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In this author interview, I speak with Koren Shadmi, the author of Bionic, Rise of the Dungeon Master, Gary Gygax and the Creation of D&D, and The Twilight Man: Rod Serling and the Birth of Television. He joins me today to talk about his graphic novel, Lugosi: The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Dracula.

Listen to hear about how Lugosi's history as an activist, how Lugosi's career might have been different had he played Frankenstein's monster, and why Dracula is such an enduring story for film adaptation.
 
Books mentioned in this episode include:

• All Tomorrow’s Parties: The Velvet Underground Story by Koren Shadmi
• Dracula by Bram Stoker
• Lugosi The Man Behind the Cape by Robert Cremer
• Bela Lugosi: Hollywood’s Prince of Darkness by Nige Burton and Jamie Jones
• Acting Class by Nick Drnaso

Films mentioned in this episode include:

• Dracula directed by Tod Browning & Karl Freund
• Son of Frankenstein directed by Rowland V. Lee
• The Black Cat directed by Edgar G. Ulmer
• Frankenstein directed by James Whale
• Renfield directed by Chris McKay
• Last Voyage of the Demeter directed by André Øvredal
• Videodrome directed by David Cronenberg
• The 400 Blows directed by François Truffaut
• Vertigo directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Music mentioned in this episode includes:

• Bauhaus