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Looking back at 1931’s Dracula

February 15, 2023February 15, 2023 Pop Expresso 1 Comment 1931, Bela Lugosi, Bram Stoker, Count Dracula, Dracula, Tod Browning, Universal Monsters, Universal Pictures, vampires

There’s something very sexy and erotic about vampires. It’s probably the intimacy of their assaults and the fact that they traditionally choose to appear in your bedroom in the middle of the night, maybe. But back in 1931, director Tod Browning was pretty direct about bloodsucking as a euphemism for sex in his classic “Dracula”.