Dracula

Monsters Series

by Ian Thorne

Stills from motion pictures starring Bela Lugosi, Christopher Lee, and others illustrate a retelling of the tale of the Transylvanian vampire and a survey of its sources

Genres: Horror, Vampires, Childrens

47 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1977

About the author

Pseudonym for author Julian May.

Reviews

[Peter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Stills from the legendary movie with Bela Lugosi, Harker, van Helsing, Dracula's power over Mina. Then the author shines a light on Bram Stoker's story of Dracula, Nosferatu, Lon Chany and other Dracula variations. This definitely gets you in the mood for some Dracula sessions. Highly recommended!

[Gabriel Benitez · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pues es un libro que expone las sinopsis de las películas de la Universal y la Hammer, acompañadas con fotografías de los filmes. Es como para lectores jovencitos. Se lee en una sentada

[Daia · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[R. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Crestwood House was the first publisher I knew by name: and how evocative a name for a publisher of monster books!

You can almost hear the eldritch branches of the ancient tree scrape the...tap the...window glass of...of Crestwood House.

I was able to finally find some of these, not all; found two King Kongs but God forbid I find Dracula.

Photographic stills from various Universal Studios monster movies - including the Abbott and Costello Meets - illustrate the books; the content is usually about half movie summary, half historical retrospective on the literary, artistic origins of the titular monsters.

And how the world has changed. There will never be Crestwood House children's books on Leatherface, Freddy Krueger or Jason Voorhees.

Because, really: Leatherface is just a technologically jacked-up Frankenstein's Monster, Freddy is Count Dracula visiting you in your sleep all over again and Jason is the mummy, arisen from the inverted, liquid pyramid of the waters of Camp Crystal Lake.

So, find a dark spot in the library of Crestwood House and curl up with one of these books. Soon, light, feeling, and sense will pass away; and in this condition you will find happiness.

I did.