A Collection of Notes & Posts:

Tributes in Honor of the

100th Anniversary of Bram Stoker's Death

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Jeremy Wagner  named as sponsor of  the Bram Stoker Vampire Novel of the Century to be awarded  by the Bram Stoker Estate

at the Horror Writers Association

Stoker Weekend, March 2012

HAMMER RESTORES DRACULA FOR 2012

Hammer Restoration Blog

UNIVERSAL STUDIOS' TRIBUTE TO BRAM STOKER 1-10-12

    2012 marks the Centennial of Bram Stoker's death, and serendipitously, the Centennial of the birth of Universal Studios.

    Universal is marking its 100th anniversary this year with a yearlong celebration of its cinematic legacy. Of great interest to fans of classic horror is the news that Universal will restore 13 of its classic films, including Dracula (1931), and Dracula Spanish (1931).

    The film rights for Dracula were sold to Universal in 1930 by Bram Stoker's widow Florence and his son Noel, and the rest - as they say - is history.

    “This is a proud moment for all of us who’ve had the privilege of working at Universal Pictures,” Ron Meyer, Universal Studios president and CEO, said in a statement. “Our centennial is designed to bring special memories back to longtime movie lovers and fans, and to engage new audiences with our extraordinary library of films for the first time. Our goal, 100 years later, is to preserve, restore and continue the iconic legacy of this studio for generations to come.”

Zoom in...  Thank you for starting us off , very appropriately from Dublin! Blogpost 1-6-12

Via email- 1-11-12

This toast to Bram is from someone who shares the same last name, and possibly the same blood. I raise my glass to you, Bram, your accomplishments in life, and your ongoing presence in pop culture, and your spirit which never died.

I am proud to be a Stoker .... however distant.

6. F.Stoker USA 
   

    Those who are on the lookout for the marvelous in fiction can always rely on Mr. Bram Stoker to supply the want. Mr. Bram Stoker was a Dublin journalist .... and he has a fine free Dublin journalist imagination....

    "Clarence & Richmond Examiner", New South Wales, 14 September 1909

Dracula rising

in old time radio theater shot at Western Carolina University

Asheville Citizen-Times

"It will be taped and broadcast later," said director Steve Carlisle. “We are going to shoot it (on video) so it can be televised too,” he said. The show honors the 100th anniversary of Stoker’s death.

See video clip:

Welcome to 2012, year of the Black Dragon,

signifying the end of Hope, the beginning of Truth

....Still in the realm of fantasy, vampire fans will want to pause to say a "prayer for the undead" instead of the usual version, to commemorate the death in 1912 of Bram Stoker. He wrote Dracula, and created the world's most fascinating vampire. This suave blood-sucker became a mega-star, earning mega-millions from the 50 or so movie and TV versions that have been made.

Would it not be fun to have a retrospective of the best of the Dracula films, hosted by Christopher Lee, who is still alive and appearing in movies?

To read the entire article.... Spit & Polish-Times Live-15 January 2012

John Edgar Browning's

Centennial Tribute to Bram Stoker

comes in the form of his latest book -

to be published in 2012.

BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA

THE CRITICAL FEAST

An Annotated Reference of

Early Reviews and Reactions 1897 - 1913

AN UNDEAD IRISH LEGACY:"BRAM STOKER AGUS DRACULA"

Documentary release at the Irish Film Festival coincides with Centennial Season. The Bram Stoker Estate was privy to a pre-release viewing of the film, and gives  high marks to Deaglan O Mochain and Keith O'Grady.