"What's a Vampire?

According to tradition, a vampire is a person who does not die, an 'un-dead,' whose corpse rises from the grave at night and seeks to suck the blood of the living. The vampire must return to the grave at dawn.

Excommunicated people, unbaptized children, criminals, babies born with teeth, witches, magicians, and the seventh son of a seventh son can all become vampires.


Various methods have been used to protect against vampires. Driving a stake of ash or aspen wood through the heart during the daylight hours will kill one. Until 1823, when it was made illegal, it was common practice in England to drive a stake through the heart of suicides. In Romania, red-hot bars were often used. The vampire's body whould then be burned or reburied at a crossroads.

In Eastern Europe, vampires are believed to be afraid of garlic. Farm animals can be rubbed with garlic to protect them, while garlic often hangs from doors and windows to keep vampires out. Anyone who does not like garlic can be suspected of being a vampire.

Thorns of wild roses will also keep vampires away. Because vampires are compulsive counters, poppy seeds are often tossed around cemeteries, so that when the vampire awakes, he will spend the night counting and be forced to return to the grave before dawn.

Vampires dislike mirrors and si"







Bram Stoker's Dracula

Bram Stoker's Dracula


On a trip to Transylvania, Jonathan Harker stays at an eerie castle owned by Count Dracula. When strange things start to happen, and the count escapes to London, Harker realizes that he and his friends are in grave danger. ()















The Critical Response to Bram Stoker

The Critical Response to Bram Stoker


This volume collects some of the most significant critical responses to the works of Bram Stoker, a writer best known in our time as the author of Dracula. But Stoker wrote other works as well, and he responded to many of the issues that concerned Victorian England and which continue to concern the present-day reader. The introduction to the volume places Stoker in the larger context of the literature of his time and discusses his variety of works. Each section that follows is devoted to one of Stoker's works. Within each section are representative samples of criticism, ranging from the Victorian era to the present day. A selected bibliography concludes the volume. Through this book, Stoker emerges not only as a significant writer of horror fiction, but also as a writer concerned with the role of women in society, the social impact of science and technology, and the impact of racial and ethnic issues. ()















We present you 2 great movies with and about Bran Castle, known also as Dracula's Castle.



The following movie is made by a hungarian team about the history of the Bran Castle.


An another extraordinary movie. I most like here the music. Is so..dracula style


Bram Stoker's Dracula, 4 Audio-CDs

Bram Stoker's Dracula, 4 Audio-CDs


Atmosphärischer Hörspiel-Vierteiler von TITANIA MEDIEN, ausgezeichnet mit dem Hörspiel-Award als ""Bestes Hörspiel-Label"" im Vertrieb von Lübbe Audio. Der bekannteste Vampir-Roman der Welt in einer neuen, atmosphärischen Hörspielfassung im Rahmen der preisgekrönten Reihe Gruselkabinett. Zum ersten Mal werden die Ereignisse aus Bram Stokers 1914 veröffentlichter Kurzgeschichte ""Draculas Gast"" dem Roman-Geschehen als Prolog vorangestellt, so wie dies der Autor ursprünglich beabsichtigt hatte: Der junge englische Anwalt Jonathan Harker befindet sich auf einer Geschäftsreise zum Schloss des Grafen Dracula in Transsylvanien. Durch widrige Umstände fügt es sich, dass Harker die Walpurgisnacht auf dem Friedhof eines verlassenen Dorfes in einem einsamen Tal vor München verbringen muss. Noch ehe er das Schloss des Fürsten aller Vampire in den Karpaten überhaupt betreten hat, lernt der junge Engländer in dieser Nacht, was Furcht bedeutet, denn blutdürstende Untote sollen Legenden zufolge hier in ihren Gräbern ruhen ... Dreißig der bekanntesten Synchron-Schauspieler Deutschlands hauchen der Geschichte um den dämonischen Vampirgrafen Leben ein. Joachim Höppner, die deutsche Stimme von 'Gandalf' in den ""Der Herr der Ringe""-Filmen, ist Dracula. Ihm zur Seite stehen Simon Jäger (die deutsche Stimme von Heath Ledger und Josh Hartnett), Lutz Mackensy, Andreas Mannkopff, Petra Barthel (Nicole Kidman), Jürgen Thormann (Michael Caine), Melanie Pukaß (Halle Berry), Marius Clarén (Tobey Maguire), sowie Inken Sommer (Anne Bancroft), Tanja Geke u.v.a.. 4 Hörspiel-CDs im Schuber mit insgesamt über 260 Min. Spieldauer. Die Hörspiel-Reihe ""Gruselkabinett"" wurde mit dem Hörspiel-Award in Gold als ""Beste Serie"" ausgezeichnet. (2007.)











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