#dracula

[sloth-with-a-knife]

In honor of Dracula daily starting (somewhat) soon, here are three lists to help people understand how modern the novel Dracula is.

(this is because I can see from adaptations, general vampire media, and vampire posts across the internet that some people really don't know how recent of a book it was)

List 1---Things that were invented before Dracula was published in 1897:

The dishwasher (1850)

Levi's jeans (1873)

The telephone (1876)

Coca cola (1886)

The Ferris wheel (1893)

List 2---Events that happened before Dracula was published in 1897:

Frankenstein was published (1818)

The first dinosaur fossil was discovered (1824)

The American Civil War (1861-1865)

Pablo Picasso was born (1881)

The earliest known film was made (1888)

Jack the ripper committed all of his known murders (1888--1891)

Agatha Christie was born (1890)

JRR Tolkien was born (1892)

The Chicago World Fair (1893)

The first modern Olympics (1896)

Radioactivity was discovered (1896)

List 3---Things that happened less than ten years after Dracula was published in 1897:

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was published (1900)

Queen Victoria dies, ending the Victorian Era (1901)

The first film in color was made (1902) [A Trip to the Moon or Le Voyage dans la Lune]

The first airplane flight (1903)

c'mon the airplane was invented less than ten years after this book was published what more do you want from me

(Bonus!!) Other fun facts of this nature:

The Ford Model T was launched in 1908, eleven years after Dracula was published

Amelia Earhart was born in the same year Dracula was published (1897)

1897 was 128 years ago (as of 2025), the oldest verified man to have lived died at 116 years old. He was born in 1897 (I've written that year a LOT in this post so if you don't know what happened you aren't even trying) and he died in 2013.

The oldest verified person to have lived was a woman born in 1875 and died in 1997 at the age of 122

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[gingerhastoomanyobsessions]

Stoker ALSO named it the Demeter because…he was inspired by a real wreck in Whitby.

The Wreck of the Dmitry.

On October 24, 1885, a schooner sailing from the Estonian port of Narva under the Russian flag, the Dmitry, crashed into Whitby while carrying a cargo of only silver sand and soil. A crowd of thousands gathered on the cliffs at Whitby to watch the ship come ashore. The wind was so violent that her mast cracked and fell into the sea. She landed in the same gravely cove that Stoker described.

Stoker learned of the crash from the coast guard while staying in Whitby in 1890. In his notes, he also records a rumor of a dog leaping from the wreck, just as Dracula did in wolf form. He may have even seen pictures taken of the crash by photographer Francis Sutcliffe.

Here she is the morning after the storm. One of the masts lays in front of her on the sand. As she was uninsured, she was broken up by scavengers.

Stoker anglicized the name Dmitry, giving it the added symbolism of Greek mythology, turning it into the Demeter.

Made the mistake of going on Twitter and saw this RANCID take on the “Last Voyage of the Demeter” movie. At least the replies are on point. This is very funny.

[moonsun2010]

A moonlit Jonmina commission for Athas 🌕

[bobbole]

Rowena Morrill, illustration for The Dracula Book of Great Vampire Stories (1977)

[tuserlivia]

NOSFERATU 2024, dir. Robert Eggers

[marxalittle]

And. And. And! Mina "oh yeah I taught myself shorthand and I can transcribe on a typewriter in triplicate at like 10k+ words per hour and also I'm basically an intelligence analyst, have you met my endearingly pathetic husband?" Harker with a fucking flamethrower.

You want something done right you send a Texan dandy and a discerning woman, and you send them with firepower

[theholmwoodfoundation]

Today we announce the last of our cast for Season One!

Please join us in welcoming: Anusia Battersby @anouchard as Francesca Royale Lou Sutcliffe @doctorloup as Collins Flloyd Kennedy @bakedoffpodcast as Fay Townsend/Lucille Young Alasdair Stuart as Farmer Andy Dan Tyrie as Security Officer Elliott Crossley as Extraction Officer Alex Galdwin and Jonathon Carley as Francis

More info about our actors to be released very soon, so watch this space!

As always, you can listen to episode one of The Holmwood Foundation at the link below, with the rest of Season One dropping bi-weekly early Summer 2025!

[draculestigame]

"The house has needs, and the master must provide."

Is it a dream, or a nightmare? 🩸 March's guest artist is Saren Stone, with an alluring Dracula.

[anony-geist]

In the earliest manuscript of Dracula, dated 8 March 1890, the Count's castle is set in Styria.

It's one of the indications that Stoker was inspired by and used several elements and characteristics from Carmilla.

[eurikaplisetsky]

I went to a cafe in our place and left some hellsing crumbs (WHY THERE'S NO HELLSING MANGA IN THEIR CAFE 😭)

[thevampiresofneworleans]

Book accurate Dracula by a now-deleted account on r/vampires.

[thatdoodlebug]

hammer horror husbands once again

[rabbitslikecarrots]

This was actually so so so good - highly recommend!!

Dracula and Jonathan’s Tango - from The Polish National Opera production of ‘Dracula’.

With Choreography by Krzysztof Pastor and Music by Wojciech Kilar.

[longlivethewildernessyet]

"And you, their best beloved one, are now to me, flesh of my flesh; blood of my blood; kin of my kin...

...my bountiful wine-press for awhile; and shall later on be my companion and my helper."

Pen and ink on paper.