Dracula, one of the most well known vampires, is not just a creation of Bram Stoker’s imagination. He is, in fact, based on a real person. Vlad Dracul was a blood thirsty ruler in Transylvania who wrought terror as he fought his way through power. Vlad’s tactic’s eventually led to the moniker of Vlad the ...
Between the 1920s and the 1980s it was hard to find a vampire in popular culture that wasn’t inspired in some way be Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The United States and the United Kingdom dominated the vampire movie market and immediately took their cues from that story. Some adapted their own story but all seemed to ...
Bram Stoker’s Dracula: Sony Pictures, DVD release date 2007 Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins and Keannu Reaves I can watch this again and again. Dracula played by Gary Oldman is amazing. The story is Bram Stoker’s original story of Dracula, however the characters are so real and the imaginary is amazing. Interview With A ...
Bram (Abraham) Stoker was born in Dublin in 1847. He was the son of a civil servant, and later followed reluctantly in his father’s footsteps, becoming a clerk at Dublin Castle. Unhappy with his menial job, he pursued a career in writing, starting with the publication of The Chain of Destiny which appeared in four ...
Although vampire stories have existed for hundreds of years, they became firmly entrenched in Western culture with the 1897 release of Bram Stoker’s novel “Dracula.” Since then, Count Dracula and similar vampires have been the subject of countless movies and books. Although these vampire stories are a relatively modern invention, the character of Count Dracula ...
Vampires: They are both repellent and alluring; frightening and fascinating. These are the best, romantic vampires ever to be captured on film. They embody the spirit of the classical gothic by combining elements of the supernatural with the adventure of a love story – often gone wrong. Although, sometimes these affairs of the heart between ...