Dracula

New 'Dracula' Document By Author Bram Stoker Being Released

Posted 03.26.2012

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"Dracula" author Bram Stoker was more than a skillful Gothic penman. He also studied law, and his talents are evident in the legal contract for his bl...

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Undead Letter Office

Laurence Hughes | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Book News, Post Office Cuts, Dracula, Books, Post Office, Usps, Classic Books, Epistolary Novel, Comedy News
Laurence Hughes

The Count returned last night in a foul mood, his attempt to acquire stamps foiled because the village post office closed before dark. "Fools!" he raged. "Eliminating evening hours -- I shall make them pay!"

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Step Right Up To The Carnival

Posted 02.09.2012

Read More: Video, Der Kunstverein, Transylvania, Twins, Pinocchio, Tobias Twins, Gert and Uwe Tobias, Dracula, Joan Miro, Arts News

Maybe there is something mystical about having a twin. Maybe it was growing up in the mythically-rich Transylvania, home of Dracula, or maybe they jus...

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3 Ways Pop Culture Is Influenced By The Recession

Sam Lyons | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: 2 Broke Girls, Whitney, Twilight, Pop Culture, Dracula, Recession, Zooey Deschanel the New Girl, Justin Bieber, High School News
Sam Lyons

I'm only 16. I don't have a job; I don't need to worry about supporting my family. But the economy affects more than income. Here are examples of how the recession has affected our pop culture.

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Sherlock Holmes Meets Dracula at Pulp 2.0 Press Comics! (PHOTOS)

Alexandra Holzer | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Comic Books, Dark Horse Comics, Dracula, Martin Powell, Film, Sherlock Holmes, Weird News News
Alexandra Holzer

Part II interview with comic book writer genius Martin Powell as the new film Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows is just released!

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David Moye

Vampire Facelift: Does It Suck? (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | David Moye | Posted 12.29.2011

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Vampires are known for having pale skin and an anemic pallor, so the idea of a "vampire facelift" sounds bloody awful, doesn't it? Maybe, but a tec...

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PHOTOS: Visiting The Classic Horror Story Locales

JustLuxe | Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: New Orleans, Halloween, Jack the Ripper, Spain, The Birds, London, Dawn of the Dead, Interview With a Vampire, Sleepy Hollow, Romania, Slidepollajax, Pit and the Pendulum, Dracula, Salem Witch Trials, Halloween Travel, Holiday Travel, Travel News
JustLuxe

As the spookiest holiday of the year draws near, enjoy a photo tour of real-life sites famously featured in classic horror stories, folklore and film. Some look surprisingly sweet, some flaunt their history, and some will chill your bones.

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The Vampire: A Historic and Cinematic View

John W. Whitehead | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Fright Night, The Addiction, Near Dark, Vampires, Vampire's Kiss, Cronos, Dracula, The Lost Boys, Blade, Nosferatu, Entertainment News
John W. Whitehead

Halloween is associated with many strange creatures, but none more so than the vampire. Yet the vampire, an amalgamation of ancient lore woven through with sex, fear, danger and gore, is no mere Hollywood creation.

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Niles Essanay in Fremont Goes Goth

Thomas Gladysz | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Niles, Horror Movies, Dracula, Silent Film, Horror Films, Horror, Nosferatu, Halloween, Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum, San Francisco Around Town, San Francisco News
Thomas Gladysz

Just in time for Halloween, the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum will screen a handful of spooky films sure to make the dark hearts of horror film lovers skip a beat (should they still be beating at all).

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Blah! Blah! A Tour Of The REAL Dracula's Homeland

The Huffington Post | Rebecca Dolan | Posted 12.10.2011

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Before there was "True Blood" and before Buffy started slaying vampires, there was only one name in blood-sucking: Dracula. The titular character in B...

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One-Hit Wonders Revisited: Happy Anniversary to The Last Picture Show

David Galenson | Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Catch-22, Joseph Heller, J.D. Salinger, Peter Bogdanovich, One Hit Wonders, Gone With the Wind, Frankenstein, Dracula, The Last Picture Show, Arts News
David Galenson

All the artists mentioned here appear to have been conceptual innovators, and that their puzzling declines may be a result of the fact that age is not the friend of the conceptual imagination.

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A Carnival of Vampires

Varla Ventura | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Twilight Saga, Dracula, Nicolas Cage, Tom Waits, Vampires, True Blood, Bela Lugosi, Weird News News
Varla Ventura

Lately, I have been thinking a lot about vampires. Not those clingy ex-boyfriend kind of emotional vampires that end up stalking you, I have been thinking about straight-up Bela Lugosi style vampires.

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Bargain Coffins Beat The Rising Costs Of Death In Transylvania

AP | ALISON MUTLER | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Population, Transylvania, Romania, Cheap Coffins, Transylvania Coffins, Dracula, Coffins, Death, World News

SIBIU, Romania -- Times are so hard in Romania that people joke they cannot afford to die. Yet in the mountains of Transylvania, carpenters are churni...

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Happy St. Patrick's Day: HuffPost Readers Pick Their Favorite Irish Books (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bram Stoker, St. Patricks Day, James Joyce, Twitter, St. Patrick's Day, Angela's Ashes, Samuel Beckett, Irish Literature, Dubliners, Dracula, Facebook, Frank Mccourt, Slidepollajax, Wb Yeats, #Irishlit, Books News

Happy St. Patrick's Day 2011, and in honor of the day of shamrocks, parades and green beer, we asked you to tell us your favorite books by Irish autho...

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PHOTOS: Sighosoar, Romania: The Spooky Destinaton Of The Day

Posted 05.25.2011

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There are certain legends we can get behind, and this is one of them. Sighosoar, Romania, the birthplace of Vlad Dracula 'The Impaler' Tepes, is still...

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Wrap Party: Freund's The Mummy and Baba Ghanoush

Stefan Beck | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stefan Beck

I won't say baba ghanoush is more beguiling and haunting than The Mummy, but it's a close-run race.

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Survivor 21: Infants vs Senior Citizens: Neither Tea Nor Sympathy.

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tallulah Morehead

Marty has not yet learned never to tempt fate on Survivor. Even after noting that overconfidence is a death sentence on this show, he nonetheless began spouting the sort of overconfident crap that the Gods of Survivor always slaps down hard.

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Big Brother 12 Finale: "Fredo, You Broke My Heart."

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Corleone, Big Brother 12 Episode 30, Reality TV, The Godfather, Survivor, Fredo Corleone, Julie Chen, Survivor-Recap, The Penguin, Dracula, Big Brother 12 Episode 29, Entertainment News, Mensa Society, Cbs, Big Brother, Big Brother 12, Entertainment News
Tallulah Morehead

Sunday was a clip show. I heard so many lines I'd already written jokes for, I wondered if I shouldn't just do a clip column. So let's skip over the boring clip show and get right to the finale.

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PHOTOS: Tory Burch Takes Inspiration From Vampires

Tory Burch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: True Blood, Twilight, Johnny Depp, Justin Cronin, Dracula, Stephenie Meyer, Vampires, Slidepollajax, Fashion, Style News
Tory Burch

What is it about vampires that we find so compelling and fascinating? They're scary, but also charming, sexy, and sophisticated when not playing into the cliché of dramatic capes and slicked-back coifs.

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Dracula: The Roots of the Vampire Romance

Syrie James | Posted 05.25.2011

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Syrie James

Why is the world in love with the vampire romance? Because, in an age with such rapid technological advances, it's only through our dreams and nightmares that we can experience the thrill of fear and awe again.

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Hot And Dead: Vampires Before 'Twilight'

Los Angeles Times | Michael Harris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Authors, Vampires, Eclipse, Dracula, Writing, Twilight, Books, Stephenie Meyer, Reading, Lord Byron, Books News

Vampire stories didn't begin with Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" series, Anne Rice's bayou bloodsuckers or even Bram Stoker's "Dracula" in 1897. What on...

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Vampire Series For Teen Boys?

McClatchy Newspapers | David Martindale | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Teen Books, Jason Henderson, Dracula, YA Books, Twilight, Alex Van Helsing, Books, Vampire Books, Books News

Jason Henderson got his first glimpse of Dracula on television more than three decades ago. He has been obsessed with vampires ever since. He's an a...

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Robert Pattinson And Dracula Are Distant Relatives

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — Robert Pattinson isn't the only famous vampire in his family. Genealogists say the 24-year-old "Twilight" star is related to Vlad...

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One Book's Stunningly Unprintable Fate

Brandon Mendelson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Brandon Mendelson

I looked up to ask George Carlin why he was testing me and then reached into the toilet bowl. People will do dumb things for a spot on the New York Times's bestseller list.

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Dan Brown, Mitch Albom, Bestselling Authors Pick Books To Give

msnbc.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House, Bill Bryson, Vogue, Juliet Naked, Illustrated Books, Tuesdays With Morrie, Cookbooks, Invictus, Holiday News, Bestsellers, Avedon, Coffee Table Book, Wimpy Kid, Gilead, Gourmet, John Grisham, Julia Child, Dracula, Mitch Albom, Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, Andre Agassi, Marilynne Robinson, Dan Brown, Video, Books News

Bestselling authors recommend their favorite books: Dan Brown, Jeff Kinney, Mitch Albom and more tell us which books--non-fiction, novels, cookbooks, ...

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