Adapted from Words Like That S2 Ep. 11, originally released October 31, 2024.
I am a huge fan of monster movies. And I mean all kinds of monsters. Jaws. Godzilla. Alien. But my favorites are the classic horror monsters: Frankenstein’s monster, the Wolfman, the Mummy, and of course, arguably the greatest of them all, Dracula.
Every year, my household embarks on a Halloween movie marathon. Traditionally, it’s been the entire month of October; this year, we started the first week of September in a bid to cram in as many films as possible. We’ve always included the original Bela Lugosi Dracula, and a couple of years ago, we began adding Hammer Studios’ Horror of Dracula (titled simply Dracula in the UK) with Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, another excellent version that I loved as a child.
This year, I noticed an under-the-radar and, in my opinion, underrated adaptation was available to stream on Peacock: 1979’s Dracula, a film adaptation of a Dracula stage production, starring Frank Langella in the title role and Sir Laurence Olivier as Van Helsing….
Cole Powell is an arts and media commentator and award-winning singer/songwriter from Jayess, Mississippi, USA. Powell holds degrees in computer technology and liberal arts and sciences and wants to be a comic book artist when he grows up and learns to draw.