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  <body>&lt;p&gt;Yup, Guilty Pleasures has it: a bad case of "Twilight" fever.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Stephenie Meyer's rainy romance novel with a vampire twist is one of those books you can't put down. Last weekend, after coming home from the bars, Guilty Pleasures still stayed up 'till dawn reading chapter after chapter.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sure it's book candy, an over-indulgent love story about an accident-prone but beautiful (of course) girl who falls in love with a super hot vampire who just happens to also lust for her (and her blood).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To be fair, though, Guilty Pleasures has always had a thing for those creatures of the night. You don't have to be a mopey Goth kid to dig vampires; they're the ultimate bad boys -- dark and mysterious, unbelievably handsome, brooding and, for some, alluringly complex in their guilt over doing what vampires do.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So while Edward Cullen (played in the movie by actor Robert Pattinson) may be getting all the attention now, he's just one on Guilty Pleasures' list. What, you don't have a list of your favorite vampires? Here are a few Guilty Pleasures wouldn't mind meeting in a dark alley:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;* Hottie head vamp Stephen Dorff in "Blade." (Sorry Wesley Snipes, you were only a half-vampire.)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;* David Bowie as the almost-immortal Manhattan vampire in "The Hunger."&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;* When it comes to Spike vs. Angel in the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" TV series, definitely Spike.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;* Brad Pitt vs. Tom Cruise in "Interview with the Vampire." Brad Pitt, no question.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;* And the entire vampire cast in "The Lost Boys." What 13-year-old in America didn't want a little vampire neck action after this movie came out?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;However, do not be fooled, as Guilty Pleasures was recently, into renting the kinda-sorta sequel "Lost Boys: The Tribe."&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Though it features Angus Sutherland -- Kiefer's younger half-brother -- and Corey Feldman reprising his role as Edgar Frog, Guilty Pleasures can't decide if this movie is a really bad send-up to the original or just plain really bad.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;* Guilty Pleasures is a weekly look at whatever Guilty Pleasures wants to look at.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</body>
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