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The claimed connection between the castle and the Dracula legend is tourism-driven. [16] During Stoker's research on the region of Transylvania, he came across accounts of the atrocities committed by Vlad III, and used the Dracula name after reading on the subject; but his inspiration for Dracula was not solely based on the historical figure.
Castle Dracula (also known as Dracula’s castle) is the fictitious Transylvanian residence of Count Dracula, the vampire antagonist in Bram Stoker's 1897 horror novel Dracula. It is the setting of the first few and final scenes of the novel.
The main character Dia becomes Dracula's fourth bride. In Dracula's Brides: A Paranormal Romance Anthology, the three Brides are named Crina, Emilia and Isabella. In The Deathless Girls by Kiran Millwood Hargrave, the two dark-haired brides are sisters Kisaiya and Lillai. The blonde bride is an unnamed countess.
The fictional Castle Dracula in Bram Stoker's novel Dracula; Bran Castle, a tourist attraction in Romania; Poenari Castle, a castle of Vlad III Dracula; Hunyad Castle, a castle which was Vlad III Dracula's prison; Orava Castle, a location where Nosferatu was filmed "Castle Dracula", a song by Priestess from certain editions of the album Prior ...
Jonathan Harker, a newly qualified English solicitor, visits Count Dracula at his castle in the Carpathian Mountains to help the Count purchase a house near London. Ignoring the Count's warning, Harker wanders the castle at night and encounters three vampire women; Dracula rescues Harker, and gives the women a small child bound inside a bag.
Also known as Horror of Dracula. Cushing returns to take on Baron Meinster, Dracula's vampire disciple. First sequel in which Dracula returns from the dead. Dracula again returns from the dead. Dracula is brought back to life via a Black Mass. Dracula again returns from the dead. First film in the series to take place in the early 1970s.
One of Dracula's powers is the ability to turn others into vampires by biting them. According to Van Helsing: When they become such, there comes with the change the curse of immortality; they cannot die, but must go on age after age adding new victims and multiplying the evils of the world.
Mina has appeared in most film adaptations of Stoker's novel. In Stoker's original novel, Mina recovers from the vampire's curse upon Dracula's death and lives on with her husband, Jonathan. However, in some media, Mina is killed at some point in the story, while in others, she becomes a full vampire and keeps her powers aft