Hardcover, 384 pages
Published 2010 by Everyman's Library.
It tells the story of Dracula's attempt to move from Transylvania to England so he may find new blood and spread undead curse, and the battle between Dracula and a small group of men and women led by Professor Abraham Van Helsing.
It tells the story of Dracula's attempt to move from Transylvania to England so he may find new blood and spread undead curse, and the battle between Dracula and a small group of men and women led by Professor Abraham Van Helsing.
I read this one after reading [book:Frankenstein], as a sort of classic SF/F/H kick. Oh, so awesome. There's not a single movie that does it justice.
I read this one after reading [book:Frankenstein], as a sort of classic SF/F/H kick. Oh, so awesome. There's not a single movie that does it justice.
The first part of Dracula is absolutely amazing. I read the book when I was a college film student, and I used to think about how I would film the book, and mainly I thought about those two chapters. I know just how I would film the first chapter with Dracula. I know how I would film the chapter in which the woman keeps mysteriously losing blood (modernized, so it could happen in a hospital, a striking contrast to the first scene in the crumbling castle.
As for the rest of the book, I figured I'd hire a writer to come up with something, because outside of the wonderful scenes with Renfield, there is nothing in the rest of the book worth filming, or reading.
Stoker created a great villain in Dracula, but after that first chapter he seems to have lost interest in him; Dracula is spoken of more …
The first part of Dracula is absolutely amazing. I read the book when I was a college film student, and I used to think about how I would film the book, and mainly I thought about those two chapters. I know just how I would film the first chapter with Dracula. I know how I would film the chapter in which the woman keeps mysteriously losing blood (modernized, so it could happen in a hospital, a striking contrast to the first scene in the crumbling castle.
As for the rest of the book, I figured I'd hire a writer to come up with something, because outside of the wonderful scenes with Renfield, there is nothing in the rest of the book worth filming, or reading.
Stoker created a great villain in Dracula, but after that first chapter he seems to have lost interest in him; Dracula is spoken of more than seen for the rest of the book. Instead, the story is given over to a bunch of stiffs, pasty Christians whose deaths are no sadder than the melting of a mannequin.
