Call him Dracula,
or Vlad the Impaler,
or even Nosferatu.
There is no doubt that vampires rule the month of October as kings of the night. More movies have been made about vampires then about any other of the classics of cinema monsters. With origins born in folklore vampires have threatened almost every culture on earth, but when an image of a vampire comes to mind, our minds conjure up an image of Hungarian born actor Bela Lugosi. Any great icon spawns imitators, and Lugosi was not without his bastard children. John Carpenter brought us Vampires,
a violent obscenity filled tale of modern day vampire hunters that comes complete with its very own Baldwin brother. Joel Schumacher brought us the tale of the deadly vampire teenagers of Santa Carla.
Because no genre is complete until Mel Brooks mocks it movie audiences were subjected to Dracula, dead and loving it,
a forgettable film which makes one think fondly of Count Chocula.
Keep your crucifix close, the undead are out and about in Hollywood.
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