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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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@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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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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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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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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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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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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