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Dracula in Visual Media Dracula in Visual Media Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921–2010 by JOHN EDGAR BROWNING and CAROLINE JOAN (KAY) PICART with a foreword by DACRESTOKERand anafterword byIANHOLT McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Jefferson, North Carolina, and London Frontispiece: Bram Stoker, ca. 1906 LIBRARYOFCONGRESSCATALOGUING-IN-PUBLICATIONDATA Dracula in visual media : film, television, comic book and electronic game appearances, 1921–2010 / by John Edgar Browning and Caroline Joan (Kay) Picart ; with a foreword by Dacre Stoker and an afterword by Ian Holt. p. cm. Includes filmographies. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-7864-3365-0 softcover : 50# alkaline paper 1. Stoker, Bram, 1847–1912. Dracula. 2. Stoker, Bram, 1847–1912— Film adaptations. 3. Dracula, Count (Fictitious character) 4. Dracula films—History and criticism. 5. Dracula films—Catalogs. 6. Animated films—Catalogs. 7. Vampires on television. 8. Comic books, strips, etc.—History and criticism. I. Browning, John Edgar. II. Picart, Caroline Joan, 1966– PR6037.T617D7827 2011 791.43'651—dc22 2010037135 British Library cataloguing data are available © 2011John Edgar Browning and Caroline Joan Picart. All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, i ncluding photocopying or recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without p ermission in writing from the p ublisher. Front cover: Christopher Lee in Dracula Has Risen from the Grave, 1968 (Warner Bros./Photofest) Manufactured in the United States of America McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Box 611, Jefferson, North Carolina 28640 www.mcfarlandpub.com Kay devotes this book to her family, who have been the only enduring constant in a life of constant evolution. Most especially, Kay thanks her husband, Jerry Rivera, whose love, devotion and loyalty are without peer. John wishes to devote this book to all the women and men of Dracula and of Dracula’s brood who inspired him as a young man: Skal, Melton, Miller, Youngson, Wolf, McNally, Florescu, Hart, Auerbach, Guiley, Glut, Leatherdale, Pirie, Frayling, Riccardo, Barker, Dresser and Haining. We are especially grateful for and dedicate this book to Donald F. Glut and his work The Dracula Book(1975), whose legacy we continue in these pages. This page intentionally left blank Table of Contents Foreword DACRE STOKER 1 Preface and Acknowledgments 3 Part I. Dracula in Film, Television, Documentary, and Animation 9 Introduction—Dracula: Undead and Unseen DAVID J. SKAL 11 Filmography 18 Part II. Dracula in Adult Film 191 Introduction—I Want to Suck Your...: Dracula in Pornographic Film LAURA HELEN MARKS 193 Filmography 200 Part III. Dracula in Video Games 213 Introduction—Vampire Bytes and Digital Draculas DODD ALLEY 215 Video Gameography 219 Part IV. Dracula in Comic Books 237 Introduction—The Darker Cape: Dracula, Vampires, and Superheroes in Comics MITCH FRYE 239 Comics Listing 244 Japanese Manga 261 Afterword IAN HOLT 263 Appendix 1. Dracula in Print: A Checklist ROBERT EIGHTEEN-BISANG and J. GORDON MELTON 265 vii Table of Contents viii Appendix 2. Film, Television, and Video Game Chronology 273 Appendix 3. Notable Dramatizations Featuring Dracula 284 Bibliography 289 About the Authors and Contributors 291 Index 293 Foreword Dacre Stoker I am very proud of my Stoker family her- itage, but, typical of most Canadians, humble at the same time. As a child, I would be asked, especially around Halloween, “Hey, are you related to that guy who wrote Dracula?” Even to this day people are usually surprised when I say, “Yes, I am his great-grandnephew.” George Stoker, my great-grandfather, was the youngest of seven Stoker siblings, and is said to have had the closest relationship with Bram. Over the last several years, I believe I have come to know my great-granduncle, but it was not easy. Many more books are written about Dracula and its most famous character than about the man who gave them to us. Four well-researched biographies have been written Dacre Stoker, great-grand nephew of Bram Stoker about my great-granduncle, and yet we actu- and co-author of the Sto ker family-sanctioned se- ally know very little about him from his per- quel, Dracula: The UnDead(phot o graph by Jan sonal writings, largely because Bram wrote Cobb). precious few words about himself. In addition to Dracula, Bram wrote seventeen other Bram Stok er was a modest man, not at books, numerous short stories and articles, but all self-important. He was also a gentleman, nothing in the way of autobiographical. He is and althoughDrac ula was considered not for remembered as the manager of Sir Henry Irv- the faint of heart, any sexual overtones in the ing and the Lyceum Theatre in London and novel were merely subt le innue ndo, stemming as the author of Dracula, but not as the inter- more, I believe, from over-analysis by readers esting man I have found him to be. Bram than from any intention on Bram’s part. Stoker was a man who focused his consid - Bram would surely be surprised at the erable energy and attention toward those for great number of works, books, movies, tele- whom he worked, without giving any thought vision shows, comics, etc., apparently inspired to writing about the actual part he played in by, or in some way connected to, the vampire the lives of these people or his personal figure he created. But, more than the sheer dealings with them. volume, I believe he would be shocked at a 1
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