Count Dracula wasn't only a fictional character created by Bram Stoker. He was a real-life man named Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia, or Vlad the Impaler. And history shows he was just as dangerous.

Both Nosferatu and Dracula are iconic vampires, they offer vastly different interpretations of the myth. Bram Stoker’s Dracula is a charming, aristocratic fiend, wielding seduction alongside menace.

Here are the best TV shows starring the world's most famous vampire, Count Dracula. 'Mystery and Imagination' (1966 - 1970) Mystery and Imagination is a British supernatural anthology that sees a ...

But F. W. Murnau’s silent movie changed a few details, including character names, to avoid copyright infringement: Count Dracula is now named Count Orlok, Jonathan Harker becomes Thomas Hutter, etc.

Dracula's first generation began in London in 1897. Theater manager and writer Bram Stoker published a novel that brought a vampire out of the wild Transylvanian mountains and onto London's streets.

Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula in a scene from the 1931 film "Dracula." Universal/Getty Images. There are, perhaps, only a handful of characters throughout history known as well as Count Dracula.

Nicholas Hoult stars as the long-suffering servant to Nicolas Cage’s Count Dracula in this highly absurd, entertaining comedy. By Manohla Dargis When you purchase a ticket for an independently ...

Bela Lugosi played Count Dracula in the classic 1931 film. Christopher Lee starred in several Dracula movies from the late 1950s through the early 1970s. Adam Sandler voiced Count Dracula for the ...

But F. W. Murnau’s silent movie changed a few details, including character names, to avoid copyright infringement: Count Dracula is now named Count Orlok, Jonathan Harker becomes Thomas Hutter, etc.