http://infinitesummer.org/dracula/archives/206 The vampire novel that sired them all Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:01:23 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://infinitesummer.org/dracula/archives/206/comment-page-1#comment-470 Elizabeth Miller Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:04:53 +0000 http://infinitesummer.org/dracula/?p=206#comment-470 Re the movie "Bram Stoker's Dracula." Whatever it is, it is not "Bram Stoker's" Dracula; it is Coppola's Dracula. Coppola has claimed many times that it is very faithful to the book. Hogwash! In addition to creating a love-story (central to the plot) which is absent in the novel, we have all that nonsense about Vlad the Impaler and his wife. Stoker knew very little about the real Dracula (whose name he borrowed for his vampire). Vlad was certainly not the inspiration for Stoker's novel (as many people claim ad nauseam). The connections are tenuous at best. Re the movie “Bram Stoker’s Dracula.” Whatever it is, it is not “Bram Stoker’s” Dracula; it is Coppola’s Dracula. Coppola has claimed many times that it is very faithful to the book. Hogwash! In addition to creating a love-story (central to the plot) which is absent in the novel, we have all that nonsense about Vlad the Impaler and his wife. Stoker knew very little about the real Dracula (whose name he borrowed for his vampire). Vlad was certainly not the inspiration for Stoker’s novel (as many people claim ad nauseam). The connections are tenuous at best.

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