Sex and Vampires Nov 6, 2009
Gothic and Romantic writers, including Sheridan Le Fanu, John Polidori and Bram Stoker, devoured those books for inspiration, along with Baring-Gould's accounts of real-life serial killer Countess Elisabeth B;thory (1560-1614) ... Bram Stoker's novel Dracula created the image of the modern vampire, although the book's influence only grew in the Twentieth Century, when it was translated to stage and film. (Suite101.com)
Supernatural scenery: 'Dracula' draws Halloween crowd Nov 4, 2009
Some were too silly, others didn t stick to the spirit of the novel by Bram Stoker that introduced the infamous supernatural title figure. Choosing to do their own adaptation of the novel also saved them the trouble of having to pay to use an existing script, Hatem said. (Medfield Press, MA)
A bloodier Dracula rises again Nov 3, 2009
"Dracula the Un-Dead" written by Bram Stoker's descendant Dacre ... released this month in the United States, is a sequel to Bram Stoker's 1897 classic written by Dacre Stoker, the original author's great-grandnephew ... The book, co-written by Dracula historian Ian Holt, picks up 25 years after the Victorian-era monster is supposedly killed in the original and is based in part on 125 pages of handwritten notes that Bram Stoker left behind. (CNN -- Showbiz)
› Fright Night Oct 31, 2009
This silent classic sees Max Schreck in the iconic role of Count Orlok in what was essentially an unauthorised adaptation of the Bram Stoker novel 'Dracula. The film reached iconic status with horror fans, and is regarded as one of the best horrors of all time. (iAfrica.com)
Macabre movies miss the mark Oct 31, 2009
Through stories like "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Black Cat" and "The Pit and the Pendulum," Poe was scaring readers decades before Bram Stoker ever imagined "Dracula." And with "The Purloined Letter" and "The Murders In the Rue Morgue," he practically invented the detective genre ... " (Sober will be showing "Masque" at his monthly Film Talk series Oct. 31, scheduled for 10:30 a.m. at the Pratt's central library, 400 Cathedral St.) George Figgs, a film historian and exhibitor who ran the... (FOX59, IN)
Daily guide to television and radio Oct 31, 2009
Bram Stoker s Dracula 8 p.m. (38). Remake with Gary Oldman as the immortal count. (Boston Globe)
New Jersey undead come out of the coffin Oct 30, 2009
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Lust for danger: Why vampires are so sexy Oct 30, 2009
In the past week alone, a new novel co-written by a descendant of Dracula author Bram Stoker has been released, a comic book company has announced that Stephen King is helping write a vampire comic book, and a movie called Cirque du Freak: The Vampires Assistant premiered ... Vampires are convenient vessels, convenient metaphors, to play out all kinds of things, explained Anne Stiles, an assistant professor of English literature at Washington State University and an expert on Bram... (MSNBC -- Health)
Dracula revived by Bram Stoker descendant00002E73 Oct 28, 2009
Dracula revived by Bram Stoker descendant - Books - Entertainment ... Dracula revived by Bram Stoker descendant ... Bram Stoker's own blood runs through the veins of a sequel to his 1897 novel Dracula, releasing worldwide in October penned by a great-grandnephew hoping to revive the original vampire myth. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Stoker descendant pens new Dracula novel Oct 25, 2009
By TIRDAD DERAKHSHANI Philadelphia Inquirer The vampire whose unquenchable thirst for blood Bram Stoker chronicled in the 1897 classic, "Dracula," has returned ... He said he was inspired to open the book by Stoker scholars Radu Florescu and Raymond McNally, who explored the connection between Bram Stoker's literary creation and the 15th-century Romanian leader Vlad III Dracula of Wallachia, who reportedly was one of the inspirations for the monstrous fictional character ... Stoker and Holt, who... (Erie Times-News, PA)
New Authors Breathe New Life Into Orphaned Characters Oct 23, 2009
This would not be remarkable were it not for the fact that the authors who created these literary icons Douglas Adams, Bram Stoker, A.A. Milne have been dead anywhere from eight years to nearly a century ... Dacre (rhymes with "acre") Stoker (great-grandnephew of Bram Stoker) grew up in Canada before moving to the United States, aware but not terribly impressed that his ancestor, an Irish theater manager and penny-dreadful novelist, was the author of the horror classic ... Though "Dracula"... (Honolulu Advertiser)
Reading List: Fall & Winter 2009 ... Oct 19, 2009
Reading List: Fall r 2009 2010, Part 2. Reading List: Fall & Winter 2009 2010, Part 2. (Suite101.com)
Sequel to 'Dracula' well worth 112-year wait Oct 15, 2009
Dracula The Un-Dead was co-written by Dacre Stoker, the great-grandnephew of Bram Stoker, who finished the original in 1897. LIFELINE OF BRAM STOKER'S 'DRACULA. (USA Today -- Life)
Dracula Films Oct 13, 2009
Often the stories told have born little resemblance to the original novel by Bram Stoker, but the central character almost always retains the same macabre fascination ... Richard E Grant, Anthony Hopkins and Winona Ryder supported Gary Oldman as Dracula in the Francis Ford Coppola movie Bram Stoker s Dracula in 1992. (Suite101.com)
Dracula rises from Aiken in sequel by Stoker descendent Oct 11, 2009
In the 112 years since Bram Stoker published Dracula , there have been hundreds of incarnations of the bloodsucking Romanian count in novels and movies, but few, if any, have attempted what Dacre Stoker has ... Mr. Stoker, whose great-grandfather, George, was the brother of Bram Stoker, has been working with Ian Holt on the book for about six years ... One of his goals was to integrate characters and storylines that were suggested in Bram Stoker's notes but were edited from the final product. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Are Vampires Real? Oct 8, 2009
Bram Stoker's Dracula and Vlad the Impaler. Bram Stoker brought the vampire to life in 1897 with his classic novel Dracula. (Suite101.com)
Horror writer O'Neill has 'Taste of Tenderloin' Sep 13, 2009
He's twice in recent years been nominated for a Bram Stoker Award (the top honor for English horror writing), and collector's editions of his books sell for $50-$150. His latest, "Taste of Tenderloin" (Apex Books Co.; 162 pages; $13. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Review of the Thriller Damnable Sep 13, 2009
Hank Schwaeble won a Bram Stoker award in 2007, thanks to three short stories he contributed to Five Strokes to Midnight. He's an active member of both the Horror writers Association an the International Thrillers Writers Association. (Suite101.com)
"The Vampyre," by John William Poli... Sep 7, 2009
The vampire character, Lord Ruthven, was the most well-known image of vampires until Bram Stoker published Dracula in 1897. History of "The Vampyre". (Suite101.com)
Why we love vampires Jul 19, 2009
Vampires and sex have been inexorably intertwined since Bram Stoker's iconic sexual predator Count Dracula took a little nip of Mina and Lucy back in 1897 ... Only the later ''DRACULA'' by FF Coppola in 1992 with Gary Oldman in the lead does Dracula return largely to its Bram Stoker roots. (MSNBC -- News)
'West End Horror' is more about Sherlock Holmes than murder Jul 16, 2009
Among the more recognizable are George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde, Bram Stoker, Gilbert and Sullivan, and a young H.G. Wells. "For a little while, I think the audience is going to say 'Wow. This is not what I expected,'" said Wes Hennings, who plays several roles, including Wilde and Sir Arthur Sullivan. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Drac'll Be Back Jul 15, 2009
Dacre Stoker, the great-grandnephew of "Dracula" author Bram Stoker, has written "Dracula: The Un-Dead," a sequel to the famed vampire tale. It's the first Dracula knockoff officially sanctioned by the Stoker family estate and is based on handwritten notes and plot threads cut from Bram's original story. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Young adults feel affinity with supernatural characters in books Jun 28, 2009
The original Dracula, published in 1897 by Bram Stoker, comprised a socio-political commentary on the desiccated, blood-sucking upper class. Mary Shelley s 1816 Frankenstein is a work of philosophy and science far closer to Heinlein s work than to Meyer s series, though both came to the authors in dream form. (Boston Globe)
Book Buzz for Thursday, June 18, 2009 Jun 19, 2009
2008 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Novel, 2008 Black Quill Editor s Choice Award ... Each year since 1987 the Horror Writer s Association presents the Bram Stoker Awards for Superior Achievement which are named for the author of the seminal horror work, Dracula ... Joe Hill s Heart Shaped Box brought in both the 2008 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel and the 2008 Black Quill People s Choice Award. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
In "Tetro,'' Coppola rediscovers himself Jun 19, 2009
Tetro' movie review - 'Tetro' showtimes - The Boston Globe - The Boston Globe. Local Search Site Search. (Boston Globe)
Vampire author says shes the anti-Anne Rice Jun 18, 2009
They brood like other vampires flooding bookstores and move theaters, but Harris endows them with a dark power harkening back to Bram Stoker, Durand said. "They're still not the cuddly little teddy bears with teeth kind of deal; they're still a threat," he said. (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)
Hobbit Habit Jun 5, 2009
Because that is what Bram Stoker did with Dracula in the 1890s. That book was a sort of brisk, procedural book that was steeped in Eastern European lore. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
From the Director of 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' Comes an Astonishing, Fun and Suspenseful Adventure in Eye-Popping 3-D Unlike Anything You've Seen Before! 'CORALINE' May 27, 2009
Among its many honors are: the British Science Fiction Award, the Hugo, the Nebula, the Bram Stoker and the Elizabeth Burr/Worzalla awards. Preorder close is June 2, 2009. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Upcoming arts eventsat McLaughlin Middle School and Fine Arts Center Apr 18, 2009
Next Tuesday, April 21 2:30 p.m. in Black Box Theater - Troupe In A Trunk presents Fantastical Friends featuring dramatizations of the classic works of: Louisa May Alcott, Charlotte Bronte, Lewis Carroll, Charles Dickens, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, W. W. Jacobs, Bram Stoker and Mark Twain. Dramatizations from such classics as: Little Women; Jane Eyre; Great Expectations; Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; Dracula; The Monkey s Paw; and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. (Lake Wales News, FL)
In Italy, it's soccer. In Canada, it's hockey and stand-up comedy Apr 8, 2009
The man was an actor playing Oscar Wilde and he was attending the wedding of his friend Bram Stoker, author of Dracula, to a woman named Florence. The bride was also and very obviously a subject of interest to Wilde. (Globe and Mail)
Italy dig unearths 'vampire' in Venice (3) Mar 16, 2009
Borrini said the discovery shows that vampires in popular culture were originally quite different from the elegant, aristocratic blood-drinker depicted in Bram Stoker s 1897 novel Dracula and in countless Hollywood revisitations. The real vampire of tradition was different, he said. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Riveting whodunit at Cleveland Play House Mar 14, 2009
Consider Jane Austen s Pride and Prejudice, John Steinbeck s Of Mice and Men, and Dracula by Bram Stoker, all of which received productions at The Cleveland Play House. Joining the fraternity is Fyodor Dostoevsky s Crime and Punishment. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
"Vampire" unearthed in Venice plague grave Mar 13, 2009
While legends about blood-drinking ghouls date back thousands of years, the modern figure of the vampire was encapsulated in the Irish author Bram Stoker's 1897 novel "Dracula," based on 18th century eastern European folktales ... Irish author Bram Stoker. (Yahoo News)
In the Blood Mar 9, 2009
A 1928 advertisement for a play of Bram Stoker s story ... In Chapter 21 of Bram Stoker s Dracula, Mina s friend John Seward, a psychiatrist in Purfleet, near London, tells how he and a colleague, warned that Mina might be in danger, broke into her bedroom one night and found her kneeling on the edge of her bed. (New Yorker)
Mary Shelley, Frankenstein & the Su... Mar 3, 2009
Dr. Polidori wrote The Vampyre, later expanded to novel length, which was the first vampire story published in English and which some speculate might have been an inspiration for Bram Stoker s Dracula, written 78 years later. The Monster Is Born. (Suite101.com)
Bacon Explosion recipe exploding on Internet Feb 7, 2009
Bram Stoker, best-known for his 1897 book "Dracula," was said to be keen on vampire bats, but much of his research for the book came from European folklore and stories of vampires. But the Bergmans had nothing to worry about since vampire bats only live in Pennsylvania, check that, Transylvania. (ESPN -- Outdoors)
