... may have worked well for the audience of Nosferatu in 1922 and again for the1931 version of Dracula but they lacked the emotional connections and, as previously mentioned, the act of redemption that most people look for today. Also despite the fact that Dracula is the granddaddy of all horror movies ... Mina Murray he can't help noticing that she looks exactly like Elisabeta. Flashbacks to Dracula's past suggest that Mina may in fact be Elisabeta reincarnated. As he looks at the picture and weeps the romantic notion that love lives for eternity is reinforced. At this point Dracula is lo...

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... Transylvania. Every childhood lover of vampire movies will remember the chilling line; "I come from...Transylvania!" No other place is so easily identified with vampires as Transylvania. Bram Stoker made this area famous by making it the homeland of his fictional character Dracula. Vlad Tepes, a historical figure upon whom Dracula ... nothing and the instances of tortures were not important. The death of her husband, in 1604, had a devastating effect on Elizabeth. By the Count dying, it gave her a constant reminder that she was getting older and her looks were beginning to fade. That te...

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