIS IS HOW VAMPIRES CAME TO BE. THE MODERN WAY PEOPLE THINK OF VAMPIRES IS ONLY ABOUT 200 YEARS OLD. ALL THE REVIEWS WHO THOUGHT IT WAS A HORRIBLE REFERENCE TO VAMPIRES COULDN'T BE MORE WRONG. THE IDEA OF VAMPIRES WAS AROUND LONG BEFORE Dracula. I've never seen a movie which depicted vampirism as it was before the 1800s when it became all about fangs, big collars, castles on a hilltop, etc.. and it was quite refreshing. The story could have been written a little better, but as far as getting old superstitions correctly, they did great. The first "vampires" were actually just people who suffered from TB, or consumption as it was called.(The "castle" they stayed in in the movie used to be a recovery for people with consumption.) Usually the first to fall ill was the one the people thought was a vampire. Since the disease literally withered their bodies away, it was thought that the dead were draining the living. Their proof was digging up the Graves, as they did in the movie, and if the body appeared fresh then they were a vampire, which was also depicted in the movie when they dug up the girl and fresh blood ran out of her mouth. Afterwards, they would steak the heart, cut off the head and burn the body. In some cases they would cut out the heart, burn it, then have the sick drink the hearts ashes thinking this would cure them. My point being, maybe if more people realized it's much more accurate than they think, they'd like it a bit more. I could go on, but if you like history, vampires and creepy stories, you should like this movie.