Bram Stoker: Resurrecting the Vampire

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Host - Simon Whistler
Author - Arnaldo Teodorani
Producer - Jennifer Da Silva
Executive Producer - Shell Harris

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[allie]

My married surname is Stoker and my husband is from Belfast. I work as an ambulance technician and after a particularly difficult run of shifts my team leader decided I would henceforth be known as The master of horror and fear.... 6 years later the nickname is still sticking

[christophermerlot]

Fun Fact: as a theatre manager he introduced the practice of numbered seats which, in turn, allowed him to sell annual subscriptions.

[discountpeachesyt]

You couldn't have uploaded this at a better time! I'm currently writing my English essay on Bram Stoker's Dracula and came on Youtube to procrastinate. You're a good man.

[Cybernetic]

Have to say being Irish and living in such a small country, the Author's and Poet's like Joyce, Heaney, Beckett, Yeates, Wilde, Swift, Stoker and G.B Shaw and many others always amazes me and makes me proud.

[sherlockmcnatt]

I would love a biographics episode for Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. Thanks so much for all of your youtube content. Your channels are a staple of my morning routine.

[brianartillery]

The 1922 movie 'Nosferatu' is a masterpiece. A superb example of early cinema. It is also a version of Bram Stoker's 'Dracula', moved from England to Germany. This was quickly noticed by Stoker's widow, who, as you can imagine, was not best pleased. She managed to get a legal case against the film makers for infringement of copyright, and won her case, which meant that every copy of the film was to be collected... and destroyed. Luckily, a print of the movie was saved, and, over the years copies were made. Whilst I love this movie to bits, I've never found it scary - it is deeply, deeply creepy, though, and beautifully made and shot. The end could not be improved with CGI. It's perfect as it is.
Bram Stoker's short stories, like 'Dracula's Guest'(originally written as the introduction to Dracula), 'The Squaw', 'The Judge's House', 'The Coming Of Abel Behenna', are superb, properly unpleasant, and well worth reading. 'The Jewel Of Seven Stars' is great, but grim (the American edition had a happy ending tacked onto it, much to Stoker's annoyance - it is awful, and adds nothing), and has been filmed twice - as 'Blood From The Mummy's Tomb' (1971), and 'The Awakening' (1980). Both are 'guilty pleasure' movies of mine.

[steampoweredpixel]

I had the huge honour of meeting Bram Stoker's great grand-nephew, Dacre Stoker, during his book talk and booksigning for 'Dracul' a year ago... I also met Bram Stoker's great-grandson there on the day, too... They BOTH signed my copy!!! :D

[dpj]

I went to Trinity College Dublin, and also worked at the Lyceum Theatre👌
Love that I happened to follow in Bram’s footsteps. Dracula is one of my favourite books.

[charlesthedeadlifter]

"I have crossed oceans of time to find you." Bram Stoker

[triple-a]

Ive read the book four times. Just as lord of the rings, my favorite part is the early parts of the book. The atmosphere is so eerie and is extremely immersive!! Love the book. Must read!!!

[Starmangogo]

Being a bald man with glasses myself i sometimes watch these videos for fashion advice as you're always on point with the outfit choice ha ha. Another great video

[rodddossantos]

First work of fiction I “voluntarily” checked out from the library as a teenager 26 years ago. It’s tone and brilliance has haunted me ever since.
Great video. Thank you!

[minigrem]

It was my go to book in my teens, I took it everywhere and must have re read it dozens of times, this was the pre goth era of the 70s.
Thank you for an excellent bio of this giant of literature.

[GaryMcSnail]

Stoker's great great grand nephew came to my university to talk about Bram's life and his process in writing Dracula. He's been going to libraries for years to find books that might have inspired him to write it, finding little notes in them and things he underlined. It was very interesting to see his thought process. In his notes, he wrote the name 'Dracula' over and over again so he wouldn't forget it after he found out it meant 'Devil.' The nephew also wrote the official prequel to the book

[alexandersmith]

Bram Stoker: **possibly a homosexual in the closet**
Me: still a better love story than twilight

[lindsayscrivens]

Ever since I watched the show Castlevania Ive been in love with the character Dracula. So happy you uploaded this!

[garionfan]

I’ve read the book multiple times and it was one of the first chapter books I owned. I absolutely love it and greatly appreciate the story. Thank you so much for doing this video, I only recently found this channel, I came here from Business Blaze!

[GrizzlyAdams]

I remember as a teenager, I got pretty excited when I first learned that not only was Stoker Irish just like me but his birthday was even the day after mine. Also, could you do videos on Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi if you haven't already, or even Lon Chaney Sr.?

[TheMegMegs]

Ugh the "Jonathan Harker's diary" excerpts are still one of the coolest things I've ever read ❤

[Based_Asherah]

I subscribed to Blaze earlier this week and I absolutely love your personality in those videos. Simon has me learning AND cracking up.