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Bela Lugosi returning as Dracula courtesy of Legendary Comics

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Legendary Comics has announced that it has partnered up with the Lugosi estate for a new graphic novel adaptation of Bram Stoker’s literary classic Dracula featuring the likeness of iconic actor Bela Lugosi! “There have been great Dracula graphic novels, but to unite Bram Stoker’s novel in a faithful adaptation with the definitive Dracula in […]

André Øvredal to direct Dracula-inspired The Last Voyage of the Demeter

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André Øvredal (Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark) is set for his next horror film, this time revolving around the infamous vampire Dracula. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Øvredal will direct The Last Voyage of the Demeter, a seafaring horror that has been in development hell for nearly two decades, as it finds its new […]

Five Essential Hammer Horrors

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Simon Moore selects his Five Essential Hammer Horrors… There was a time when horror cinema wasn’t about jump shocks and buckets of red paint. When ‘horrifying’ an audience meant casting a deep, impending sense of dread over them; a feeling certain to stay with them long after the theatre lights came up and they left […]

First look images from Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat’s Dracula

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The BBC and Netflix have unveiled the first official images from Sherlock creators Mark Gattis and Steven Moffat’s upcoming three-part TV adaptation of Bram Stoker’s clsassic horror novel Dracula, which sees Claes Bang (The Square, The Girl in the Spider’s Web) as the iconic vampire. The three-part series is being directed by Jonny Campbell (Westworld), […]

Claes Bang to play Dracula for Sherlock creators

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Having been announced last year, Sherlock co-creators Mark Gattis and Steven Moffat’s Bram Stoker adaptation Dracula has now found its lead, with Claes Bang (The Square) signing on to portray the legendary bloodsucker. “I am thrilled to be taking on the role of Dracula, especially when the script is in the hands of the incredible […]

Dracula series from Sherlock’s Mark Gattis and Steven Moffat will launch on Netflix and BBC

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Last year it was announced Mark Gattis and Steven Moffat, the duo behind the reimagined Sherlock series, were beginning development of a new series based on Bram Stoker’s classic horror tale, Dracula. The series has now found a home as it will air on the BBC and Netflix for those outside the United Kingdom. Set in 1897, the […]

October Horrors 2018 Day 8 – Dracula (1958)

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Dracula (a.k.a. Horror of Dracula), 1958. Directed by Terence Fisher. Starring Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Michael Gough, Melissa Stribling, and Carol Marsh. SYNOPSIS: After his friend Jonathan Harker goes missing, vampire hunter Dr Van Helsing finds himself locked into a battle against his murderer, the centuries-old vampire known as Count Dracula. To say that Bram Stoker’s […]

October Horrors 2018 Day 1 – Dracula (1931)

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Dracula, 1931. Directed by Tod Browning. Starring Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler, David Manners, Dwight Frye and Edward Van Sloan. SYNOPSIS: The mysterious Count Dracula arrives in London from Transylvania and begins to charm his way into the life of the beautiful Mina. However, it soon becomes clear Dracula is something far more sinister than a […]

New images from Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Pacific Rim: Uprising trailer, Shazam casting and more – Daily News Roundup

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NEW JEDI IMAGES We’ve posted a few new images from Star Wars: The Last Jedi yesterday [see here], and then we got a brand new look at the film’s mysterious villain Supreme Leader Snoke thanks to a Topps trading card, along with a new shot of Luke Skywalker. Check them out here. DRACULA: ORIGINS Stop […]