Comparing 4 versions of Dracula

In this video, I compare four different versions of Dracula - the book, the 1931 film, the 1958 film, and the 1992 film - and talk about why I think the best representation of the female characters in particular is in the book.

00:00 Intro
01:46 Vampires & folklore
12:46 Plot summary
20:50 The novel
39:48 Dracula (1931)
55:08 Horror of Dracula (1958)
01:06:11 Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
01:19:59 Sales pitch and Loki!

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Books and sources:

Bram Stoker, Dracula, edited with introduction and notes by Maurice Hindle

Paul Barber, Vampires, Burial and Death: Folklore and Reality
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The History of the Word "Vampire” by Katharina M. Wilson, Journal of the History of Ideas , Oct. - Dec., 1985, Vol. 46, No. 4 (Oct. - Dec., 1985), pp. 577-583 https://www.jstor.org/stable/2709546
‘Romanian Werewolves: Seasons, Ritual, Cycles’ by Harry Senn Folklore , 1982, Vol. 93, No. 2 (1982), pp. 206-215 https://www.jstor.org/stable/1259941
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‘Was the Vampire of the Eighteenth Century a Unique Type of Undead-Corpse?’ by G. David Keyworth in Folklore , Dec., 2006, Vol. 117, No. 3 (Dec., 2006), pp. 241-260 Published by: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. on behalf of Folklore Enterprises, Ltd. Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/30035373
‘Emotional Practice and Bodily Performance in Early Modern Vampire Literature’ by Stephen Gordon in Preternature: Critical and Historical Studies on the Preternatural , Vol. 6, No. 1 (2017), pp. 93-124 https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/...

Image credits:

Screenshots from Nosferatu (1922), Dracula (1931), The Mummy (1932), (Horror of) Dracula (1958), Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992), The Mummy (1999) and Doctor Who, the Haunting of Villa Diodati via imdb.com

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Vlad “the Impaler”: AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Dracula 1919 front cover: Edgar Alfred Holloway, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Illustration from Carmilla: David Henry Friston, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Vampire attacking a Christian, 15th century German engraving: public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Prince Eugene in the Battle of Belgrade: Pappenheim, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Augustin Calmet: Rijksmuseum, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Pope Leo XIII speaks to the American people through the phonograph: AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Relief showing Demeter and Persephone: Furius, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

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