Villains Beginning With 'C'
Count Dracula
created by author Bram Stoker (1897)
The Count is a centuries-old vampire and Transylvanian nobleman, who claims to be a Székely descended from Attila the Hun. He inhabits a decaying castle in the Carpathian Mountains near the Borgo Pass. Beneath a veneer of aristocratic charm, the count possesses a dark and evil soul.
His appearance:
face was a strong - aquiline, with high bridge of the thin nose and peculiarly arched nostrils; with lofty domed forehead, and hair growing scantily round the temples, but profusely elsewhere. His eyebrows were massive, almost meeting over the nose, and with bushy hair. The mouth, under the heavy moustache, was cruel looking, with peculiarly sharp white teeth; which protruded over the lips. For the rest, his ears at the tops extremely pointed; the chin was broad and strong, and the cheeks firm though thin.
Due to his proficiency in the black arts Dracula became a vampire after dying and dwelled for centuries in his castle with his three Brides of Dracula. In the nineteenth century, he planned for world domination, and chose London, to begin his reign of terror, and to infect the population with vampirism. In 1897, he summoned Jonathan Harker, an English solicitor to provide legal support for a real estate transaction....and so it began ! !
Dracula needs boxes of soil from Transylvania's blighted earth in order to regain his strength.
Dracula has featured in many films:
Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens |
Dracula (1931 film) |
Dracula's Daughter - sequel |
Son of Dracula (1943 film) - second sequel |
House of Frankenstein (1944 film) - spin off |
House of Dracula - spin off |
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein - spin off |
Dracula (1958 film) |
Batman Dracula |
Batman Fights Dracula |
Blood for Dracula |
Dracula: Prince of Darkness |
The Brides of Dracula |
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave |
Count Dracula (1969 film) |
Scars of Dracula |
Taste the Blood of Dracula |
Dracula AD 1972 |
Zoltan, Hound of Dracula (film) |
The Satanic Rites of Dracula |
Blacula |
Scream Blacula Scream - sequel |
Son of Dracula (1974 film) |
Count Dracula (1977) |
Dracula (1979 film) |
Bram Stoker's Dracula |
Lady Dracula |
Dracula: Dead and Loving It |
Dracula 2000 |
Dracula 3000 |
Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary |
The Batman vs. Dracula |
Blade Trinity |
Dracula (BBC) (2006 television film) |
Van Helsing (movie)
SUMMARY
ARCH RIVAL : |
Dr Van Helsing, Jonathan Harker. |
STRENGTHS : |
Count Dracula possesses a number of different supernatural abilities inherent in vampirism, along with additional powers invented by Bram Stoker. He possesses enormous physical strength equivalent to 20 men. He is a skilled hypnotist, who is also able to command wolves and rats. Dracula can also manipulate mists to hide his presence. He can change his shape at will, his featured forms being that of a wolf, bat, dust and fog, however, he can only do so in unholy places. Being undead, he is immune to conventional means of attack. |
WEAKNESSES : |
He requires fresh blood, which has the effect of rejuvenating him. Without it, he ages at an accelerated rate. Dracula's is much less powerful in daylight, though the sun is not fatal. He is repulsed by garlic, crucifixes and wafers of the Host and can only cross running water at low or full tide. He is unable to enter a place unless invited, though once invited, he can approach and leave the premises at will. The only ways to definitively kill him being shooting with a sacred bullet, decapitation and stabbing through the heart with a wooden stake. |
WEAPONS : |
His vampire like strength, ability to shape shift and control certain elements around him. Dracula also has the ability to travel distance at speed and tranform himself into wolves, bats and the fog. |
QUOTE : |
"I shall rise from my own death, to avenge hers with all the powers of darkness. " |
EXTERNAL LINKS
Count Dracula - Wikipedia
Dracula's Castle Pics
Dracula film (1992) - IMDb
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