Vampires.com recently spoken to writer/director and star Theodore Trout of the ‘Dracula’ an independent film that you now can see the film on Youtube. Here’s an excerpt of the interview and you can check out part one of the film below and check out part two here.
2. Are you particularly a fan of vampire fiction, movies, music? If so, what are your faves?
I have loved Dracula since I was a child, Friday night creature features with Bela Lugosi, Saturday afternoon matinée with Christopher Lee. I first dressed up as Dracula for Halloween when I was 10 years old, although I looked more like Eddie Munster. Later on I was a huge fan of Gene Colan’s Tomb of Dracula comic book, but I never read Stoker ’til I found him on Project Gutenberg and realised how different from most modern interpretations the original text actually is, and how much it had been toned down for earlier film versions. I can’t remember when I first saw Murnau’s Nosferatu, but it immediately superseded all other versions for me once I had. I also really enjoyed the Malkovich/Dafoe ”Shadow of the Vampire”, which shows Murnau making “Nosferatu” armed only with a wooden box camera on a tripod and his MANIA … I found that really inspiring. Another great vampire film that doesn’t get enough love is Abel Ferrarra’s “The Addiction”. And of course “Let the Right One In”.
Read the rest of the interview here
Source for video – thecomposer1962
Related articles
- What if Dracula Had Won? – Vampires.com
- Nosferatu and Breaking Dawn – Vampires.com
- Exciting Dark Shadows Updates – Vampires.com
- Anton Yelchin and Imogen Poots Talk Horror Hijinks on the Set of Fright Night
- Interview with Author Caroline Barnard – Smith and the 7 Most Overrated Vampire Films – Vampires.com
- Dracula Mystery Club Mocks Twilight and The Vampire Diaries
- Vampire Folktales I’d Love to See on Film – Vampires.com
- The Vampire Diaries star Kat Graham to be in Glitter Magazine
- Why Did I Want to Write About a Vain, Uncontrollably Ravenous Sociopath (with great hair)? -Vampires.com
“Dracula, Lord of the Damned” is now available on disc:
https://www.createspace.com/369180