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Feb 5 15 2:39 PM
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Feb 5 15 4:04 PM
cjh5801 wrote:When you guys start discussing the book I hope it'll be in the thread that already exists in the Horror Film Books and Magazine forum. The book has been referenced here and in the Universal Blu Ray forum and it's getting a bit hard to keep track of the floating conversation.
Feb 5 15 4:08 PM
Wich2 wrote:Mick, I hope to have a copy of the book soon, from the good guy author his own self.
Feb 6 15 7:37 PM
Allen Champion wrote:I can't wait to read this. I have adored the Browning DRACULA ever since I first saw it in September 1970. And I have to say I have loathed the Melford Version since it first infested my life in 1992.
Feb 7 15 3:33 AM
Feb 7 15 8:44 AM
Allen Champion wrote:Yep. WGN Chicago. DRACULA and SHE WOLF OF LONDON. I've never forgotten that night. I even like SHE WOLF. Nothing beats being twelve!
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Feb 26 15 6:38 AM
Count Gamula wrote:According to the original movie DRACULA, there was more to becoming a vampire than just being bitten by one, even if the victim died. Dracula has Mina drink his blood as part of the process. The victim also has to die at night, not during the day. Although we didn't see very many details leading up to Lucy's death, I think we can assume Dracula drank from her several times and purposely turned her into a vampire by having her drink his blood too. She showed a fascination with him and probably became more or less a willing victim as his power over her grew. Renfield was also bitten by Dracula and probably his wives as well, but we don't get any indication that after his death he was going to return as a full fledged vampire, rather than just a fly eater. I think the flower girl was probably supposed to be dead or dying in that scene since we are told during the medical theater scene that there was a string of deaths before Lucy, all from loss of blood and all with the same marks on their throats. But since Lucy seems to be the only one who came back as a vampire, the others must not have gotten the full initiation.
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Feb 26 15 5:50 PM
Ted Newsom wrote:Not just Roland West (who would've been excellent), but Jacques Tourneur Lambert Hillyer the slightly-dead Paul Leni the slightly-dead Fred Murnau Robert Florey Victor Halperin Jack Conway Rouben Mamoulian Frank Strayer ... I think every one of them would have made DRACULA far more inventive and interesting, based on their other works. John Huston was noodling around with screenwriting about that time; considering the respect he had when adapting literary material (e.g. THE MALTESE FALCON), a 20-something Huston directing DRACULA could've been astounding.
Feb 26 15 5:54 PM
infinite1 wrote:opticalguy wrote: the folks at Universal were aware that they were "pulling a fast one" by going against the grain of previous "spooky thrillers" by having no logical, scientific explanation and actually having supernatural goings-on.Kind of makes one wonder why UNIVERSAL went out of the way in 1945's HOUSE OF DRACULA to ERASE, kind of unconvincingly, the supernatural elements of their 1930s and 1940s vampire and werewolf horror films to the all too scientific effects of a rare blood disease (DRACULA) and pressure on the brain combined with some psychological mumbo jumbo (THE WOLFMAN).
opticalguy wrote: the folks at Universal were aware that they were "pulling a fast one" by going against the grain of previous "spooky thrillers" by having no logical, scientific explanation and actually having supernatural goings-on.
Feb 26 15 6:42 PM
Uncle Bingo wrote: Regardless, Lugosi was the real foundation to the subsequent success they had with horror films. Without this fantastic performance, Universal might not been able to continue with horror. That alone is worthy of much appreciation and respect.
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