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Dracula (other)
''Dracula'' is an 1897 novel by Bram Stoker. Dracula or Count Dracula may also refer to: *Count Dracula, the title character in the novel *Vlad the Impaler (1431–1476), or Vlad Dracula, ruler of Wallachia Arts and entertainment Film and television Film * Dracula (Universal film series), ''Dracula'' (Universal film series) ** Dracula (1931 English-language film), ''Dracula'' (1931 English-language film) starring Bela Lugosi ** Dracula (1931 Spanish-language film), ''Dracula'' (1931 Spanish-language film) starring Carlos Villarías * Dracula (Hammer film series), ''Dracula'' (Hammer film series) ** Dracula (1958 film), ''Dracula'' (1958 film) starring Christopher Lee * Count Dracula (1970 film), ''Count Dracula'' (1970 film), a non-Hammer film starring Christopher Lee * Bram Stoker's Dracula (1974 film), ''Bram Stoker's Dracula'' (1974 film), a TV adaptation starring Jack Palance * Count Dracula (1977 film), ''Count Dracula'' (1977 film), a BBC TV production * Dracula (1979 film) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dracula
''Dracula'' is an 1897 Gothic fiction, Gothic horror fiction, horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker. The narrative is Epistolary novel, related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. It has no single protagonist and opens with solicitor Jonathan Harker taking a business trip to stay at the castle of a Transylvanian nobleman, Count Dracula. Harker flees after learning that Dracula is a vampire, and the Count moves to England and plagues the seaside town of Whitby. A small group, led by Abraham Van Helsing, hunts and kills him. The novel was mostly written in the 1890s, and Stoker produced over a hundred pages of notes, drawing extensively from Folklore of Romania, folklore and History of Romania, history. Scholars have suggested various figures as the inspiration for Dracula, including the Wallachian prince Vlad the Impaler and the Countess Elizabeth Báthory, but recent scholarship suggests otherwise. He probably found the name Dracula in Whitby's public l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dracula (2013 TV Series)
''Dracula'' is a horror drama television series. The series, a reimagining of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel ''Dracula'', was produced by London-based Carnival Films; it aired in the United States on NBC and in the United Kingdom on Sky Living from 25 October 2013, to 24 January 2014. It was created by Cole Haddon and Daniel Knauf, while Daniel Knauf served as showrunner and head writer. The series was given a straight-to-series commitment of ten episodes. It was cancelled after one season. Premise After being revived by a mysterious figure through the blood of a graveyard thief, Dracula arrives in London posing as Alexander Grayson, an American entrepreneur who claims to bring modern science to Victorian society. In reality, he seeks revenge on the Order of the Dragon, a power-hungry organization that ruined his life centuries earlier. Abraham Van Helsing, who was later revealed to have brought Dracula back to life, is also out for revenge, and the two form an uneasy alliance. Their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
