Dracula
Gary Oldman: A transformative genius with Parthenope on the horizon
Oscar, BAFTA, and Golden Globe-winning actor, known as a “chameleon” for his transformative performances, Gary Oldman is celebrated for bringing audiences to tears with his talent. His latest project is titled “Parthenope.”
Sadistic Vlad the Impaler cried real tears of blood
Research reveals the medical motive behind Vlad the Impaler’s tears of blood
15-year restoration deadlock continues at Dracula’s dungeon in Tokat
After 15 years of stalled restoration efforts at Tokat Castle, believed to have once housed the notorious Dracula in its dungeons, the landmark still awaits completion of restoration works.
"The castle where Vlad Dracula was held captive is in [the Central Anatolian province of] Tokat," history researcher Aybike Gazioglü said.
Vlad the Impaler steps out of Dracula’s shadow
Cloaked in a black cape like the infamous count himself, 10-year-old Niklas Schuetz runs through the dark corridors of a hill-top castle in search of the truth about Dracula.
"He was a Romanian prince, not a vampire," said the schoolboy, as he tripped by torchlight through the nocturnal gloom of Forchtenstein Castle.
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‘Dracula’ Restored | Athens | May 6
The Premiere Nights Athens International Film Festival joins the movement to save the historic Ideal cinema (46 Panepistimiou) in downtown Athens with a screening of Francis Ford Coppola's "Dracula." The gothic thriller has been digitally restored - and approved by the legendary filmmaker - to mark the 30th anniversary since its original release, and stars Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder and Keanu Re
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Blood sloshes and Nicolas Cage feasts in ‘Renfield’
"Renfield" is not Nicolas Cage's first blush with a vampire.
In 1988's "Vampire's Kiss," he played a New York literary agent who thought he was an immortal bloodsucker. His bug-eyed performance was essentially the birth of the over-the-top, kabuki-inflected mythology of Cage. Years later, it would launch a thousand memes, a kind of digital version of becoming undead.
BBC: Whitby Dracula gathering smashes vampire fancy dress world record
The event was organized to mark 125 years since Bram Stoker’s Dracula’s was published in 1897
First independent Fusion Media Museum in Romania, opened by four Romanian-Dutch brothers, in Sighisoara
Four Romanian-Dutch brothers: Tymon, Eliot, Dafydd and Lemuel Cotoarba have opened, in central-western Sighisoara, the first Fusion Media Museum in Romania, 100% independent, after deciding to give up on the life in the West, in order to dedicate to promote our country's history.
'Dracula's castle' offers tourists COVID shots
Visitors to Romania's forbidding Bran Castle, widely known as the inspiration for the lair of Dracula, are being jabbed with needles rather than vampiric fangs this weekend in a coronavirus vaccination drive.
"I came to visit the castle with my family and when I saw the poster I gathered up my courage and agreed to get the injection," said 39-year-old engineer Liviu Necula.
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Tourists await restoration to visit castle where ‘Count Dracula’ was held hostage
History enthusiasts are holding their breaths for the restoration of Tokat Castle in Turkey, where archeologists say Vlad the Impaler was held hostage for four years in the 15th century. (DHA Photo)