King of the Vampires

I had definitely planned to do more vampire-related postings on this project. Perhaps the 2011 version will be more fully realized. I finally appreciated Lugosi's performance in Dracula this year. I bought a copy of the late Ninties reissue of the film (which has now become the standard) back in January. It has an all new soundtrack written by Philip Glass and performed by the Kronos Quartet; the music is sombre and frightening. Dwight Frye's demented performance as Renfield is another reason to see the film; a classic that made the entire film genre of Horror possible in America.
In terms of the direction our society is currently moving in, there are many people "feeding" off of others. So, vampires and Dracula in particular, have begun to appeal to me. That's one of the purposes of the horror film: to help us deal with the negative and menacing.