The Abominable Dr. Welsh Podcast, Episode 4: Has Dracula Lost His Bite With Horror Fans?

August 18, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

While horror continues to boom in 2023, two releases based on Bram Stoker’s Dracula – Renfield and The Last Voyage of the Demeter – have seriously underwhelmed at the box office.

I Am, Dracula – Remembering Some of the Big Screen Adaptations of Bram Stoker’s Legendary Vampire

August 9, 2023.Reading time 15 minutes.

Bram Stoker’s Dracula is a timeless classic of Gothic horror. It has inspired countless adaptations and re-imaginings on the big and small screen alike. To date, it’s estimated that the character Count Dracula has appeared somewhere in the neighborhood of 200 different movies. Arguably, Dracula remains the archetypal horror villain as he continues to inspire […]

Renfield a Horror-Comedy That Should Eventually Hit Cult Classic Status

July 12, 2023.Reading time 8 minutes.

Once upon a time, Renfield was intended to be one of several movies comprising a shared Universal Monsters universe. That idea got pushed back following the lukewarm reception to Dracula Untold. And then the Tom Cruise vehicle, The Mummy put a shared monster-verse on ice. After years of ideas and development hell, Robert Kirkman of […]