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When we recently brought you the news of the Official Twilight LEGO set, we dared even the haters out there to deny that it was a cool piece of movie merch. Unfortunately, there were probably more than a few anti-Twilighters out there who did exactly that. Yes, almost two decades after it was a pop culture phenomenon, Twilight is still getting hate, in fact, some of that hate is even making its way to the actors. But if you're Robert Pattinson, that animosity just kind of rolls off.

Speaking to GQ Spain (in an article translated by Variety), Pattinson revealed not just that he was still hearing from the controversial vampire saga's detractors, but what he says to them when he does. 

"I love that people keep telling me, ‘Man, ‘Twilight’ ruined the vampire genre,'" says The Batman and Mickey 17 star. "Are you still stuck on that shit? How can you be sad about something that happened almost 20 years ago? It’s crazy."

Look, to be perfectly honest, I myself am not exactly a fan of how Twilight handled the blood-sucking undead. But 'ruined the vampire genre??' I'm sorry, folks, I cannot take that kind of negativity seriously. As Pattinson points out, the Twilight movies are going on 20 years old at this point, with the first film having debuted in 2008. And not only is that a very long time ago, to his point, but we've also had so much incredible vampire storytelling in the time since! To name just a few examples, think about:

• A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)
• Penny Dreadful (2014)
• What We Do in the Shadows, both the film (2015) and TV show (2019)
• Castlevania (2017) and Castlevania: Nocturne (2023)
• Carmilla (2019)
• Jakob's Wife (2021)
• Blood Red Sky (2021)
• Interview with the Vampire (2022)
• Renfield (2023)
• Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (2023)
• Nosferatu (2024) 

And taht's barely even scratching the surface of all the fantastic vampire movies, TV shows, comics, novels, video games, and, hell, LEGO sets, that have been released in that time. As I intoned earlier, I don't have skin in the game to defend Twilight, but if you come for all vampires, you better have a damn good argument.

And not for nothing, you should maybe make it to someone who's not the goddamn Batman.

The Twilight saga is streaming (for free!) on Tubi now.

In the immortal words of Danny Elfman, "Life's no fun without a good scare." Join Popverse's weekly explorations of the best opening moments of horror cinema in The Coldest Open, and then check out:

• The best horror movies of all time, according to horror aficionado Greg Silber
• The most underrated horror movies from the past couple years
• All the new and upcoming horror movies for 2025 and beyond

And much gore. Er, more. Much more.