Podcast Series
Universal Pictures’ Dracula Series Episode 6
Think you know everything about Bram Stoker’s infamous vampire after a century of big screen adaptations? The 2014 prequel Dracula Untold promises to shed new light on the legend’s days as an undead Transylvanian swordsman. Can Fast and Furious heavy Luke Evans resist the urge to lap blood off the battlefield once he strikes a devilish bargain to defeat an invading Turkish sultan? And would the historical Vlad The Impaler really comply with Universal Studios’ unholy masterplan to rebrand their iconic movie monsters as superheroes? Listen and find out.
They could have turned Vlad’s life into a Man in the Iron Mask-style blockbuster. Picture this: young Vlad, locked up for six years after his father and brother were killed, being fed the gory details by his captors. Not a single flinch from him—that’s the exact moment the “monster” checked into the building. Now that’s a scene worth imagining!