More “disease” than “Dracula” — how the vampire myth was born Modern vampires like Nandor in "What We Do in the Shadows" are dashing, but weren't in original vampire myths ...

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Vlad the Impaler's thirst for blood was an inspiration for Count Dracula. The ruthless brutality of Vlad III of Walachia, forged by the 15th-century clash between the Kingdom of Hungary and the ...

Modern vampires like Dracula may be dashing, but they certainly weren’t in the original vampire myths. Archive Photos/ Moviepix via Getty Images Stanley Stepanic, University of Virginia The ...

Perhaps the definitive Dracula, for a British audience anyway, is Christopher Lee. He had seen neither Lugosi's performance nor Nosferatu before playing the part, instead going straight back to ...

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More ‘disease’ than ‘Dracula’ – how the vampire myth was born. Stanley Stepanic, University of Virginia. Sat, October 26, 2024 at 2:06 PM UTC. 5 min read.