Count Dracula Goes to the Movies: Stoker's Novel Adapted, 3d ed.
First published in 1897, Bram Stoker's Dracula has never been out of print. Yet most people are familiar with the title character from the movies. Count Dracula is one of the most-filmed literary characters in history—but has he (or Stoker's novel) ever been filmed accurately?

In its third edition, this study focuses on 18 adaptations of Dracula from 1922 to 2012, comparing them to the novel and to each other. Fidelity to the novel does not always guarantee a good movie, while some of the better films are among the more freely adapted.

The Universal and Hammer sequels are searched for traces of Stoker, along with several other films that borrow from the novel. The author concludes with a brief look at four latter-day projects that are best dismissed or viewed for ironic laughs.

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Count Dracula Goes to the Movies: Stoker's Novel Adapted, 3d ed.
First published in 1897, Bram Stoker's Dracula has never been out of print. Yet most people are familiar with the title character from the movies. Count Dracula is one of the most-filmed literary characters in history—but has he (or Stoker's novel) ever been filmed accurately?

In its third edition, this study focuses on 18 adaptations of Dracula from 1922 to 2012, comparing them to the novel and to each other. Fidelity to the novel does not always guarantee a good movie, while some of the better films are among the more freely adapted.

The Universal and Hammer sequels are searched for traces of Stoker, along with several other films that borrow from the novel. The author concludes with a brief look at four latter-day projects that are best dismissed or viewed for ironic laughs.

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Count Dracula Goes to the Movies: Stoker's Novel Adapted, 3d ed.

Count Dracula Goes to the Movies: Stoker's Novel Adapted, 3d ed.

by Lyndon W. Joslin
Count Dracula Goes to the Movies: Stoker's Novel Adapted, 3d ed.

Count Dracula Goes to the Movies: Stoker's Novel Adapted, 3d ed.

by Lyndon W. Joslin

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First published in 1897, Bram Stoker's Dracula has never been out of print. Yet most people are familiar with the title character from the movies. Count Dracula is one of the most-filmed literary characters in history—but has he (or Stoker's novel) ever been filmed accurately?

In its third edition, this study focuses on 18 adaptations of Dracula from 1922 to 2012, comparing them to the novel and to each other. Fidelity to the novel does not always guarantee a good movie, while some of the better films are among the more freely adapted.

The Universal and Hammer sequels are searched for traces of Stoker, along with several other films that borrow from the novel. The author concludes with a brief look at four latter-day projects that are best dismissed or viewed for ironic laughs.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781476669878
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication date: 04/27/2017
Edition description: 3rd ed.
Pages: 296
Product dimensions: 6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Lyndon W. Joslin is a radio news anchor, reporter, commentator, and copy editor in Houston, Texas.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction: The Novel as Basis for Film 1

I Stoker's Novel Adapted 5

A Synopsis of Stoker's Novel 5

Nosferatu, eine Sinfonie des Grauens (1922) 9

Dracula (1931) 20

Dracula (Spanish language version, 1931) 31

Drácula Istanbul'da (1953) 42

Horror of Dracula (1958) 51

Dracula (1969) 61

El Conde Dracula (1970) 69

Hrabe Drakula (1971) 77

Dracula (1974) 85

Count Dracula (1977) 93

Dracula (1979) 105

Nosferatu, Phantom der Nacht (1979) 113

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) 122

Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995) 132

Dracula's Curse (2002) 137

Dracula: Pages from a Virgins Diary (2003) 146

Dracula (2006) 153

Dario Argento's Dracula (2013) 159

Afterword to the Adaptations 164

II The Universal Dracula Series 166

Dracula's Daughter (1936) 166

Son of Dracula (1943) 172

House of Frankenstein (1944) 179

House of Dracula (1945) 183

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) 187

III The Hammer Dracula Series 191

The Brides of Dracula (1960) 191

Dracula-Prince of Darkness (1965) 200

Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968) 207

Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) 215

Scars of Dracula (1970) 223

Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972) 227

The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) 231

The Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires (1974) 236

IV Shadows of Stoker 244

Jonathan (1970) 244

Count Yorga, Vampire (1970) 248

The Return of Count Yorga (1971) 252

Nadja (1994) 257

Dracula 2000 (2000) 263

V Dracula Obscura 268

Red Scream Nosferatu (2009) 268

Dracula, Lord of the Damned (2012) 269

Dracula Reborn (2012) 271

Terror of Dracula (2012) 272

Afterword 274

Bibliography 277

Discography 279

Index 281

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