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Wells This Classic Horror Collection has been professionally formatted for e-readers and includes a linked table of contents. When Jonathan Harker arrives at Castle Dracula, he has no idea of his host's horrible nocturnal habits. Can the eccentric Professor Van Helsing and his brave young friends take on the vilest vampire in the world? A modern and accessible retelling of Bram Stoker's classic horror story, guaranteed to grip young readers.

Includes informative notes on both the author and the original text. Dracula is an Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker. It introduced the character of Count Dracula, and established many conventions of subsequent vampire fantasy. The acclaimed Couture Classics with cover designs by Ruben Toledo have become collector's items in the worlds of literature, fashion, design, and popular culture.

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Following Phantom of the Opera , in the middle of the Silver age of Universal Studio's monster movies, a new sequel to Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman was considered for a Technicolor production: Wolfman vs Dracula! Lon Chaney Jr. At first Chaney was to play both roles, as his father Lon Chaney Sr. But Larry Talbot in his human phase would look exactly like Count Dracula so the role of Dracula was given to it's originator Bela Lugosi. Shubert kept the settings very tight in its scenes, to keep the cost down to balance out for the extra expense of technicolor.

But by Bela Lugosi was in his 60s and would have had to play part of his role as a giant bat much like in the Copolla Bram Stoker's Dracula in the 90s - and that would have been too much for him. And they couldn't have the Wolfman fighting an animated bat much like John Carradine's depiction of the Count or even Lugosi's portrayal in Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein.

So they decided to make one of their Arabian Nights film on the Technicolor contract and all that remained of Wolfman vs Dracula are some color 8x10s of Chaney in both parts. She dislikes her new home, but one day she finds the key to a locked and neglected garden. Pirie, David. The Vampire Cinema. New York: Crescent Books, Ramsland, Katherine. The Science of Vampires. New York: Berkley Publishing Group, Skal, David J.

New York: W. Norton and Company, London: Robson Books Ltd. Vampires: Encounters with the Undead. Wolf, Leonard. The Annotated Dracula.

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This comprehensive bibliography covers writings about vampires and related creatures from the 19th century to the present. Sections by topic list works covering various aspects, including general sources, folklore and history, vampires in literature, music and art, metaphorical vampires and the contemporary vampire community. Feminism and generation are live and ideologically freighted issues that are subject to a substantial amount of media engagement.

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