Christoph Waltz is hunting vampires as the Van Helsing-like Priest, for science, in our exclusive new clip from Luc Besson’s Dracula. Originally titled Dracula: A Love Tale, the gothic fantasty take on Bram Stoker‘s classic horror novel opens in theaters on February 6, 2026 via Vertical. Watch the clip below that sees Waltz’s Priest offer up […]
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Luc Besson‘s (Léon: The Professional, The Fifth Element) adaptation of Dracula delivers on three components necessary to the story: violence, gore, and sexuality. The MPA concurs, giving the film an R rating for just that: “violence, some gore, and sexuality.” Released internationally as Dracula: A Love Tale, the new take on Bram Stoker‘s seminal 1897 novel […]
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Funko is giving four classic Universal monsters a “Patchwork” makeover with a new series of Pop! figures. The wave includes Dracula, The Invisible Man, Frankenstein, and The Bride of Frankenstein. Pre-orders are expected to launch this Friday, January 23, at 9am PT/12pm ET. Bela Lugosi sank his teeth into the role of Dracula in 1931, […]
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After coming out the gate with one of last year’s scariest books, The October Film Haunt, Michael Wehunt has announced his sophomore novel, Nightjars. Described as “Memento meets Dracula,” the 352-page vampire novel explores the monsters that dwell at the heart of us all through the story of a man exposed for crimes he doesn’t […]
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If Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu and Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein have you longing for another auteur’s take on a classic monster, Luc Besson (Léon: The Professional, The Fifth Element) has you covered with Dracula. Originally titled Dracula: A Love Tale, the fresh take on Bram Stoker‘s seminal 1897 novel opens in theaters on February 6, 2026 […]
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Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way Productions is developing a Universal Pictures biopic of Dracula originator Bela Lugosi, per Deadline. The script hails from Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, the writers behind Tim Burton’s Ed Wood and Rudy Ray Moore biographical comedy Dolemite is My Name. The biopic is said to follow “a younger Lugosi, capturing his meteoric rise to […]
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Re: Frankenstein is an audio drama adaptation of Frankenstein from the team behind Re: Dracula and Re: Carmilla, which is crowdfunding now! Featuring an award-winning all-trans cast, Re: Frankenstein will bring this Gothic masterpiece to glorious un-life. This horror audio drama will be a faithful, text-accurate adaptation of Mary Shelley’s novel, featuring a full cast […]
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Writer Matt Wagner (Grendel, Mage) and artist Kelley Jones (Batman: Red Rain, The Sandman) are sinking their fangs into a new chapter in their Dracula graphic novel series based on Bram Stoker’s classic 1897 novel. Dracula: Book III – The Count will launch on Kickstater in the coming weeks, and we have an exclusive look […]
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Bram Stoker’s horror classic Dracula comes back to life in a fresh new way in Southampton, New York this Halloween season, with the Southampton Arts Center announcing Bram Stoker’s Dracula: A Radio Play, taking to the stage beginning October 17, 2025. From October 17 – October 26, the limited engagement Dracula: A Radio Play terrifies […]
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Super7 x Boodega 2024 unleashed horror hosts Svengoolie and Vincent Price in ReAction Figure form earlier this year. Now, just in time for Halloween, Bloody Disgusting can exclusively reveal that Super7 x Boodega 2024 are unleashing a line of Halloween Kids ReAction Figures inspired by Universal Monsters! Go trick-or-treating this Halloween season with the Bride of […]
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Wirgin Worries. After kicking off August with discussions of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s surrealist masterpiece Santa Sangre (listen) and the screenlife sequel Unfriended: Dark Web (listen), we’re returning to the world of Andy Warhol with a look at Paul Morrissey‘s Udo Kier-starring vehicle Blood for Dracula (1974). In the film, the deathly ill Count Dracula (Udo Kier) and his slimy underling Anton […]
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Countless different types of Count Dracula stories have been told on the screen over the years, from Bela Lugosi’s black & white icon to Nicolas Cage’s scenery chewing take in Renfield. The origin story of the Dracula character has also been told, most notably in Gary Shore’s 2014 movie Dracula Untold. And THR reports this […]
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Skybound Entertainment is bringing Dracula back to life for a brand new four-issue comic book limited series from the best-selling, Eisner Award nominated team of James Tynion IV (W0rldtr33, Something is Killing the Children) and Martin Simmonds (Swan Songs). In partnership with Universal Products & Experiences, the first issue of Universal Monsters: Dracula will be available in comic book shops on Wednesday, October 25, […]
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In the wake of failing to recoup its budget with just $15 million worldwide at the box office, Universal’s The Last Voyage of the Demeter has now been surprise-released at home. On Digital, you can rent the film for $19.99 or purchase it for $24.99. Directed by André Øvredal (The Autopsy of Jane Doe, Scary Stories to […]
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The following contains major spoilers for The Last Voyage of the Demeter. If the horror genre has a grandfather, it’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula. First published in 1897, the epistolary novel follows a group of English socialites who cross paths with a centuries-old vampire traversing the continent in search of fresh victims. From Francis Ford Coppola […]
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