Dracula and the Dangers of Doomed Love

Written By Ali Alizadeh

Scene from Francis Ford Coppola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula.

In this episode Jason and Ali enter the castle of Vlad the vampire count via Bram Stocker's novel (1897) and Francis Ford Coppola's stylish adaptation (1992). Why are we attracted to a Romanian emo with boofy hair? Is Tom Waits not the greatest Renfield ever? Was Princess Elisabeta of Transylvania the first known victim of fake news?

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