Vampires on the Big Screen

Posted on November 29, 2008 by Libby Pelham

The film Twilight, about the teen Bella Swan who finds herself in love with vampire Edward Cullen, brought in a staggering $70.6 million on it’s opening three day weekend. The success of the first of Stephenie Meyer’s books on the big screen started me to thinking of classic vampires through the years. There was the first vampire character, played by Max Schreck. Schreck was a German actor who played the lead role in Nosferatu. I’ve heard that Schreck was so convincing that some moviegoers actually thought he really was a vampire. (This image is in the public domain in the … Continue reading →

Dracula’s Castle/Museum

Posted on July 4, 2007 by Michele Cheplic

Visitors to “Dracula’s Castle” in Transylvania are hoping that it will be sold to someone who will keep the doors open for them to come back for future tours. The Bran Castle — better known as “Dracula’s Castle” because of its ties to Prince Vlad the Impaler, the cruel warlord who inspired Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel, “Dracula” — was recently put on the market by an heir of Romania’s former royal family. The castle is located on a cliff near Brasov in mountainous central Romania and is considered one of the area’s top tourist attractions. Legend has it the castle … Continue reading →