Dracula Published

**drobin** · 27th May 08, 03:56 PM

As a friend's sister said, and I agree: one of the original techno-thrillers.
The F.W.Murnau's film NOSFERATU, is really good, I got to see it on a double bill with "Interview with the Vampire". I bought the 75th anniversary release of Lugosi's Dracula, and it too is quite good (especially with the new Philip Glass soundtrack). Despite 'some things' Coppola's film did get a couple of points right: Dracula could walk in daylight and there was a 'wild west chase scene'.

**McMurdo** · 27th May 08, 04:21 PM

I think I may have to read it again it has been some years since I did, and yes I agree about the F.W. Murnau 1922 film Nosferatu, simply the best one out there, although as had been mentioned the remake stands up quite well.

**MacMillan of Rathdown** · 28th May 08, 09:19 AM

Originally Posted by Jimmy

If you are ever in Dublin then visit St. Michan's Church, just off the City Centre where Bram Stoker worshipped. Underneath the church are catacombs and vaults with mummified corpses dating back from the times of the crusades. These well preserved bodies are there for you to see but not touch, bodies lying in open coffins in deep underground vaults are not for the squeamish and my theory is part of the vampire legend may have originated here and then supplemented by the Transylvanian blood thirsty Count.

I'm not sure Stoker actually worshiped at St. Michan's, as St. Anne's, just off Grafton Street, would have been much closer to his home. That said, I'm sure some of the imagery of the vaults under St. Michan's did indeed find its way into "Dracula". Stoker's extensive research in the reading room of the British Library provided almost all of the detail for his highly imaginative novel. Part of what gives the novel its enduring appeal is it's attention to detail-- as a visit to Whitby (or Transylvania) will bear out.