Happy Halloween! In this very spooky episode of Adapt or Perish, we discuss Bram Stoker's greatest creation, Count Dracula!

For this episode, we read and watched:

• Bram Stoker's 1897 Gothic horror classic. Read it on iBooks or Amazon.
• Nosferatu (1922), directed by F.W. Murnau, written by Henrik Galeen, and starring Max Schreck, Gustav von Wangenheim, and Greta Schröder. Watch it on iTunes or Amazon.
• Dracula (1931), directed by Tod Browning, written by Garrett Fort, and starring Bela Lugosi, Dwight Frye, Helen Chandler, David Manners, and Edward Van Sloan. Watch it on iTunes or Amazon.
• The Horror of Dracula (1958), from Hammer Film Productions, directed by Terence Fisher, written by Jimmy Sangster, and starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Michael Gough, and Melissa Stribling. Watch it on iTunes or Amazon.
• Count Dracula (1970), directed by Jesús Franco, written by Augusto Finocchi, and starring Christopher Lee, Herbert Lom, Klaus Kinski, Frederick Williams, and Maria Rohm. Watch it on Amazon.
• Bram Stoker's Dracula (1973), directed by Dan Curtis, written by Richard Matheson, and starring Jack Palance, Simon Ward, Nigel Davenport, Fiona Lewis, Murray Brown, and Penelope Horner. Watch it on iTunes or Amazon.
• Count Dracula (1977), directed by Philip Saville, written by Gerald Savory, and starring Louis Jourdan, Frank Finlay, Susan Penhaligon, Judi Bowker, and Jack Shepherd. Watch it on YouTube.
• Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979), written and directed by Werner Herzog, and starring Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, and Bruno Ganz. Watch it on iTunes or Amazon.
• Dracula (1979), directed by John Badham, written by W.D. Richter, and starring Frank Langella, Laurence Olivier, Donald Pleasence, and Kate Nelligan. Watch it on iTunes or Amazon.
• Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), directed by Francis Ford Coppola, written by James V. Hart, and starring Gary Oldman, Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, Richard E. Grant, Cary Elwes, Billy Campbell, and Tom Waits. Watch it on iTunes or Amazon.
• Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995), directed by Mel Brooks, written by Mel Brooks, Rudy De Luca, and Steve Haberman, and starring Leslie Nielsen, Peter MacNicol, Steven Weber, Amy Yasbeck, Lysette Anthony, Harvey Korman, and Mel Brooks. Watch it on iTunes or Amazon.
• Dracula (2006), directed by Bill Eagles, written by Stewart Harcourt, and starring Marc Warren, Rafe Spall, Sophia Myles, Dan Stevens, and Stephanie Leonidas. Watch it on Amazon.

Footnotes:

• Epistolary novels, a novel written as a series of letters or other documents
• Vampyros Lesbos (1971), directed by Jesús Franco
• Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
• Robert Bolt's 1960 play A Man for All Seasons
• Dan Curtis of Dark Shadows
• Richard Matheson of I Am Legend, the Twilight Zone, and Duel
• The Streisand effect
• German Expressionism
• Bruno Ganz as Adolf Hitler in Downfall (yes, you know this scene)

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