Bram Stoker

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What was Dracula really like? 550-year-old clue to life of Vlad the Impaler emerges
Scientists are hoping ‘historical biomolecules’ on a 15th-century missive written by Vlad Dracula, the inspiration for Bram Stoker’s vampire count, will reveal more about him

David Barnett

11, Dec, 2022 @9:00 AM

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Cutting his teeth: how Bram Stoker found his inner Dracula in Scotland
Author’s method acting approach to writing terrified local people in Aberdeenshire as he perched on the rocks like a bat

Joanna Moorhead

09, Oct, 2022 @8:00 AM

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Bram Stoker’s Dracula review – Gary Oldman is Pierrot from hell in blood-red 90s take
Francis Ford Coppola’s 1992 all-star retelling features an outstanding performance from Gary Oldman as the tormented count

Peter Bradshaw

05, Oct, 2022 @10:00 AM

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Record-breaking vampires at Whitby Abbey mark 125 years of Dracula
A fanged crowd of 1,369 broke the Guinness World Record for vampire gatherings in celebration of Bram Stoker’s classic novel

Mark Brown North of England correspondent

26, May, 2022 @9:24 PM

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A Dracula-themed walk to a great pub: Kilmarnock Arms, Cruden Bay
Dracula is 125 this month. This walk takes in the castle and treacherous coast that inspired Bram Stoker, and ends in the pub where he began writing the book

Robin McKelvie

20, May, 2022 @6:00 AM

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Whitby Abbey seeks budding bloodsuckers to break vampire record
English Heritage announce bid to stage world’s largest gathering of people dressed as a vampire at site that inspired Bram Stoker

Mark Brown North of England correspondent

20, Apr, 2022 @4:31 PM

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Dracula: The Untold Story review – gripping vampire tale with added bite
Imitating the Dog’s technical marvel of a show turns an updated version of Bram Stoker’s novel into a live-action graphic novel

Clare Brennan

10, Oct, 2021 @10:00 AM

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Dracula: The Untold Story review – a wild gothic thrill ride
For a tale of the undead, Imitating the Dog’s inventive blend of live theatre and tech is bursting with life

Nick Ahad

30, Sep, 2021 @10:33 AM

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They came at night: how a Spanish-speaking cast shot an alternative Dracula after Bela Lugosi had gone to bed
Ninety years ago, two groundbreaking horror movies were movies: Lugosi’s official chiller and a covert version – which might just be its superior

James McMahon

03, Feb, 2021 @10:18 AM

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Weatherwatch: 1885 Whitby storm inspired grim scene in Dracula
In gothic horror novel, an immense dog leaps from wreck of ‘strange schooner’

Jeremy Plester

05, Oct, 2020 @8:30 PM

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Sharon Stone: bumbling dating app is no match for a true star | Rebecca Nicholson
This was no impostor – this really was the star of Basic Instinct

Rebecca Nicholson

04, Jan, 2020 @3:30 PM

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The Guardian view on the new Scrooge: a charismatic antihero for Christmas | Editorial
Editorial: Guy Pearce’s reinvention of Charles Dickens’ creation has been the real revelation of the holiday television schedules

Editorial

23, Dec, 2019 @6:32 PM

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