bram stoker
The Lasting Influence of Bram Stoker on Irish Horror
How the origins of Halloween influenced Irish Horror through its books and movies. Now that spooky season is officially upon us, it would be bad luck to not talk about Irish horror culture, because be...
Seven Dracula Adaptations That Totally Reimagine the Story
Outside of Sherlock Holmes, Dracula has seen more appearances on screen than any other fictional character. The book remains the single most frequently adapted novel in history. Given that, it seems o...
Four Essential Cinematic Adaptations of the Dracula Story
Dracula just might be the most famous movie monster in the world. At the very least, he’s earned a spot on the Mt. Rushmore of horror. He’s the quintessential vampire, and his story has been told and ...
You And I Are One Forever: Why Carmilla Remains One of the Most Important Vampire Stories Ever Told
Dracula was an obsessively well-researched book. While the novel was published in 1897, Stoker had written his first notes on the story—of a young solicitor unknowingly venturing into the home of a va...
120 Years and Counting: Why Dracula is More Modern Than It’s Given Credit For
Believe it or not, Bram Stoker’s Dracula is 120 years old. With the amount of impact it’s had on pop culture, from movies and television, books and comics and video games, to cereals, to the fact that...
**UPDATE**Third Volume Of Graphic Novel Series Silver (About The Hunt For Dracula’s Lost Treasure) Returns To Kickstarter
Author Stephan Franck, the creator of the first two volumes of Silver via funding from Kickstarter, is back with another campaign. This time, Franck is starting up another funding venture for the thir...
Six Female Mummy Movies to Prepare You For Universal’s Upcoming Reboot
So Universal’s Mummy reboot has a female mummy and this has people up in arms, although not as much as the fact that Tom Cruise was cast as the lead. I can understand people being upset about Cruise i...
Why Every Dracula Adaptation is Different (And Why That’s Great)
No two Dracula movies are the same. Considering that the character been adapted to the screen more than any other fictional being, save Sherlock Holmes, that shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise. ...
