#Dracula

by Craig O'Reilly on Mar 22nd, 2022 - 1050 Views

100th anniversary of Nosferatu It’s one of the strange quirks of cinema history, that there was nearly no Nosferatu at all. The vision of the pale, wraith-like creature climbing the stairs is iconic. It’s been parodied and replicated countless times. The image of Nosferatu is one people will probably... 

by Craig O'Reilly on Nov 2nd, 2020 - 2288 Views

The Ripper and The Vampire – In this article, Craig O Reilly explains how the real life Ripper killings would inspire Stoker’s Count It’s often easy to reduce an author’s work down to a single influence, or make assumptions about inspiration, but in the case of Bram Stokers Dracula,...