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They Made the Horror Genre What it is Today

celticeagle @celticeagle (189792) • Boise, Idaho 16 Sep

OH, yes. The originals are always the best. I think anyway. The ones that come to mind are like Vincent Price who brought so many of Edgar Allen Poe's characters to life in the 60s. He was born Vincent Leonard Price Jr. on May 27,...

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Dracula In Children's Section

Kitycat @KityCat (7739) • India 16 Feb 25

So yesterday I was at the library to get some books . I was in the children's section looking for some comics for my brother , when I came across the Dracula novel ! There was a whole row in the shelf dedicated to it containing...

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Dracula: Is it a myth?!?

Shavkat @Shavkat (141906) • Philippines 30 Oct 24

When I was a young kid, I wished to wear a dracula costume. It never happened because Halloween parties and the like are not that popular to celebrate in my country. Things have changed through the years, and many locals are doing...

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Bela Lugosi and Dracula

celticeagle @celticeagle (189792) • Boise, Idaho 18 Oct 24

Bela Lugosi did not find the part of Dracula new to him back in 1931. He had played the role on Broadway in 1927. This first adaption of Bram Stoker's novel was the ultimate screen image of a vampire for decades to come. Lugosi...

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My Fascination With Vampires

celticeagle @celticeagle (189792) • Boise, Idaho 18 Oct 24

Vampires have always fascinated me. I think it started with the afternoon TV serial "Dark Shadows" back in 1966. They live forever, have no shadows, have telepathic powers, and they are always cool. What more can a girl ask for? I...

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Whitby abbey

Fleur @Fleura (34932) • United Kingdom 30 Apr 24

So of course being in Whitby we had to visit the ruins of the abbey, famous in ‘Goth’ circles and among Dracula fans (@Tampa_girl7). It’s just one of many ruined abbeys, monasteries and priories scattered around Britain, forcibly...

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A windy week in Whitby!

Fleur @Fleura (34932) • United Kingdom 27 Apr 24

We recently spent a week’s holiday in Whitby, on the north-east coast of England. When I mentioned our plans to anyone I quickly found that we seemed to be just about the only people in our village who have never been there –...

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Bram's Dracula

celticeagle @celticeagle (189792) • Boise, Idaho 25 Oct 22

Born in Dublin in 1847 Abraham Stoker, his name shortened to Bram in his childhood. Due to a mysterious illness, Bram spent most of his time in bed from birth until he was about seven years old. The illness left him as...

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TV Review Dracula 2019

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 2 Jan 20

The BBC - Spoiler alerts This was fabulous. It started off fairly faithful by the book homage to Bram Stoker, half-dead looking Jonathon Harker recovering and explaining his trip to Transylvania, but soon the departures...

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Poem What I Really Find Frightening

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 30 Oct 19

Poem What I Really Find Frightening The most monstrous thing about the monsters? Their absence; The darkness offers nothing But empty promise where no zombie stirs. There would be company in the Walking Dead hordes, while...

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Graphic Novel Review Bryan Talbot And Mark Stafford Cherubs

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 22 Sep 19

Dark Horse Books 2007 - Spoiler alerts Laugh out loud very funny and totally irreverent graphic novel that pokes fun at organized religion, Christianity, Harry Potter, Scooby Doo (Doggy Doo), burlesque and Buffy The Vampire...

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May 26 - Let's discuss what happened on this date

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222285) • United States 26 May 19

Sally Ride Day - Sally Ride was an American physicist, engineer and astronaut. She was born 5/26/51 and died in 2012. 1864 - Montana is organized as a United States territory. 1897 - Dracula, a novel by Irish author Bram...

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Dracula: Dead and Loving it (Movie)

C @ShyBear88 (59342) • Sterling, Virginia 18 Mar 19

This is a 1995 Mel Brooks movie where Mel wrote and directed this version of Dracula I’m a comical way. This is one of Mel Brooks movies that my husband hadn’t seen till last night when I played it on Vudu for free movie picks for...

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Graphic Novel Review Jim Starlin And Jim Aparo Batman V Dracula

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 22 Jan 19

Titan Books D.C Comics. A trilogy of book collecting the alternative timeline based Batman And Dracula Crimson Mist And Bloodstorm. (1999). Spoiler alerts This is a breathtaking and totally unexpected take on the Batman mythos...

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No chance of vampires for me.

marguicha @marguicha (230334) • Chile 28 Aug 18

I am watching a Dracula movie on TV. Not a classic film; it looks like a modern remake. That made me hungry. Not for human blood, but for an artichoke with my delicious garlic mayonnaise. In none of those movies they thought of...

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Who is your favourite author? Do you prefer fictional or non-fictional novels?

amirev777 @amirev777 (4117) • India 21 Aug 18

I am a big fan of reading fictional crime thrillers, especially murder mysteries. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is my all time favourite author. So is Dan Brown. I also enjoyed reading Bram Stoker's Dracula. Who is your favourite...

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Diary 10th To 12th February 2018

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 12 Feb 18

Diary Saturday 10th February 2018 A fairly quiet day with only a short shopping trip to spice it up, along with a grim letter from the council tax who have revised my bill. Apparently I don’t owe them just £6.50 as they...

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Count Dracula and Me

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (97908) • Daytona Beach, Florida 23 Sep 17

This is all bout Count Dracula and when I met him on Broadway. In 1977 while at university my English professor asked us to write a review about a play. Any play at all. It had to be current and it had to be on Broadway. Well...

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Eastercon Diary Sunday 16th April 2017 - Keeping It Weird

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 7 May 17

The second event I attended in a very busy convention day was a panel discussion on the weirdest of weird science fiction. I went along knowing it would draw reference to the work of my favourite author, H P Lovecraft. Ren...

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Horror

Kuttu @Kuttu_007 (1939) • India 19 Mar 17

I use to watch horror movies....but I don't get to know the difference between a Dracula and Vampire.....I wonder whether they both are the same or do they have any difference.....but they both kill humans and feed blood...

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