VAMPIRES, DRACULA, NOSFERATU This page contains a bit of information about vampires, Dracula and Nosferatu. I'm usually a "sucker" for vampires in movies, books and television. The Twilight Saga (books and movies) has made werewolves rather tempting thanks to the Jacob Black character.
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CHRISTOPHER LEE
Many of us have a favorite horror character or actor. There was a local weekend show (Saturday nights) called Chiller Theater that showed many of the classic horror flicks. The host was Chilly Billy. Dracula came to be my favorite horror character. Christopher Lee's portrayal of him scared and horrified me growing up. Actually, it still does to this day ! Below is information regarding Mr. Lee:
Film Personalities: Christopher Lee
By Angie McKaigBritish actor Christopher Lee has portrayed Bram Stoker's infamous character, Dracula, in more films than any other actor.
Christopher Lee was born May 27, 1922 in London, England. His first film appearance was in the film Corridor of Blood. He made several films before he was approached by Hammer Films to play the monster in their remake of the Mary Shelley classic, Frankenstein. With the success of Frankenstein, an unspoken alliance was formed between Lee and the horror film studio.
Lee's first portrayal of Dracula was in the 1958 Hammer Films' version of Stoker's Dracula entitled The Horror of Dracula, in which he played opposite Peter Cushing. The monstrous success of this film made Hammer a household name and rocketed Lee's career to stardom.
As opposed to Lugosi's charming and gentlemanly portrayal of Dracula in Universal Studios' 1931 version of Dracula, Lee's performance (thanks to many of the film techniques used by Hammer Films) was gritty and realistic. The realism that Hammer achieved with their film horrified 1950's audiences, yet Lee captured their devotion. Lee's Dracula was also different from that of Lugosi's in that he had fangs which he bared prominently for the camera at every opportunity.
Lee returned to Hammer several years later to take up the title role in Dracula: Prince of Darkness. Its success was responsible for a Dracula series that Hammer released over the next several years, including:
Dracula Has Risen From the Grave (1968)
Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
Scars of Dracula (1970)
Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)
The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)Chrisopher Lee also portrayed Vlad the Impaler in scenes for a 1974 documentary based on the book In Search of Dracula by Raymond T. McNally and Radu Florescu. His portrayal of vampires also extended to films produced in Italian, French and Spanish.
Lee's autobiography, Tall, Dark and Gruesome, was published in 1977.
WEB SITES Below are a few web sites you might want to take a peek at. Even though Christopher Lee is my favorite Dracula, there are other Dracula/vampire type movies that I enjoy watching. Fright Night, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Interview With A Vampire and Dracula 2000 are a few of my favorites.
Images from Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
A few of my favorite vampire, Dracula and Nosferatu movies:
Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)
Horror of Dracula (1958)
Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)
Fright Night (1985)
The Lost Boys (1987)
Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)
Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
The Little Vampire (2000)
Let the Right One In (2008) You may enjoy BBC America's Being Human:
Being Human - BBC AMERICA Being Human is a witty and extraordinary look into the lives of three twenty-somethings and their secret double-lives - as a werewolf, a vampire, and a ghost. They struggle to live normal lives, despite their strange and dark secrets.
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