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extra pointy welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’ll be hunting down the
origins of the most famous bloodsucker
of all time Dracula I am Dracula from
the pages of Gothic literature to modern
day blockbusters vampires have
infiltrated our culture and frightened
us from the shadows the most famous
fiend of all began terrorizing mankind
in the classic novel Dracula by Bram
Stoker by no means the first incarnation
of a nefarious vampire Dracula was and
is the most notable up until his
creation vampires had typically been
portrayed as horrifying corpses returned
from the dead to haunt the living not
unlike zombies the count however is a
graceful gentleman of noble blood who
plots to settle in England and turn its
citizens into legions of the undead I
didn’t know but that you might be hungry
thank you that’s very kind of you
Dracula as we have come to know and love
him has many powers attributed to
classic vampirism he is immortal feeds
off the blood of the living to keep
himself alive and is vulnerable to a
whole slew of superstitious defenses as
time passed however these superstitions
evolved and focused themselves into a
definite list of remedies holy water
crucifixes garlic sunlight and for the
coup de Grasse a stake to the heart
could all be Dracula’s downfall I will
find you a box and drive that stake
early or high other weaknesses have also
been attributed to vampires such as the
inability to cross running water silver
fire decapitation and drowning which
would kill just about anyone this year
they’re gonna find him and destroy him
utterly but let’s take a look at
Dracula’s abilities before we dismiss
him with a clove of garlic he is
immortal psychic and has the ability to
heal himself and travel at superhuman
speeds he has super strength super
senses and on top of that he can
shape-shift and fly no we aren’t
describing some omnipotent comic-book
superhero Dracula is just that powerful
and with all that power it seems
unlikely that mortal men
could ever best him well hold on to your
hats ladies and gentlemen because the
one thing that Dracula couldn’t do was
stay awake long enough not to be
murdered in his coffin after a harrowing
race the protagonists from Bram Stoker’s
classic are able to catch up with the
gypsy carriage carrying Dracula’s coffin
pry it open and slit his throat while
he’s snoozing the Sun rises and the
count disappears in a puff of vengeful
dust it’s no surprise that Dracula
became a popular figure in film and TV
and the character was shared prominently
amongst Universal Studios and Hammer
films between the 1930s and 70s and it
was in the latter’s roster that he was
portrayed by Christopher Lee contract
cutter
I am Dracula and I welcome you to my
house from Dracula 1958 to the Satanic
rites of Dracula in 1973 Lee would play
the character in at least half a dozen
films in one of the latest and most
faithful adaptations Bram Stoker’s
Dracula Francis Ford Coppola Helms a
starring cast that includes Anthony
Hopkins Gary Oldman Keanu Reeves and
Winona Ryder in it the story is very
much preserved and despite some acting
flaws it manages to deliver a few gory
scares in the year 2000 director ye
Elias Marrakech directed shadow of the
vampire which was a retelling of the
making of Nosferatu in which the
character Max Schreck actually turned
out to be a fiendish bloodsucker
in recent years there have been a
spattering of Dracula centric media in
which the vampire is given cartoon form
the Batman vs Dracula as its title
suggests pits the caped crusader against
the immortal count in cured dust
in Hotel Transylvania Dracula voiced by
Adam Sandler is the owner of a hotel for
monsters there is a clogged toilet in
room 348 it’s okay we all get
stomachaches mr. Bigfoot
more recently Dracula is portrayed by
Jonathan Rhys Meyers in NBC’s aptly
titled Dracula where he seeks revenge on
the descendants of those who have
wronged him these times I will have my
vengeance
burn him behead him or stab him through
the heart Dracula will come back every
time to deliver more terrifying goodness
for more interesting origins of your
favorite characters be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com
extra pointy welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’ll be hunting down the
origins of the most famous bloodsucker
of all time Dracula I am Dracula from
the pages of Gothic literature to modern
day blockbusters vampires have
infiltrated our culture and frightened
us from the shadows the most famous
fiend of all began terrorizing mankind
in the classic novel Dracula by Bram
Stoker by no means the first incarnation
of a nefarious vampire Dracula was and
is the most notable up until his
creation vampires had typically been
portrayed as horrifying corpses returned
from the dead to haunt the living not
unlike zombies the count however is a
graceful gentleman of noble blood who
plots to settle in England and turn its
citizens into legions of the undead I
didn’t know but that you might be hungry
thank you that’s very kind of you
Dracula as we have come to know and love
him has many powers attributed to
classic vampirism he is immortal feeds
off the blood of the living to keep
himself alive and is vulnerable to a
whole slew of superstitious defenses as
time passed however these superstitions
evolved and focused themselves into a
definite list of remedies holy water
crucifixes garlic sunlight and for the
coup de Grasse a stake to the heart
could all be Dracula’s downfall I will
find you a box and drive that stake
early or high other weaknesses have also
been attributed to vampires such as the
inability to cross running water silver
fire decapitation and drowning which
would kill just about anyone this year
they’re gonna find him and destroy him
utterly but let’s take a look at
Dracula’s abilities before we dismiss
him with a clove of garlic he is
immortal psychic and has the ability to
heal himself and travel at superhuman
speeds he has super strength super
senses and on top of that he can
shape-shift and fly no we aren’t
describing some omnipotent comic-book
superhero Dracula is just that powerful
and with all that power it seems
unlikely that mortal men
could ever best him well hold on to your
hats ladies and gentlemen because the
one thing that Dracula couldn’t do was
stay awake long enough not to be
murdered in his coffin after a harrowing
race the protagonists from Bram Stoker’s
classic are able to catch up with the
gypsy carriage carrying Dracula’s coffin
pry it open and slit his throat while
he’s snoozing the Sun rises and the
count disappears in a puff of vengeful
dust it’s no surprise that Dracula
became a popular figure in film and TV
and the character was shared prominently
amongst Universal Studios and Hammer
films between the 1930s and 70s and it
was in the latter’s roster that he was
portrayed by Christopher Lee contract
cutter
I am Dracula and I welcome you to my
house from Dracula 1958 to the Satanic
rites of Dracula in 1973 Lee would play
the character in at least half a dozen
films in one of the latest and most
faithful adaptations Bram Stoker’s
Dracula Francis Ford Coppola Helms a
starring cast that includes Anthony
Hopkins Gary Oldman Keanu Reeves and
Winona Ryder in it the story is very
much preserved and despite some acting
flaws it manages to deliver a few gory
scares in the year 2000 director ye
Elias Marrakech directed shadow of the
vampire which was a retelling of the
making of Nosferatu in which the
character Max Schreck actually turned
out to be a fiendish bloodsucker
in recent years there have been a
spattering of Dracula centric media in
which the vampire is given cartoon form
the Batman vs Dracula as its title
suggests pits the caped crusader against
the immortal count in cured dust
in Hotel Transylvania Dracula voiced by
Adam Sandler is the owner of a hotel for
monsters there is a clogged toilet in
room 348 it’s okay we all get
stomachaches mr. Bigfoot
more recently Dracula is portrayed by
Jonathan Rhys Meyers in NBC’s aptly
titled Dracula where he seeks revenge on
the descendants of those who have
wronged him these times I will have my
vengeance
burn him behead him or stab him through
the heart Dracula will come back every
time to deliver more terrifying goodness
for more interesting origins of your
favorite characters be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com
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