100 Years of Horror: Dracula and the Vampires (1996)

Sub-Genres - Biography, Film & Television History  |   Run Time - 60 min.  |  
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Synopsis by Steve Blackburn

Part of the 13-part 100 Years of Horror series directed by Ted Newsom and hosted by horror movie star Christopher Lee, 100 Years of Horror: Dracula and the Vampires delves into the pervasive influence in Hollywood of the historically based character Dracula. Brought to literary life in the 1897 novel Dracula by Bram Stoker, the Transylvanian, bloodsucking count has been immortalized in dozens of movies since the silent era, both good and bad, serious and comic. The program highlights rare film clips featuring the most famous bloodsucker, Bela Lugosi, as well as John Carradine, Lon Chaney Jr., and host Christopher Lee.

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cinema, Dracula, film-industry, filmmaker, horror-films, monster, movie, vampire