I'm hamming it up tbh – your assessment is totally fair, and I'm especially thankful for the cross-media adaptations it has yielded, starting with Murnau's Nosferatu and Herzog's own subsequent rewriting. I mean:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_L2654ai4o
Besides, Romania's own Tourism Authority has been banking on this crap for decades by stressing the apocryphal connection between Vlad Țepeș and Bran Castle in particular.
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― pomenitul, Friday, 26 June 2020 14:16 (three years ago) link
as delusions of grandeur and expressions of devout wish-fulfilment go, the fascination of the Devil was an unsurpassable masterstroke
Intriguing indeed. I wonder if the title is a callback to Goethe.
― pomenitul, Friday, 26 June 2020 14:18 (three years ago) link
Dracula is a slog.
― A White, White Gay (cryptosicko), Friday, 26 June 2020 15:14 (three years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Sunday, 28 June 2020 00:01 (three years ago) link
Have read just a handful, Conrad's HoD easily. But I have seen a film version of Almayer's Folly by Chantal Akerman.
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 28 June 2020 01:32 (three years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Monday, 29 June 2020 00:01 (three years ago) link