DRACULA’S DEATH

“Though the film version of Dracula’s Death is considered lost, the novelization’s translation only adds to the sense of loss; based on the impression left by this book, the film must have been a spectacular sight to behold.”

-Rue Morgue Magazine

The first motion picture to ever feature the character of Dracula was Dracula's Death, a Hungarian silent film made in 1921. It was not based on Bram Stoker's novel, but rather it was an original story about a young woman who encounters the famous vampire during her stay at a mental asylum. 

The movie, just like so many others from the silent film era, is considered lost. Luckily, a prose adaptation was published in 1924, which I translated to English. I also wrote a companion essay called The Devil Flew Away, chronicling the history of Dracula's Death. Published by my small press Strangers From Nowhere, with stunning new illustrations by legendary Hungarian comic book artist Jozsef Svab. Available in ebook, paperback, and a numbered/signed hardcover edition.

You can read The Devil Flew Away for free here: