I Am... Dracula

Adding to my collection of different print editions. I’m currently living in France and I got this one at a book store called La 25e Heure. It’s a different translator than my other French edition so I’m looking forward to comparing any differences. This one also says it has an extract from The Immortal Dracula (or maybe Dracula The Immortal), the sequel to Dracula from the original notes of Bram Stoker

I watched this movie last night and I didn’t like it. It claims to be the most faithful adaptation, and it probably was in 1970, but here are some things I noticed about this version:

The peasant woman didn’t give Jonathan a crucifix

Dracula said he doesn’t dine instead of he doesn’t sup

The complete children of the night quote isn’t there, but he does mention the feeling of hunting later

Dracula doesn’t have hairy palms

Jonathan doesn’t hit him with a shovel

Lucy is engaged to Quincey and has no other relatives

Quincey isn’t American

There’s no Arthur

Van Helsing owns the sanatorium

Renfield only says one word in the whole film: “Varna”

Mina isn’t very important

No comic relief comes from Van Helsing

This Jonathan is not smart at all

They don’t all wear black to dig up Lucy

They killed Dracula by burning him alive

Quincey doesn’t die