The Lord of Darkness. The King of Vampires. Since his introduction by Bram Stoker in the 1897 novel that bore his name, ...
Christopher Lee portrayed Dracula a whopping 10 times throughout his career, seven of which were for Hammer Film Productions. This incredible run started in 1958 with Hammer’s simply titled ...
If your takeaway from Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu was “Damn… Ellen is lowkey a freak 👀”, I need you to know that Ellen ...
A 1979 iteration, Nosferatu the Vampyre, directed by Werner Herzog, was a slow-burning, crepuscular piece. With his frequent collaborator Klaus Kinski in the title role, Herzog's vision was one of ...
His pursuit of Mina Harker also has a sexual edge to it - and so does her husband Jonathan's encounter with Dracula's brides. The film adaptations of Dracula lean into this, as Bela Lugosi - the ...
Our world of four-quadrant blockbusters doesn't leave much room for explorations of adult sexuality, but there are still ...
deadly trio of female vampires who feed on Jonathan Harker while he is held captive in Dracula’s castle — but Count Orlok has no brides. And while most “Dracula” adaptations have the Count ...
Two Hindi movies came out this year. Nazar Khan’s Shaitan Mujrim uses several tropes associated with vampire films, including Dracula’s brides, while also borrowing from Frankenstein.
Closer to home, Christopher Lee portrayed a haughty, brooding Dracula for Hammer Horror in 1958. Perhaps the definitive Dracula, for a British audience anyway, is Christopher Lee. He had seen ...
Among the extensive villain roster is Dracula, who takes center stage in Season 1: Eternal Night Falls. In this season, Dracula teams up with Doctor Doom to disrupt the moon’s orbit, causing ...