Dracula in visual media: film, television, comic book and electronic game appearances, 1921-2010

313 Pages·2011·5.576 MB·English

by  Picart, Caroline Joan;Browning, John Edgar

Dracula in Visual Media

Dracula in
Visual Media
Film, Television, Comic Book
and Electronic Game Appearances,
1921–2010
by JOHN EDGAR BROWNING and
CAROLINE JOAN (KAY) PICART
with a foreword by DACRESTOKERand anafterword byIANHOLT
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London
Frontispiece: Bram Stoker, ca. 1906
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Dracula in visual media : film, television, comic book and
electronic game appearances, 1921–2010 / by John Edgar Browning
and Caroline Joan (Kay) Picart ; with a foreword by Dacre Stoker
and an afterword by Ian Holt.
p. cm.
Includes filmographies.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-7864-3365-0
softcover : 50# alkaline paper
1. Stoker, Bram, 1847–1912. Dracula. 2. Stoker, Bram, 1847–1912—
Film adaptations. 3. Dracula, Count (Fictitious character)
4. Dracula films—History and criticism. 5. Dracula films—Catalogs.
6. Animated films—Catalogs. 7. Vampires on television. 8. Comic
books, strips, etc.—History and criticism. I. Browning, John Edgar.
II. Picart, Caroline Joan, 1966–
PR6037.T617D7827 2011 791.43'651—dc22 2010037135
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Front cover: Christopher Lee in Dracula Has Risen from the Grave, 1968
(Warner Bros./Photofest)
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Kay devotes this book to her family,
who have been the only enduring constant
in a life of constant evolution.
Most especially, Kay thanks her husband,
Jerry Rivera, whose love, devotion and
loyalty are without peer.
John wishes to devote this book to all the women
and men of Dracula and of Dracula’s brood
who inspired him as a young man:
Skal, Melton, Miller, Youngson, Wolf, McNally,
Florescu, Hart, Auerbach, Guiley, Glut, Leatherdale,
Pirie, Frayling, Riccardo, Barker, Dresser and Haining.
We are especially grateful for and dedicate this book to
Donald F. Glut and his work The Dracula Book(1975),
whose legacy we continue in these pages.
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Table of Contents
Foreword
DACRE STOKER 1
Preface and Acknowledgments 3
Part I. Dracula in Film, Television, Documentary, and Animation 9
Introduction—Dracula: Undead and Unseen
DAVID J. SKAL 11
Filmography 18
Part II. Dracula in Adult Film 191
Introduction—I Want to Suck Your...: Dracula in Pornographic Film
LAURA HELEN MARKS 193
Filmography 200
Part III. Dracula in Video Games 213
Introduction—Vampire Bytes and Digital Draculas
DODD ALLEY 215
Video Gameography 219
Part IV. Dracula in Comic Books 237
Introduction—The Darker Cape: Dracula, Vampires, and Superheroes
in Comics
MITCH FRYE 239
Comics Listing 244
Japanese Manga 261
Afterword
IAN HOLT 263
Appendix 1. Dracula in Print: A Checklist
ROBERT EIGHTEEN-BISANG and J. GORDON MELTON 265
vii
Table of Contents viii
Appendix 2. Film, Television, and Video Game Chronology 273
Appendix 3. Notable Dramatizations Featuring Dracula 284
Bibliography 289
About the Authors and Contributors 291
Index 293
Foreword
Dacre Stoker
I am very proud of my Stoker family her-
itage, but, typical of most Canadians, humble
at the same time. As a child, I would be asked,
especially around Halloween, “Hey, are you
related to that guy who wrote Dracula?” Even
to this day people are usually surprised when
I say, “Yes, I am his great-grandnephew.”
George Stoker, my great-grandfather, was the
youngest of seven Stoker siblings, and is said
to have had the closest relationship with Bram.
Over the last several years, I believe I have
come to know my great-granduncle, but it was
not easy. Many more books are written about
Dracula and its most famous character than
about the man who gave them to us. Four
well-researched biographies have been written
Dacre Stoker, great-grand nephew of Bram Stoker
about my great-granduncle, and yet we actu-
and co-author of the Sto ker family-sanctioned se-
ally know very little about him from his per- quel, Dracula: The UnDead(phot o graph by Jan
sonal writings, largely because Bram wrote Cobb).
precious few words about himself. In addition
to Dracula, Bram wrote seventeen other Bram Stok er was a modest man, not at
books, numerous short stories and articles, but all self-important. He was also a gentleman,
nothing in the way of autobiographical. He is and althoughDrac ula was considered not for
remembered as the manager of Sir Henry Irv- the faint of heart, any sexual overtones in the
ing and the Lyceum Theatre in London and novel were merely subt le innue ndo, stemming
as the author of Dracula, but not as the inter- more, I believe, from over-analysis by readers
esting man I have found him to be. Bram than from any intention on Bram’s part.
Stoker was a man who focused his consid - Bram would surely be surprised at the
erable energy and attention toward those for great number of works, books, movies, tele-
whom he worked, without giving any thought vision shows, comics, etc., apparently inspired
to writing about the actual part he played in by, or in some way connected to, the vampire
the lives of these people or his personal figure he created. But, more than the sheer
dealings with them. volume, I believe he would be shocked at a
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