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LeftSideCut (3776 KP) rated Dracula Untold (2014) in Movies

Apr 9, 2021  
Dracula Untold (2014)
Dracula Untold (2014)
2014 | Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
6
7.0 (26 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Dracula Untold came out around the same time that Game of Thrones was beginning to take off, which would explain why the whole film feels like a poor man's GoT and why it has half of it's cast involved. It only held my interest due to the subject matter of Dracula himself. Luke Evans is a decent enough lead, and this take on Dracula's origin story is engaging to a degree, but underneath the stylish vampire visuals, it's just another sword wielding war film.
  
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David McK (3547 KP) rated Dracula in Books

Jan 30, 2019 (Updated Aug 14, 2019)  
Dracula
Dracula
Bram Stoker, Ang Lee | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry
6
8.1 (46 Ratings)
Book Rating
I first read Dracula as part of a film and fiction course at University: read the book; watch the film. It is, of course, the most famous of all vampire stories.

Unlike the movie version, the story is told from the point of view of the various secondary characters (who are all writing in their diaries or memoirs): Dracula, himself, is never at the forefront. Rather, he is an ominous shadowy presence in the background throughout. This is actually quite effective: by disassociating the reader from the villain, Stoker manages to both convey the deadly mysteriousness of the Count, and side-steps the danger of the reader sympathizing too much with Dracula, while that character is also able to be abroad during the day-time; just not with the powers he has at night.

Finally, and unlike the film version which bears the same name, in the book Dracula is not given the same back-story: Mina, for instance, is never described as being his long-lost love! In this sense, the film is much more of a Gothic love-story than the original source material!
  
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Sonofdel (6291 KP) rated Horror Story (2013) in Movies

Feb 21, 2019  
Horror Story (2013)
Horror Story (2013)
2013 | Horror
4
4.0 (1 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Good plot and story (0 more)
Terrible acting (0 more)
Clever Story, Poor Execution
Had a good premise as i like the old 'haunted hotel' situations, unfortunately the acting was over the top and it contained as many creepy moments as a 1960 dracula film.
  
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Jessica Rosenbach (0 KP) created a post

Feb 10, 2018  
Reading Hunting Prince Dracula by Kerri Maniscalo. It is the continuation of the Stalking Jack the Ripper series. Set in the late 1800, this steampunk historical fiction/romance will have you on the edge of your seat from beginning to end.
      
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Dana (24 KP) rated Salem's Lot in Books

Mar 23, 2018  
Salem's Lot
Salem's Lot
Stephen King | 2011 | Fiction & Poetry, Horror
8
8.1 (50 Ratings)
Book Rating
I have not read too much by Stephen King, but I do consider him a great author. This book, in drawing inspiration from Bram Stoker's Dracula (which I didn't know until I read the forward of the book) is an excellent read! Like all of his books, there was the overarching creepy vibe to the setting and the characters. I didn't really trust any of them at any point in the story, which I think is the point. There is no reliable narrator in this.

It was cool to see the allusions to Dracula, the almost letter writing style was awesome because it comes directly from the source.

This book begs the question of what would happen if Dracula took place in a modern day town of middle America and answers that question well. I can't wait to pick up another book by Stephen King!