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Hollywood Gothic: The Tangled Web of Dracula from Novel to Stage to Screen by David J. Skal

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vixenreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative reflective relaxing tense fast-paced

4.75

Written with respect and intrigue to its source material, this non-fiction book is the pinnacle exploration of “Dracula” and its ever-reaching effect on our cultural climate, even to this day. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Murder, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Cultural appropriation, Death, Alcoholism, Body horror, Blood, Gore, Medical content, Mental illness, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Grief, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Death of parent, War, Rape, Child abuse, Child death, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic, Outing, Racism, and Slavery

Minor: Lesbophobia, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Cursing, and Fire/Fire injury

Be aware that this book goes into depth about the financial disagreements and copyrights laws with Florence Stoker and the original text. Plus there are mentions of sexually-transmitted diseases, repression, and loveless marriages.