Bram Stoker's Dracula Novel, 1897 compared to Bram Stoker's Dracula, 1992
             Of the many appropriations of Dracula; Bram Stoker's Dracula, 1992 (movie directed by Frank Coppola) hasn't deviated as far from the book as many others do. The only main differences to the plot are the inclusion of the historical figure of Vlad Dracula the impaler, and the fabricated romance between Mina and Dracula.
             The character of Dracula is said to be inspired by a prince from the 1450's known as Vlad Dracula. He was a brutal warrior and some of techniques involved him ordering people to be skinned, boiled, decapitated, blinded, strangled, hanged, burned etc but his favourite method was impalement on stakes, he often enjoyed a meal amongst the dead bodies impaled on sticks.
             The novel was inspired by this character; however the movie actually included him, which gave the movie which is otherwise entirely faithful to the novel, and individual spin. It depicted Mina as looking exactly the same as his dead fiancé who killed herself after hearing false news of his death. When Dracula found out that his fiancé Elizabeta had killed herself over him, he renounced Christianity and became a vampire.
             Even though the novel was written in 1897, 95 years before Coppola's movie was made; the story still alluring to society. Part of that allure comes from the dark sexual implications of the novel. However the story deals with many elements of society that are also still relevant today including religion and friendship. Horror stories have historically spoken to the collective subconscious and dealt with issues that are often too painful for society to deal with directly.
             Dracula is no exception. The topic of sexuality was in 1992 and now valued in a different way to how it was valued in 1897. Therefore the film made in 1992 is not to do with sex being regarded as unacceptable to be discussed openly and explicit
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