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Francis Ford Coppolas vampire tale is now revived in cinemas for its 30th anniversary, with Gary Oldman the fierce and anguished count who hundreds of years ago renounced God and embraced an eternity of parasitic horror in his rage at the unjust death of his countess (played by Winona Ryder). Dressed like the Pierrot from hell in his vast Transylvanian castle, Dracula then buys property in Victorian London, and appears there in the style of a sinister young dandy, on the scent of a woman who looks exactly like his late wife: the winsome Mina (Ryder again), fiancee to the equally demure young lawyer who journeyed to Romania to draw up Draculas contracts: Jonathan, played by Keanu Reeves. This Dracula isnt from Coppolas great 70s/80s period, but it has a melodramatic and operatic energy and draws on the look and feel of Hollywoods pre-Code salaciousness and the silent movie madness of Nosferatu though the expressionist shadows are blood-red, not black. Continue reading
Keanu Reeves and Gary Oldman in Bram Stokers Dracula. ( 1992 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.) Lots of people have wanted to put the story of Bram Stoker's Dracula(back in UK cinemas in 4K now for its 30th anniversary) on the big screen, but at the beginning of the 1990s, James V Harts screenplay was languishing in development torpor when Winona Ryder read it and decided it had to be made. Continue reading
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A GUEST on Antiques Roadshow was left dumbfounded after learning how much their third edition Bram Stoker book could be worth at auction. Book specialist Matthew Haley was presented with a copy of The Mystery of the Sea on a recent episodefilmed in Scotland. Continue reading
If you are anything like me, you are always looking for an excuse to head to the theater. From the big screen, to the semi-comfortable seating, and even the sense of community you get when the crowd is fully engrossed in what they know is something special, despite all their recent hardships, movie theaters still hold a particular magic that just cant be recreated at home Continue reading
Abbyr Shen Reesht - Say That Again Sunday, October 9th, 2022 - 42 minutes Ayns 'Shiaght Laa' ta Maralyn Crellin ginsh dooin mychione club son thummeyderyn. Va three gammanyn er-nyn-son ayns 'Jamys Jeheiney' choud's va barney goll er lhieeney reesht, as Daniel Quayle assaaragh. Continue reading
Carlos Villaras and Lupita Tovar starred in the 1931 Spanish language version of Dracula. Continue reading
Its not the WORST show. The music and effects are good, and the actors are great. Like Penny Dreadful, they pull in other characters from Bram Stoker's Dracula and other big name monsters and modify them significantly Continue reading
Ben Stevenson's Dracula, presented by the Nevada Ballet Theatre, will fill the stage with all the eerie, Gothic grandness to begin the Halloween season. Haunting performances will be presented at The Smith Center Oct. 6-9 Continue reading