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Vampires aren't scary anymore. They haven't been for a while.

Anne Rice saw to that while she was making her fortune turning vampires into the kind of delicate camp caricatures you see hosting cooking shows on Bravo. It's continued through Twilight and every Twilight clone coming down the pipe. Still, Twilight can build it's own Federal Reserve Bank now, and no one gives a cuss what I think.

Now, I've officially typed the word "Twilight" way more than I wanted to today, and I need to get to the point. So, vampires will be the cause celebre of Spike TV's 4th Annual "Scream.," Tuesday, October 27 at 10 PM ET/PT.

According to Spike TV, the evening will celebrate (deep breath) "The Year Of The Vampire and The Phenomenal Popularity of The Twilight Saga with Cast And World Premiere Footage from The Highly-Anticipated (Twilight sequel) New Moon." Just typing that title leached some blood from my jugular.

Since Twilight isn't the only production turning vampire nightmares into Harlequin romances, the True Blood cast and creators (Alan Ball, Stephen Moyer, Anna Paquin, Alexander Skarsgård and Sam Trammell) will also be on hand.

In addition to the vamp-fest, "Scream 2009" will feature Tobey Maguire presenting an Icon Award to Stan Lee and a tribute to horror Legend George Romero.

Finally, diverting from the horror genre, the cast of Battlestar Galactica will reunite for a "final farewell" -- until the next reunion.

Meanwhile, if you want to watch a real vampire story on TV, go find a copy of Tobe Hooper's Salem's Lot.