Dracula the Un-Dead

From Author Dacre Stoker:

How did you decide to write the sequel?

 In College I chose to do a research paper on Bram and his possible motivations to write the story. I had seen so many film versions of Dracula and very few had any resemblance to Bram’s original novel. Because the novel was so good and had stood up so well over the years, I found it really sad that all the trash Hollywood had put out had really sullied Bram’s and the family’s literary legacy.

 Many years later, I met an interesting character, Ian Holt, a screenwriter who had been obsessed with Dracula since he was a  child. Ian had traveled to Transylvania and actually spent the night in the ruins of the historic Prince Dracula’s Castle in the town of Poenari. Ian was a  speaker at Dracula ‘97 in LA — the celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the release of Bram’s novel

 Ian’s story ideas for a sequel to Bram’s work really sparked a lot of those old feelings I had when I did my college paper.  Ian and I decided to work together to reestablish the Stoker lineage and vision of the story by resurrecting Bram’s original themes and characters just as Bram conceived them over a century ago. Our intent is to give both Bram and Dracula back their dignity.  Maybe even more important is to give the novel’s legions of loyal fans what they have been waiting over a century for…  the return of the REAL Dracula

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