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From Bram to Dacre, Dracula Lives On Most everyone on the planet is familiar with Bram Stoker and his classic horror novel Dracula. However, most are unaware that Stoker planned a sequel for his iconic vampire. Unfortunately for all the horror fans across the globe, he passed on before he began it. Luckily, Bram left a series of notes detailing his follow-up for the notorious Count Dracula.
hard times. Arthur Holmwood hides in his sham of a marriage. Jonathan Harker indulges himself in liquor and the seamier aspects of life, trying to cope with the lasting effect Dracula left on Mina. Dr. Seward has succumbed to lure of morphine as a means of coping with his obsession with destroying the undead. Abraham Van Helsing has been reduced to a sickly feeble old man.
Dacre while he was in New Orleans for the annual vampire balls. I was able to pose some questions to him about his research and the sequel to one of the
Mina and Jonathan Harker have a son, Quincey, who attends law school in Paris. Against his It was a few generations father’s wishes, later while researching Quincey being enStoker‘s life, his descendamored with the ants uncovered his notes theater, attends a detailing Stoker’s follow performance of up to his timeless classic, Dracula. Richard III played by a Romanian Not only did they discover the planned actor named Basarb who has been sequel, but also found notes by Stoker the talk of the European stage. of alternate endings and the shocking fact that Dracula had not been de- Quincey befriends Basarb, who later stroyed. Screenwriter Ian Holt then exhorts him to become involved in convinced Dacre Stoker, Bram’s great the Lyceum theater. It’s through grandnephew, to collaborate with him watching the performance at the Lyin continuing the further escapades of ceum that Quincey is first exposed the infamous vampire. to the of the story of Dracula and After a long period of painstaking research to get the proper setting of London during Bram’s lifetime, Ian Holt and Dacre Stoker were ready to assume the challenge of continuing the story of the iconic Dracula. Combining the London of old together with the notes of Bram, they merged Count Dracula with Vlad The Impaler to continue the saga of the world’s most recognized vampire. They even managed to place Bram himself in the story as the manager of the Lyceum theater, trying to create a stage play for his novel.
the involvement of his parents. Upon the death of his father, he discovers the journals of the men who fought and destroyed Dracula.
Convinced that Dracula still lives, Quincey goes on a quest for revenge. Aided by Arthur and some key information from Van Helsing, they go on a quest that takes many twists and turns. Throw in the notorious Countess Bathory and her vampire minions and the mystery and adventure all culminate into an interesting confrontation that in the end places a new face on the infaThe story picks up in the year 1912. mous Dracula. Those responsible for bringing about iconic stories of the horror genre. the demise of Dracula have fallen upon I had a chance to talk in length with
MB: Greetings Dacre! I enjoyed your presentation of the history behind Bram Stoker‘s Dracula. How is Dracula the Un-Dead being received? Is it keeping
DS: The paper back sales were great in the US, Italy, Spain and France. We even sold the rights for a graphic novel adaptation in France. The first year of promotional events kept me very busy, then I had a small spike in activity when the paperback came out a year later 2010. I am spending less time on the road and more time writing now. MB: I was amazed at the information you and your wife uncovered about Bram, the Stoker family and the sequel to Dracula. For any fan of the novel, the presentation of your research would be very eye opening. What led you to conduct this research in such fine detail? How long did it take you? DS: The research took many forms; my wife assisted me with all the Stoker family information. Ian and I decided to hire Alexander Galant to find all the accurate street names, bridge locations, sewer canals, and subway stops in London and Paris in 1912. Alex also helped us with accurate descriptions of clothing and other significant historic details which helped us create the right mood for the reader. MB: Would you relate some of the fascinating facts your research uncovered? What did your research suggest was the inspiration behind the character Dracula?
you busy on the promotion circuit?
DS: I found that there is no one single event or one specific source of inspiration for Bram’s iconic character Count Dracula. In my opinion there was a “perfect storm” type of scenario spread over many years which all contributed to Bram coming up with his lead vampire character. They include; Bram’s seven year childhood illness for which he was blood-let, stories his mother told him about the cholera epidemic while she
was growing up in Sligo, Ireland, the sinister Shakespearian roles his boss Henry Irving played on stage at the Lyceum Theater for 27 years. Bram also read a book by William Wilkinson in the Whitby library about the real Vlad Dracula, in addition Bram did a lot of research about folklore and mythology which contained information about Vampires and Werwolves around the world in the 14th and 15th centuries. MB: How was it you came across Bram’s notes regarding his planned sequel? DS: My relatives in the UK, Bram’s great grandsons, told me about the existence of the 125 pages of research and writing notes which Bram used for Dracula which are now owned by the Rosenbach Museum in Philadelphia. They have since been published by McFarland and Co. with annotations and comments by Elizabeth Miller and Robert Eighteen-Bisang and therefore are more accessible then when my wife and I went to Philadelphia to study them. What we found were some characters and plot threads which Bram had at one time intended to use in Dracula, but for some reason did not. Therefore, it was natural for me to use those original “Bram Stoker” thoughts to form part of the storyline for the Un-Dead. We got the idea that Bram intended a sequel himself, by examining the alternate ending in the one copy of the original manuscript of Dracula. MB: What prompted you to pick up his notes and write the sequel to one of the most influential literary works ever written? DS: Ian Holt had the initial idea to merge the historic figure Prince Vlad Dracula with Bram’s Count Dracula. He contacted me and persuaded me to get involved in writing the sequel with him.
MB: What led you to believe that the Un-Dead, it has made its way Dracula had not been destroyed in the around Hollywood studios. There has original? been a lot of interest but no firm offers yet. DS: In examining the original manuscript we noticed an alternative ending MB: Which film adaptations do you that Bram had intended to use. For find remained the trusome reason, quite possibly leaving his est toward Bram’s vioptions open for a sequel, Bram sion of Dracula? crossed out a very definitive ending to the Count’s life at the hands of the DS: I think that the “brave band of heroes” in the final bat- original 1931 Todd tle scene. The original ending had a Browning version is massive volcano erupt which caused very close to the origiCastle Dracula to crumble and along nal, the 1992 Coppola with Count Dracula and his cadre of film “Bram Stoker’s gypsies were swallowed up into the Dracula” does deviate earth. (end of Dracula!) Bram changed in places but gives the this ending to involve a knife slicing viewer a good feel for into the Count’s heart, rather then a the original. wooden stake, and Count Dracula merely crumbling into dust. In our MB: The movie Nosferatu is generally opinion that is not the regarded as a rip off of way that Bram exDracula. You told me the plained earlier in his story of what Bram’s widnovel how to kill a ow went through to find vampire! Bram had justice against the makers Van Helsing explain of that movie. She was a during the “killing” very brave and strong of Lucy when it was woman to endure that long discovered that she process. Would you tell had become Unthe story of what that couDead, that the only rageous lady went through way to kill a vampire to our readers? was to drive a wooden sake thru the heart DS: Florence decided to and to completely cut challenge Prana Films in off the vampires head. So it makes Germany for the copyright infringesense to assume that if Bram did not ment of her late husband’s novel Drachave Harker do the same to the Count ula. It took 2 1/2 years for her to prewhen the opportunity arose, that he did vail, and when she finally did, ironicalnot intend for him to be “completely” ly Prana Films was bankrupt. in the setdestroyed, but instead allowed him to tlement all copies of the film were orshape-shift into dust to recover and dered destroyed by the German court. come back again sometime. However, we know that at least one copy escaped “execution” and was then MB: With the many film adaptations taken to the UK and America, copied that have been done based or loosely and shown many times! based on Dracula, have you been approached about a film based upon MB: If Bram read Dracula the UnDracula the Undead? dead, what do you think his reaction would be? DS: Ian has written a screenplay of
DS: If Bram read the Un-Dead I would like to think that he would appreciate the effort that I made to continue his story which has captivated generations of readers. Furthermore I think he would have approved of the results of our historical research and which made the Un-Dead read like it actually happened. Bram was a humble a man and probably would not have relished being a character in our story, but Ian and I felt he deserved a bit of the spotlight, especially since he was portrayed in his real life role as Manager of the Lyceum Theater. MB: I want to thank you Dacre for generously giving me your time. I wish you great success with Dracula the Undead and all your future endeavors. Maybe our paths will cross again in the not too distant future. What does 2011 hold for you? What projects do you have planned? Where will your book promotion tour be taking you this year? DS: I have a contract with a publisher for a non fiction book about Bram’s early life in Dublin, between 18711881. Elizabeth Miller and I have found many interesting things about his life from a journal which one of Bram’s great grand sons, had stored in his attic. From this I have gleaned a look at how Bram got started in his writing career, and what his life was like. Furthermore, 2012 is the 100th anniversary of Bram’s death, I am starting to get booked in late 2011 and throughout 2012 to give talks and make presentations on Bram’s life and the mysteries behind his writing of Dracula.
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The Exorcist, Not Only One of the Best Horror Movies, But Also A True Story. By TristaLou
So when I think of the Best in Horror and the paranormal the first things that I think of are the two Horror classics, Poltergeist and The Exorcist. And why wouldn't they? They are classics that in their time managed to scare the millions who watched them. For this issue I will focus on The Exorcist. Psst.... Do you want to know a secret? I just saw the Exorcist for the first time a few days ago. My family is pretty christian and none of them are quite into horror movies so I never had access to watch it. I did however hear the stories of how my older sister, who was a teen at the time it came out, had went to go see it. It frightened her so much that she slept with a bible that night. So what is it that made the Exorcist so scary? Well one thing that I think helped it was all the hype it got. For instance the movie was banned in some places in the UK causing the public to take rides on buses referred to as "Exorcist Bus Trips" that were organized by travel companies. These buses would take them to the nearest town that allowed the showing of the film. Then there was the TV Evangelist Billy Grahm himself saying that there was a demon actually living in the reels of the film, this was his way of trying to scare people into not watching it. So hype definitely could have played a role, but I don't think that completely accounts for it. Soon after it's release it became known that the movie was based on a true exorcism of a 13 yr old boy referred to as Roland Doe or Robbie Mannheim. The true identity of the boy has never came out to protect him, but his story is very widely known. "Roland" was an only child living with his parents and grandmother in Maryland in the 1940's. A frequent visitor to his home was Rolands Aunt. He became very close to this aunt and she is the one credited with introducing him to the "other side". She was of spiritualist religion and contacted the other side frequently with the use of a Ouija board. Roland became interested and she taught him how to use the board as well. At the age of 13 his Aunt passed away and it is assumed that he continued to use the board in hopes of contacting his beloved Aunt. This is believed to what had led to him being possessed. It all started out with little things at
first, bangs and scratching on the walls with no none cause. Then it slowly but progressively escalated getting more violent as it went on. Soon Rolands personality even began to change. He became easily agitated and hateful. Items would shake uncontrollably and scratches were even found on the boy, some even seemed to be words like "Hell" and "Devil" etched into his skin. Fearing that there was a poltergeist haunting their son they contacted Reverend Luther Scholtz, a Lutheran minister. Scholtz spent much time observing Roland seeing much of the alleged occurrences himself and realized that this was not a poltergeist at all, but instead a possession. He also realized that this was even too much of a job for him and decided that the Catholics could be more of an help to the tormented boy. The parents then visited with Father Albert Hughes. During Rolands interview by Hughes the boy exhibited wild behavior. He spit out obscene and blasphamous remarks towards Hughes. His voice was rough and almost diabolical in nature. He even started to speak in Latin. A language that the boy had never
known. Hughes was shaken to see such behavior from the boy and contacted the Archbishop for the permission to preform an Exorcism. After all the facts and evidence was reviewed Hughes was given permission to preform the exorcism. Hughes preformed the Exorcism in a hospital and had Roland tied down. The exorcism was preformed unsuccessfully but Hughes did not leave uninjured after the attempt. It was reported that a spring was some how pulled out of the mattress that was in the bed Roland was laying on and that he used it to slash Hughes from the shoulder to the wrist. In one last attempt a Father Bowdern was contacted for his help in the matter. He along with another priest and a Jesuit Scholastic, Fr. Walter Halloran went to interview the boy and they to realized that it was a serious matter that needed an exorcism. Bowdern then got the permissions needed and him along with Fr. Halloran started with the exorcism. They were
met with the same obscenity's and blasphemies along with howling and growling. Roland again was plagued with scratches that were witnessed by both men. The bed shook violently and Roland would scream in pain as the prayers were said over him. Roland would spit in the faces of the priest's. Sexual remarks were made towards the men. He would urinate, pass gas, and belch. Roland even somehow knew personal things about the priests that he could not have known. Things that he tried to use to bring the priests down. But the priest's continued on praying diligently over the boy and continuing the exorcism. The boy would wind down finally falling asleep. The next day he would act fine and would be his normal old self, but as soon as night came it would all start over again. The exorcism would last many nights. Nights filled with endless verbal lashings as well as Rolands body contorting every which way that was not humanly possible, along with all the a fore mentioned things. Roland would even strike at the men and all witnesses. One night he managed to break Fr. Hallorans nose. After many endless nights Bowdern knew he was getting close and poured over books on exorcism and the like and finally found a case similar to Rolands. With new found information to fight with, Bowdern was ready for the last night of fight. Roland was forcibly made to wear a necklace of religious relics and hold a crucifix. Bowdern then continued the exorcism and finally after some time there was what was reported to be a loud sound like that of thunder or a gun shot. It was finally over. The exorcism had finally ended after 30 exorcism rites in the span of six weeks. Roland had almost no recollection of the ordeal he under went and it seemed by just looking at him it was like nothing had ever happened. It is reported that he lived a long happy life and had had children of his own and also grandchildren. The brave priest's that had fought this demonic entity have never doubted that what they fought was actually a demon and held their ground that this was the absolute real deal. Even the Catholic Church had a report filed that this was in fact a real demonic possession and the report is even said to have at least 40 signatures of witnesses. So with all of this coming out shortly after the release of the movie it is no wonder it managed to scare so many. I myself totally believe in possession although I have not seen any case of it and really I hope that I never do.
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