The impression I got is that the villagers see the outside world as infested by vampires - and why not? They're all over the TV and there's a crowd of them just outside the city limits. Hanselstadt is a safe sanctuary for them, where no vampire dares to set foot.

I'm wondering if I enjoyed this issue more than a lot of people because I'm an H P Lovecraft fan, and the scenario is something he could easily have written?