Bram Stoker's Dracula

Dateline: May 26, 1897 – Dracula, a novel by Irish author Bram Stoker was published.

Famous for introducing the character of the vampire Count Dracula, the novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to relocate from Transylvania to England, and the battle between Dracula and a small group of men and women led by Professor Abraham van Helsing.
Dracula has been assigned to many literary genres including vampire literature, horror fiction, the gothic novel and invasion literature. The novel touches on themes such as the role of women in Victorian culture, sexual conventions, immigration, colonialism, and post-colonialism. Although Stoker did not invent the vampire, he defined its modern form, and the novel has spawned numerous theatrical, film and television interpretations.
 The novel is told in epistolary format, as a series of letters, diary entries, ships' log entries, and so forth. The main writers of these items are also the novel's protagonists. The story is occasionally supplemented with newspaper clippings that relate events not directly witnessed by the story's characters.

The story of Dracula has been the basis for countless films and plays.The character of Count Dracula has remained popular over the years, and many films have used the character as a villain, while others have named him in their titlesAs of 2009, an estimated 217 films feature Dracula in a major role

 Who can forget Count Dracula of Sesame Street , the vampire who loves to count?






In the philippine cinema, here are some of the Dracula-inspired films