Vampires - the stuff that darkest fantasies were made of, till a lady named Stephenie Meyer decided to explore the possibility of a high school romance between a fanged and pale-faced being and a warm-blooded, pink-cheeked human. She then placed them in a love triangle, with the 3rd individual being a werewolf, no less (brilliant concept, that).
Keeping in mind the inherent nature of the genre, Ms. Meyer made up her mind to be as 'intense' as possible, in lieu of the 'dark'. She dispelled with myths such as vampires being nocturnal creatures (in her world, crystals embedded in ....