Tag: Bram Stoker

Dracula: Francis Ford Coppola’s Risky Vision Remains As Poignant Over 30 Years Later

February 14, 2023.Reading time 10 minutes.

At the time of its release, Francis Ford Coppola’s adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula was a risky venture. Coppola was coming off the disappointment of The Godfather Part III, which capped off his mafia trilogy on a somewhat sour note. And Dracula hadn’t been on the big screen since the moderately success 1979 adaptation starring […]

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Boys From County Hell: Irish Horror-Comedy Puts Dracula Legend On Its Head

April 22, 2021.Reading time 8 minutes.

Fun little piece of trivia – Dracula author Bram Stoker was Irish. It’s a fun tidbit that Irish writer and director Chris Baugh puts to good use in his horror-comedy, Boys From County Hell. But if Baugh uses Stoker’s Irish legacy, it’s only as a springboard to tell his own story. What Boys From County […]

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