The Prince of Darkness is back on the big screen and, in some ways, is bigger than ever. But in this case, the prince in question isn’t the subject of Dracula 3D, but revered horror director, Dario Argento, whose take on the Bram Stoker tale hit theaters and On-Demand internet video sites in the US this month.
Focus your thoughts, gentle reader and let me know if this rings a bell. A maverick, Academy Award-wining director at the height of his fame and influence goes to a far away war-torn land to create his cinematic masterpiece. The movie’s plot involves a party of four men, who journey into a dark and uncivilized country, in search of a dark and deadly figure of the shadows.
How many actors have played Dracula? The short answer to this question is… a lot. Since Max Schreck terrified audiences in 1922 with his portrayal of Count Olaf (legalities at the time prevented the film from using the names from Stoker’s novel outright), Dracula is without a doubt not only the most beloved and consistently adapted vampire story, but arguably the most adapted story in any genre.
With the October 25th premiere of NBC’s brand new Dracula adaptation right around the corner, Jonathan Rhys Meyers (The Tudors, Velvet Goldmine) sat down with PARADE Magazine to talk about taking on the titular role of this classic horror story, along with why he seems to “play the bad guy a lot”.
Good things are worth waiting for. Nobody knows this better certainly than the Undead. I mean, really, it might take centuries for that unsuspecting village idiot to sneak into the castle and open up the family crypt. In cases like that, patience definitely is a virtue.
In stark contrast to the previous promotional photos that looked like both a riddle and a kaleidoscope, NBC has released a brand new batch of character photographs in preparation for the October 25th series premiere of Dracula, starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers (The Tudors).
In case you’re still suffering from withdrawals after the shocking season finale of HBO’s True Blood, NBC is ready and waiting to remind us the next big thing isn’t so far away. Last week, brand new posters were released for its upcoming series Dracula, staring Jonathan Rhys Meyers (The Tudors, Velvet Goldmine).
Elizabeth Miller is recognized internationally for her expertise on Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula – its origins in folklore, literature and history, as well as its influence on the culture of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
The essence of the vampire as an archetype, along with its long history within fiction and folklore, runs deeply through the current of how the world perceives the term. Whether an individual specifically subscribes to archetypal exploration (and the manifestation of archetype in practices such as psychodrama) or not, we believe it’s important to recognize all aspects beneath the layer of a word, an identifying term, with such a rich (and at times sordid) past. The following is a piece written by […]