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The Dracula Dossier: The Legend of Dracula
NOTE: THIS IS A PAST EVENT
In The Legend of Dracula, Kenneth Hite exposes the components of Dracula - novel, films, myth and even history - to unravel the essential pieces: characters, recurring themes, symbols, rhythms and effects. With these pieces, Ken shows you how to build new stories about the King of the Vampires or about your own creatures of the night, and how to refine them to turn them into adventure thrillers, cosmic horrors, or even intense personal dramas.
From the first stories about Vlad the Impaler's medieval atrocities to Bram Stoker's famous novel, through the most recent box office hits, The Legend of Dracula covers centuries of blood, bats and - ballet? - to bring you the most complete research ever written about the history of Dracula.
Observe Dracula not only facing Van Helsing, but also Batman, Blade, Buffy, Billy the Kid - and even Abbott and Costello! Discover the hidden mysteries of Nosferatu, and unravel the fluid space-time of Hammer's Dracula film saga. Follow Dracula into space!
The Legend of Dracula includes:
- The first legends of Dracula, from the dance of the dead men to the garden of the executed.
- The foundations of the novel and the myth: characters, settings, recurring themes and rhythms
- Synopsis and reviews of 40 films, including all Universal and Hammer Films Dracula films - and how they have also managed to expand the myth of Dracula.
Geniuses from Orson Welles to Werner Herzog have reimagined the story of Dracula - now you can too! Hite reveals his tools, which you can also use to build new stories about the King of the Vampires, or about your own creatures, and to refine them to turn them into adventure thrillers, cosmic horrors, or even intense personal dramas.
So sharpen your stakes and prepare for the greatest legend of your no-life - The Legend of Dracula!
