Once, 120 years ago, a book called Dracula was published. It was written by an Irishman named Bram Stoker.
It was very good.
It was made into a stage play.
That was very good.
Then Motion Pictures became a thing and there was an adaptation of Dracula made in Germany.
But it wasn’t authorized so the names were all changed and the vampire wasn’t called Dracula. He was Orlock. This didn’t save him from a fate worse than sunlight, legal problems. So, he doesn’t really Count (hee hee).
In 1931, there was an official version made, but it was based on the stage production more than the book so a lot of characters were left out.
It was a big hit! So, Universal Pictures made more films. However, they killed off Dracula in the first one so for the sequel, they had his Daughter!
The movie was good but it had… problems.
So they tried again with Son of Dracula who wasn’t his Son but Dracula himself, sort of, maybe. He was played by the Wolf Man.
Then Dracula got to meet The Wolf Man, Frankenstein and some Mad Scientists… Twice. He was played by someone else again.
Oh and then he met Abbott and Costello and was played by the first guy again!
Then there was no Dracula for a while. Until 1958 when some enterprising chaps in England decided to make a new version. It was in
And it starred Grand Moff Tarkin and Saruman!
It was a big hit and they made a bunch more Dracula films!
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