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lies tall, dark and. his eyes wokild
blpnotjzo an insomniac. When he makes,
art entrance in his flowing ttlaek velvet cape
*hearts of women in the audience skip a
beat + and it's not entirely from fright"
Hollywood has taken an established
Broadway actor named Frank Langella, put
him into an eerie setting in a foggy English
coastal village in Victorian times and called.
Dann, Count Dracula.. But in this movie, the
count is not longer the bloodthirsty
monster of our nightmares. Instead, Ws
an ,entteingi. romantic -braking nobleman
who gust 'happens to have the annoying
Problem of needing. a Constant supply of
fresh blood - often: from his neighbours - .to
' keel?, going, It's unfortunate that when the
count nibbles on your neck; :there's the -risk
you won't survive the first date and that
you'll find sudden, and perhaps unwanted.
utiniertality yourself, as a fellow vampire
with flashing eyes and drooling iips and the
strange habit of turninginto a bat after the
sun goes down.
WlckedCount
It's hard to believe today that the whole
A
Myth of Dracula started from the legend ,tlf
a wicked count, Watc. lived, in Transylxadaa
combined with 410 of Small Sheth
American bats who sttt.l; the blood from
their animal victims. But Cngbsh'writer
llratn: Stoker MO these tales in V' ictortan'
tithes and produced the novel Dracut.,
setting ;off a string. (of horror movies that
have !rept us on the edge of our Omits for
generations. Werewolfs and Egyptian
mummies may offer the occasional thrill,
but no one has evee.beon: able to terrorize
usquite like the mysterious Count Dracula,
who spends his days resting in a coffin in a
darkened dungeon, his 'evenings: being
charming and ibis nights se;anchin$, for
warns - often beautiful young women - tc1
donate .their bloodto creep the count
looking young and healthy.
Now on Saturday afternoon, when 1.
decided to escape the hot, crowded
sidewalks of London by dropping into an
air,e:oiaditioned theatre to see the latest
fusion of the Dracula myth starring the
a forententioned Mr. Langella, Sir Laurence
Olivier and London, Ontario's own native
daughter, actress Kate Nelligan, 1 Was
pleasantly surprised. The newest Dracula,
with its beautiful photography, will still.
send chills up and down your spine (and I.
found I clutched my throat protectively
during the entire movie) but this Count
Dracula story isstrangely amusing, very
erotic and not the kind: of tale that younger
horror fans will appreciate. By the end of
the movie, you'll find yourself hoping the
suave -looking vampire will escape the
clutches of his, pursuers .tg charm the lades:
once again,
Now as 1 left the theatre. 1 couldn't help
wondering how a modern-day Lucy (the
Kate Nelligan role), who just happens to' be
dating a man who's a vampire, would
break the news to her family. It might go
something 'like this,
HELLO MOM
"Oh, hello Mom, look I'm finally bringing
Ed` hem.0 this weekend; - you, know, .Ed
P agu1a, the guy I've been telling you:
about - would Friday night be okay?"
"No, no Mom,' think we better plan on.
a late supper, alright -.say after midnight.
ulI
ft's, just that Ed doesn't funciton very well;
in the daylight, well you know how it is,
when you've been,around for centuries, the
sun can do terrible thing$ :to, your
'complexion."
"No Mom, 1 said. centuries .not sentrys..
l�lp Mons, he's never been ;in trouble with
the law' - he's just a red-blooded: guy from
Romania - well, maybe he has a few little
grtirk:s, but I know you'll like him."
"Mom.1 don't think the idea about the
post roast is so good - how about we try
barbecued steaks - and Ed, likes; his. very-
rare- well, actually you don't even have to
cook his, just thaw them out. The .more red
he sees in :his meat, the better,"
'"Oh and Mom, when you, make the
salad, could you forget the garlic this time,
well, Ed has something against ;garlic, it
seems to make him really paleand he'll
start to tremble and cower behind his cape,
It's.a problem really, it: means we can't eat
in French restaurants and I even had to get
rid of the gar* cloves in my kitchen. He
says it's something to do with an allergy,
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