I recently saw a Swedish movie you might've heard of called Låt de rätte komma in (Let the right one in) which had a pretty original, fresh take on the whole vampire thing. I've never been a huge fan of the vampire lore (apart from reading Der Kleine Vampir, a German book series as a kid) and something I'm sick to death of is the whole basic sexuality/sexual desire/control of sexual desires intertwining with vampires, whether it's Mormon abstaining vampires ala Twilight or something else (like Angel on Buffy turning evil post-sex). So to see a movie that was like "uhh, nothing sexual about sucking blood here!", it was really awesome.

I think why people say "forget Twilight" is because Twilight's messed with the essentials of vampire lore, and to those who like them, that's pretty blasphemous, especially when it isn't done well. Like, LTROI messes with some essentials of the lore but carries out others creatively and interestingly. So people are down with that.

I do agree with you vampirs aren't that interesting. But those who like them, I assume, would feel Twilight is an abodomation of their beloved fictional tradition.