remain firmly within the genre. Discuss Stoker’s ‘Dracula’ and at least one of the films you have studied. FW Murnau’s 1921 film Nosferatu is an appropriation of Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula. Despite it being an appropriation‚ explicit gothic conventions remain evident‚ which explore societal fears and values. These fears and values differ from Dracula‚ due to distinct contextual influences of different time periods. Stoker’s novel Dracula‚ presents the fear of female promiscuity‚ for which
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kind of slow‚ yet story-building. Seeing as this is the last movie of the Blade saga‚ the script becomes more intense that the two prior. A band of vampires finally stumble upon a diamond when they discover the remains of the legendary Dracula in a cave in the middle of the Iraqi Desert. When they reach his body which was buried deep underground they come to realize he is still alive. In a chase with some "familiars" as Blade calls them‚ he rams the back of the car with his vintage Black Mustang and
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have frightened people for centuries. Modern society is really intrigued by horrific sights and vampires are being used to portray the same effect to the audience. An example of a text that has used the concepts of vampires is “Dracula: by Bram Stroker”. He portrays Dracula‚ the vampire‚ as intelligent‚ strong and cunning. He is said to live in an isolated castle which is gloomy and dull‚ and whoever steps foot in there feels like a prisoner. He is described to have a thin nose and arched nostrils
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also talk about their slayers. The name Van Helsing always comes up when on the topic of vampire slayers‚ whether it ’s Abraham Van Helsing form the original Dracula‚ or Gabriel Van Helsing from the movie‚ Van
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and the way he dresses‚ and by the replicants way of thinking. Dracula has a very old appearance‚ nevertheless‚ he still looks very menacing and treacherous. In an extract of the film by Francis Ford‚ Dracula is wearing a long red cape; abnormally long. It is bright red‚ as the colour of blood‚ which in a way describes the personality of Dracula being as we learn later on that he is a vampire. Later on in that film‚ we see Dracula climbing down a wall on his hands and feet‚ this confirms that he
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cinematic vampire. Giving proper recognition to Bram Stoker for his 1897 best-selling Gothic novel‚ Dracula‚ the original prevalent image of the vampire was that of a tall‚ pale-skinned‚ debonair‚ tuxedo and cape sporting nobleman‚ with fangs (Taylor 91). This distinguishing semblance and deportment was suitably brandished by Bela Lugosi with his classic portrayal of the Count in the Tod Browning’s Dracula (1931)‚ and would be copied to one degree or another in myriad films for decades to follow (Wikipedia
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against them. The first character to be introduced and act as the basis of all vampires is Dracula‚ who was introduced in a book by Bram Stoker in the year 1897 titled Dracula. All the fictional characters of vampires have been guided by the book and title of the first vampire‚ Dracula‚ and with this evolution of different vampire characters have been introduced ever since. The creature in the film Dracula by Tod Browning‚ managed to be incorporated into the American culture very easily and the character
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life in order to continue its own unholy and unnatural existence (Bartlett‚ pg 1). Unlike it‚ the more observant people might notice that in some of the more recent film versions of Dracula‚ such as “ Love at First Bite” and the Badham interpretation as well as the two comic books by Marvel‚ “Tomb of Dracula” and “Dracula Lives” issued in 1970 portrayed the vampire as a more attractive human being which soon to be followed by many other pieces of writings and movies such as the series Twilight. (Senf
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again “Is fine Aleksandar‚ she must be unaware of her position.” he chuckled. “I‚ deceitful wench‚ are the ruler of Wallachia‚ and soon‚ the world.” “I am Vlad the III‚ also known as Vlad Dracula‚ the Merciless King.” He proudly states‚ a conceited smirk plastered upon his filthy face. “Well‚ King Dracula‚ my I ask if you’ve the idea of what’s happened to my village?” I concernedly inquire. Dracula’s sickening cackle echoes throughout the deserted forest. “To your dismay‚ virgin‚ tis my doing
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is visible in recent times with the resurgence of vampire films following the success of twilight saga this has lead to TV series and films following the same suit but only keeping to the format twilight has set down not going back to the original Dracula‚ in fact this genre has become so popular that spoof’s have been made and have still had relative success. In Cars 2 Pixar would have possibly used previous research that they have done for Toy Story and Monsters Inc. to understand what children want
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