10-17-2012, 11:46 AM
Contains spoilers!
This is a novelization of the 1960 movie Brides of Dracula, a Hammer horror with splendid visuals and atmosphere and the great cast led by Peter Cushing. The book is great fun for the fans of the film - like me - but it is not for those who want, shall we say, more serious entertainment. Set in 19th century Transylvania, it does not involve Dracula but his disciple, evil young Baron Meinster, and the vampire-hunter Van Helsing, called as Lee (!) in the book, is there too, falling in love and to the bed with the lovely heroine Marianne in the same day he has met her! Be warned: this is not particularly well-written book, but the vampires, the peasants with torches and pitchforks, the castle, the inn and other great Gothic elements are there, and although the differences between the movie and the book are many, I really enjoyed this version of the wonderful film. For pure entertainment value, probably seen through the rosy lens of the fan, this deserves 9/10.
This is a novelization of the 1960 movie Brides of Dracula, a Hammer horror with splendid visuals and atmosphere and the great cast led by Peter Cushing. The book is great fun for the fans of the film - like me - but it is not for those who want, shall we say, more serious entertainment. Set in 19th century Transylvania, it does not involve Dracula but his disciple, evil young Baron Meinster, and the vampire-hunter Van Helsing, called as Lee (!) in the book, is there too, falling in love and to the bed with the lovely heroine Marianne in the same day he has met her! Be warned: this is not particularly well-written book, but the vampires, the peasants with torches and pitchforks, the castle, the inn and other great Gothic elements are there, and although the differences between the movie and the book are many, I really enjoyed this version of the wonderful film. For pure entertainment value, probably seen through the rosy lens of the fan, this deserves 9/10.
