A Bloody Habit is HILARIOUS! Its really only scary to the main character but you're laughing AT him most of the time. You know I have been surprised to realize that reading Horror is NOTHING like watching horror. I don't like horror films but I actually found The Exorcist really uplifitng of all things. Like sure it had some scary moments but it had more than twice as many moments that made me feel better about the world and reality. Also it's gorgeously written. I'm reading the sequel rn and it's even less scary and more beautiful.
I wonder if that will be true for me! I certainly understand the value of horror - I’m a fantasy girl, so it’s not a stretch to find redemption in other genre fiction - I’ve just mostly stayed away from what I’ve considered “horror” until now!
Dracula is a fun romp. I think I appreciate it most as a tale of the superstitious past colliding with the scientific present. I think my favorite part is with Lucy as The Bloofer Lady (my daughter was the Bloofer Lady the Halloween before last).
@@BookBarrista Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) by Francis Ford Coppola is your best bet. Lucy is highly sexualized, so be ready for that, but the Bloofer Lady scenes are fantastic. The film is high Gothic to the max and very purposefully melodramatic - don’t expect naturalistic performances. It also adds a romantic subplot. But Gary Oldman is a terrific Dracula and it’s filled with memorable scenes. In a way, it’s a love letter to the cinematic versions of Dracula that came before, paying tons of homage along the way. As a horror buff, that’s part of the fun of watching it; for someone not into horror some choices may leave you scratching your head.
Thanks! I’m pretty sure I could handle any version of Dracula now that I know the plot line, so it’s actually a great one for me to dig into in both film and literature. I love watching different film versions of classic literature and thinking about why each director made the choices they did!
So glad you read and enjoyed Dracula!! I would definitely like to check out the edition you mention! I have not seen any film versions of Dracula (well, I've seen the first episode of the Netflix one, but haven't completed the series), so that's something I want to find a good one of, since I like the book so much. Since making this video, have you seen anyone good ones you'd recommend?
I knew a lot about it going in. Had avoided it because of the epistolary aspect of which I generally don't like. Gary Oldman is forever the Dracula I see in my head. Though I think of Dracula as gruesome I don't think of it as scary -which I guess now that I'm considering it's how I see lots of gothic novels. They made me shudder a bit but don't give me nightmares and maybe that's the appeal for me. A little shiver, but not terrifying. Anyway, glad I finally picked it up and enjoyed it even with those eye rolls that invariably come. 😄
Since Jane Eyre is one of my all time faves, it’s been really nice to finally identify it as part of gothic style literature! It’s a little bit of magic to find out that there are MORE books like your favorite. :) I think that, if we think at all about categories of literature, most of us don’t go beyond broad genres unless we are writers or work otherwise in publishing. All those English majors have a major advantage in that part of this world!
A Bloody Habit is HILARIOUS! Its really only scary to the main character but you're laughing AT him most of the time. You know I have been surprised to realize that reading Horror is NOTHING like watching horror. I don't like horror films but I actually found The Exorcist really uplifitng of all things. Like sure it had some scary moments but it had more than twice as many moments that made me feel better about the world and reality. Also it's gorgeously written. I'm reading the sequel rn and it's even less scary and more beautiful.
I wonder if that will be true for me! I certainly understand the value of horror - I’m a fantasy girl, so it’s not a stretch to find redemption in other genre fiction - I’ve just mostly stayed away from what I’ve considered “horror” until now!
Dracula is a fun romp. I think I appreciate it most as a tale of the superstitious past colliding with the scientific present. I think my favorite part is with Lucy as The Bloofer Lady (my daughter was the Bloofer Lady the Halloween before last).
Do you have a film adaptation recommendation? Is there one that does Lucy justice? I wanted more of her.
@@BookBarrista Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) by Francis Ford Coppola is your best bet. Lucy is highly sexualized, so be ready for that, but the Bloofer Lady scenes are fantastic. The film is high Gothic to the max and very purposefully melodramatic - don’t expect naturalistic performances. It also adds a romantic subplot. But Gary Oldman is a terrific Dracula and it’s filled with memorable scenes. In a way, it’s a love letter to the cinematic versions of Dracula that came before, paying tons of homage along the way. As a horror buff, that’s part of the fun of watching it; for someone not into horror some choices may leave you scratching your head.
Thanks! I’m pretty sure I could handle any version of Dracula now that I know the plot line, so it’s actually a great one for me to dig into in both film and literature. I love watching different film versions of classic literature and thinking about why each director made the choices they did!
I’m so glad I had someone to buddy read Dracula with! I still can’t believe how little I knew about the plot! Time to go rewatch Hugh Jackman… :)
Or watch for the first time! Let me know my place or yours! :)
So glad you read and enjoyed Dracula!! I would definitely like to check out the edition you mention! I have not seen any film versions of Dracula (well, I've seen the first episode of the Netflix one, but haven't completed the series), so that's something I want to find a good one of, since I like the book so much. Since making this video, have you seen anyone good ones you'd recommend?
I’ve only watched Van Helsing. 😆 I wouldn’t recommend.
@@BookBarrista haha! I remember seeing a preview for that! It definitely looked like something in a class by itself, lol
That’s a good way to describe it! If you’re in a campy mood and ok just laughing, it was fun.
I knew a lot about it going in. Had avoided it because of the epistolary aspect of which I generally don't like. Gary Oldman is forever the Dracula I see in my head. Though I think of Dracula as gruesome I don't think of it as scary -which I guess now that I'm considering it's how I see lots of gothic novels. They made me shudder a bit but don't give me nightmares and maybe that's the appeal for me. A little shiver, but not terrifying. Anyway, glad I finally picked it up and enjoyed it even with those eye rolls that invariably come. 😄
Yes! There are tense moments, but they don’t scare me. It’s just the right balance!
I find most ppl who dislike Jane Eyre simply dislike the gothic genre conventions mroe like. it is an older and often misunderstood genre
Since Jane Eyre is one of my all time faves, it’s been really nice to finally identify it as part of gothic style literature! It’s a little bit of magic to find out that there are MORE books like your favorite. :) I think that, if we think at all about categories of literature, most of us don’t go beyond broad genres unless we are writers or work otherwise in publishing. All those English majors have a major advantage in that part of this world!