EPISODE 114: Dracula In Fiction and Film With Film Historian Bruce Hallenbeck and Bram Stoker Biographer Neil Storey
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INTERVIEW BEGINS AT: 25:30
In 1897 Bram Stoker unleashed the stuff of nightmares to generations, and the world of film forever put his creation in our collective conscious. From the earliest days of film the Vampire appeared, but it wasn't until 1922 with the release of Nosferatu (and its's subsequent legal battles) that Stokers character graced the screen. Then 1931 and a relatively unknown Bela Lugosi portrayed what has become the pop culture image of Stokers count. Over the years there have been countless versions of the Vampire, most notably by the likes of Christopher Lee, Frank Langela and Gary Oldman, but what do the film historians and Stoker scholars think about the various versions.... let's find out
Bruce Hallenbeck, horror historian and author of books such as The Hammer Vampire, and Neil Storey Author of works such as Dracula Secrets join us to discuss the count on film and in history...
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