Countess Dracula is a sequel to the 1935 Bram Stoker classic, Mark of the Vampire', written by Carroll Borland in the same diary format. Borland was the legendary "dark angel" of early vampire cinema who developed the look and style of the female vampire for generations to come.
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Carroll Borland is the legendary star of early cinema, who's portrayal of "Luna" opposite Bela Lugosi in the 1935 motion picture classic, Mark of the Vampire, indelibly etched in the minds of moviegoers the "look, the style and sexuality of female vampires for generations to come." How did Bela Lugosi inspire the writing of this legendary sequel to Bram Stoker's Dracula? What was the true story behind the infamous "incest scene" rumored to have been cut from Mark of the Vampire, starring Carroll and Bela?
Was Carroll Borland visited by the ghost of Bela Lugosi? What was the secret of their relationship? Learn the answers in Gregory Mank's compelling account of Carroll's life and film career.
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I loved Bela dearly; he was a wonderful man-the most handsome, charming, delightful, delectable man in the whole wide world! -Carroll Borland Bela Lugosi died in 1956, buried, as he had wished, in his Dracula cape - never living to see Countess Dracula published. But now, almost 40 years after his death, almost 60 years after Mark of the Vampire, almost 65 years after Carroll wrote Countess Dracula and had read it to Bela as he ate doughnuts and sipped coffee on her family's couch, Bela Lugosi was back - so Carroll believed. He was there in the mist, the fog from the Pacific...still the demon lover he had immortalized on the stage and screen. An in the night, he spoke to the woman he had always called his "Little Carroll"...
"The book will be published...Countess Dracula will be published...OUR book will be published..."
For Carroll Borland, it was not a dream, or an hallucination. It was a promise being made by an actor Carroll had always loved, had always idolized as "the most wonderful man in the world."
The proof of the promise is in the hands of the reader.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Borland's long-lost novel in print at last!,
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This review is from: Countess Dracula: A Novel (Paperback)
Actress Borland co-starred with Bela Lugosi in 1935's THE MARK OF THE VAMPIRE (MGM, D: Tod Browing). She first met Lugosi after seeing him onstage in DRACULA: THE VAMPIRE PLAY. It inspired her to write COUNTESS DRACULA, a sequel ore to the play than to Stoker's novel. She showed it to Lugosi, and they became friends. Now, just before Borland's death, the book was published. Yes, it was an amateurish effort, not terribly good. However, it has a unique place in both film history and horror literature, and it belongs in every true vampire fan's collection.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Surprisingly good Dracula sequel!,
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This review is from: Countess Dracula: A Novel (Paperback)
'Countess Dracula' by author Carrol Borland, is a surprisingly good, well-written novella, that is a worthy sequel to Bram Stoker's original classic 'Dracula'. The author wrote this book back in the early 1930's, when she was a teenage girl with an unabashed crush on film star Bela Lugosi! She soon met the famous man, and was able to read him her manuscript. Bela Lugosi liked the novella, and did try to have 'Countess Dracula' published at the time, but he was unable to as Universal Studios still held the copyright on the character of Count Dracula.
Carrol Borland has an exciting, pulp-style to her writing, with her story taking place in the mysterious, haunting land of Transylvania! Two English couples, one a pair of honeymooners, stay at a village inn that lies directly in the shadow of a mountain capped by Castle Dracula. The young beautiful bride attracts the attention of the handsome, suave middle-aged count, who fancies her for himself! The description of author Borland's Count Dracula truly matches Bela Lugosi, and not Bram Stoker's literary vampire. 'Countess Dracula' would have made a great, eerie little Universal horror film back in 1935! The narrative is excellent, and only falters at the very conclusion with a bit of an unsatisfying ending. Carrol Borland had real talent as a writer, and it's a great pity that she didn't write further novels. We are grateful though, that this manuscript was safely hidden away in her desk for over six decades until publication!
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