Tag: Vampires

Richard Gough Thomas (Manchester Metropolitan University) Purists may be offended that NBC’s Dracula re-envisions the Count as a ruthless anti-hero who, disguised as an American industrialist, wages a covert war of vengeance against the ‘Order of the Dragon’ who centuries ago murdered his wife. The Order, we are told, represent the forces of reaction that hold back science and reason that they might better rule us. The complication in Dracula’s plans is Mina Murray, student of the distinguished Professor Van Helsing, and

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