the quiet earth is a 1985 new zealand science fiction post-apocalyptic film directed by geoff murphy and starring bruno lawrence , alison routledge and pete smith as three survivors of a cataclysmic disaster .

it is loosely based on the 1981 science fiction novel of the same name by craig harrison .

its other sources of inspiration have been listed as the 1954 novel i am legend , dawn of the dead , and especially the 1959 film the world , the flesh and the devil , of which it has been called an unofficial remake .

the quiet earth ( film )

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neil degrasse tyson calls the quiet earth one of the greatest science - fiction films ever made .
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: the film begins with a slow shot of a sunrise . the film ends with , well ,
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geoff murphy is the only director with more than one film in the top 10 . his 1980s hits goodbye pork pie , the quiet earth and utu all received many votes .
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two american visitors to iceland find themselves the apparent last people on earth in a film that offers few answers .
for those of you who can handle the cerebral drama that marks some of the best sci - fi , the quiet earth is for you .
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the quiet earth was a 1985 film created in new zealand and directed by geoff murphy , starring bruno lawrence as a scientist who awakens in a hotel room to find himself the last man on earth . the film was originally based on a novel by craig harrison , but bears very little resemblance to the novel ' s plot . while the film was marketed as a film about the last man in the world , the trailers did a good job of spoiling that particular plot point .
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the quiet earth
is an excellent 1980 ' s sci - fi film , offering plenty of ' cult status ' charm . and on blu - ray it offers the best possible picture and sound quality .
but he is clearly not on the earth of the reality he came from .
quiet earth ends with the work of trevor paglen , an artist and geographer whose recent projects imagine the overflow of humanity beyond earth , offering a sobering perspective on the place of our species on this planet , and in the universe at large .
so a federal quiet zone law and an accompanying state law — the west virginia radio astronomy zoning act — combine to keep the area very radio quiet . no interference is allowed .
one of new zealand’s top directors , geoff murphy has taken a man - alone theme and turned it imaginatively to strong and refreshing effect in the quiet earth .
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a great list , but substitute blade runner for quiet earth . blade runner is a better picture ( yes , i ' ve seen them both ) .
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the remake of that fine old fifties alien - invasion picture the day the earth stood still comes to a standstill about an hour before the earth does in the wilds of new jersey .
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one of new zealand ' s top directors , geoff murphy has taken a man - alone theme and turned it imaginatively to strong and refreshing effect in the quiet earth .
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the day the earth stood still
with gort the robot .  ( 20th century fox )
regardless of the sources , the quiet earth takes an engaging and pensive journey through the psychological ramifications of being truly , not metaphorically , alone in this world . in spite of some thrilling moments , this is hardly an action film . the influence of the quiet earth is written all over films like 28 days later ( 2002 ) , the film version of resident evil ( 2002 ) and even the tv series the walking dead ( 2010 ) . however , this semi - unknown sci - fi classic is hardly a horror flick .
now we know what happens when the earth slows below 55 mph and stands still .
movie review of “the quiet earth” : this often startling , newly restored 1985 science - fiction classic from new zealand is a tale of the last three humans on earth and the unnerving tensions that bubble up between them . rating : 3 . 5 stars out of 4 .
fans of the 1959 doomsday movie “the world , the flesh and the devil” starring harry belafonte , inger stevens and mel ferrer , will find echoes of that film’s complicated love triangle — with its own racial component — in “the quiet earth , ” albeit with a very different outcome .
where would the screen be without the
unthinkable
world crisis ? as empty as
the quiet earth
without the energy and the presence of lawrence . from first image to last , he dominates this thoughtful last - man - on - earth thriller , whose screenplay he co - wrote with bill baer and the film ' s co - producer , sam pillsbury .
solemn , sober and efficient , the day the earth stood still gets the job done and moves on .
“as if this film weren’t trippy enough , ” one of the colourists quipped .
while committing suicide , something the audience doesn ' t learn til later in the film .
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the quiet earth is a
last man on earth
film . it ' s sparse and relies on the performance of bruno lawrence and as a result it ' s what makes it successful . the difference between this and other films of the like is that the last man is somewhat responsible for it and feels remorse and guilt . it ' s an interesting take on the genre .
quiet earth feels like the antitode to australia ' s very grot - punk post - apocalypse . it feels a bit weirder and cleaner . kidding on its got ken russells blood in it .
the day the earth stood still ( 1951 ) : the story was so strong and compelling that the film did not require heavy special effects or monsters or violence to be simultaneously hopeful and terrifying .
sanity slippage : the first third of the film shows zac ' s slow descent into madness .
this film , also like the quiet earth , becomes a romantic triangle as the lovely and enigmatic beatriz ( inés vernengo ) who , for some reason methodically changes her shoes when she visits , is introduced halfway through the picture . she too will have something to say about reality and identity .
to understand the ending . you have to understand the beginning . this is critical to the entire film .
bruno lawrence is absolutely riveting throughout these scenes , and the quiet earth may well have been a stronger film had it continued its narrow focus upon the effects of a total catastrophe upon the mind of a single human being . however , instead of this , the second half of the film introduces a number of additional plot threads which , while interesting , lack the power and intensity of zacs solitary reign .
the quiet earth
is actually based on the experience of an american tourist in new zealand in the 1970s . new zealanders always take the weekends off and sleep late . the tourist arrived in the center of auckland on a sunday morning and found it completely deserted . he later said he felt like the last man on earth . see more »
the quiet earth may not maintain its absolute brilliance for its full 91 minute run time murphy ' s film successfully evolves without feeling like a montage of varied ideas about the end of the world . his take on drama and the psychologically surreal make for a more realistic and thrilling science fiction about the end of the world . this is a refreshing take on what could be a tired , old subgenre of sci - fi , the quiet earth might inhabit virtually all its own , much like its title character . however , the film manages to be mesmerizing from beginning to end , especially with bruno lawrence ' s acting .
geoff murphy ' s the quiet earth is a wonderful low - budget sci - fi film . a last man on earth movie ( a sub - genre i love with unfailing regularity ) , that starts as most of them do , with a man , waking up , alone , trekking the empty streets . the empty streets are always redolent , for anyone who lives in a city . there are abandoned cars , but no bodies . the film is quiet , with a vaguely mad energy . an apocalyptic film , through loneliness , with the air of disquiet . not a horror , the new zealand sense of place is too wry for that , but not just a thriller .
the circle represents the area protected by the west virginia radio astronomy zoning act , which is the quietest part of the national radio quiet zone , represented by the square .
the conclusion of the quiet earth ( 1985 ) has zac pushing the explosive detonator button just as the sun experiences its
effect
probably from the distortion of time and space . ( see the finale beginning at 1 : 22 : 45 on youtube . )
quiet earth has been made possible through the support of the robert rauschenberg foundation , with generous contributions by barclays , emily hall tremaine foundation , the public concern foundation , casey flat ranch , tito’s handmade vodka and ballroom marfa members .
the film was made in new zealand , and filmed in the city of auckland . the largest population of catholics is located in the city of auckland . the book and director of the film make several references to catholicism .
the quiet earth ( 1985 ) : low budget , low distribution . one of many films that imagine for you what life might be like if you were the last person alive on earth . in this case , the premise , the story , the casual science literacy of the main character , keeps the viewer in suspense the entire time , wondering what the hell happened and why .
a gripping film , with several twits and turns - which leave you wondering .
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everything is real and zac , joanne , and api are really the only humans left on earth .
quiet earth , an exhibition curated by fairfax dorn as part of marfa dialogues / new york , features environmentally - engaged works from the 1970s to the present . the exhibition takes its inspiration in part from the 1985 new zealand post - apocalyptic film of the same name , and serves as an abstract documentation of the ways that humans have responded to the ecological crises of climate change with scientifically informed aesthetic practices . quiet earth is about an awareness of volume : that which we create , that which we consume , and that which may , in turn , consume us .
then the final act of the film is still reasonably normal and idillic . zak is on a beach .
i ' m really proud that people think that of the film ,
he said .
the ending in spades . ranks up there with that aussie film , picnic at hanging rock .
so the film is in three parts : 1 . the before , which is portrayed is flashbacks , 2 . after the event , and 3 . after the
second
event , presuming the first event in the film was the first ever .
not every apocalypse involves zombies or vampires . “the quiet earth , ” a newly restored 1985 new zealand science - fiction classic , makes a good case that the real threat to survivors after global catastrophe would be our own worst impulses .
the top 10 list includes early 1980s films goodbye pork pie , utu , smash palace and the quiet earth ; mid - 1990s classics like once were warriors , heavenly creatures and the piano ; along with modern hits like boy , in my father ' s den and whale rider . boy is the only film in the top 10 made in the last 10 years .
[ caution ! spoilers inhabit these territories . ] when kelly reichardt’s meek’s cutoff hitched its dusty wagon to cinema screens this past spring , slate greeted the “ stripped - down feminist western ” with both rapturous praise and rascally reporting . unsatisfied by the film’s determinedly ambiguous ending , brow beat blogger nina rastogi sought out a translation of the native american’s ( unsubtitled ) words in the film . because the fate of the film’s settlers hinges on the indian’s intent—is he leading them to water , or to their death ? —his lines might help us interpret the ending of the film . as the film arrives on dvd , we’re republishing brow beat’s original post—which contains several translations from a version of the film’s script—alongside clips of the native american man’s lines in the film .
. malick ' s film has a scene that shows the birth of the universe , the expansion or invention of space , the quantum ripples in whose grooves the galaxies were formed . we then see the formation of the earth , the development of life in its oceans , the arrival of land animals , the rise of the dinosaurs , and so on . this story of our earth actually has scientific validity .
1 . once were warriors 2 . boy 3 . whale rider 4 . goodbye pork pie 5 . heavenly creatures 6 . the piano 7 . in my father ' s den 8 . utu 9 . smash palace 10 . the quiet earth
just around ten years ago i took on the enjoyable task of reviewing a lot of post - apocalyptic films when a fan recommended that i watch and review the quiet earth ( 1985 ) . it ' s not an intended pun on the title when i say that i had never heard of the film , in spite of its uniqueness and acclaim .
the awe - inspiring final image in the film ( of another daybreak , echoing the film ' s opening ) is similarly slippery , catching zac on a liminal , limbic shoreline between multiverse cosmology and hard eschatology .
the quiet earth is not your utopian , sterile , futuristic sci - fi , it ' s not your used - future , action and adventure space opera , it ' s not your interstellar military space exploration show , nor is it even your dusty , sandy , post - apocalyptic renegade adventure . but for those of you who can handle the cerebral drama that marks some of the best sci - fi , the quiet earth is for you . there are very few films like it .
loosely based on craig harrison’s 1981 novel , “the quiet earth” is most visually startling in its first half , when the screenwriters and director geoffrey murphy go to impressive — even bold — lengths to illustrate what the world would look like if most people suddenly disappeared .
being a fan of the campy 1950 ' s harry harryhausen effects , i have to go with earth vs . the flying saucers
leave it to one of the guys who murdered pluto to name the island as a top sci - fi film .
christopher nolan , right , on the set of interstellar with the film’s star matthew mcconaughey . photograph : melinda sue gordon
few performances equal bruno ' s in the quiet earth . i can only think of spencer tracey in the old man and the sea to match his solo role . tracey held the audience for twenty minutes ; bruno kept the audience on the edge of their seats for twice that time . . . .
the quiet earth is a great and unique film , which looks and sounds excellent in film movement’s new 2016 2k digitally restored print in full stereo 5 . 1 surround sound . however , because the film is so good it surely deserves a more robust set of bonus features in its quiver . what we have is welcome , however , so much more is warranted . the original trailer is joined by a new essay by teresa heffernan , but the most noteworthy inclusion is the feature commentary by critic odie henderson and no less a scientific expert than neil degrasse tyson himself .
unique this film most assuredly is . unlike australia’s loud and violent mad max ( 1979 ) , new zealand’s the quiet earth approaches the end of the world in a very different way , worthy of its title . without biker gangs , zombies , marauders , vigilantes or secret societies of survivors , the title silent planet comes to its end with a creepy and terrifying peacefulness .
here’s a cult classic all the cool people know about . when it comes to “last man on earth” movies , everyone trots out one of the adaptations of richard matheson’s “i am legend” for discussion . bah . the quiet earth nails the lonely madness of the concept better than any of those movies and without including silly vampires too . oh , and then there’s the ambiguous ending , which catapults the film into a territory of genuine , thought - provoking science fiction . try to track down this gem if you can .
this science fiction
last - man - on - earth
film was an adaptation of the 1981 novel by craig harrison . its inspiration and influence extended from and to many other ' doomsday ' themed sources :
unlike remarque ' s novel that begins with the young men already at war , with flashbacks to earlier times , the film is told in a logical , chronological fashion . the content of the film can be divided into four distinct parts :
nat , cody , and robert have delved into a few little known gems in the past , and we’re pleased to add 1985’s the quiet earth by geoff murphy to that list . it’s a quasi - remake of the world , the flesh , and the devil , which we covered all the way back in episode 8 , but with its own unique spin and willingness to sidestep some of the traps that the earlier film fell into .
excellent . . . . . but condition of original master film is a cause for concern .
low budget film , with a big budget story . australian cinema at it ' s best .
once were warriors has been voted the best new zealand film of all time in the first survey of kiwi national cinema .
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yet the quiet earth , directed by a new zealander who made a number of b movies in the 1980s , gets closer to the mystery of life than the tree of life . indeed , the famous astrophysicist neil degrasse tyson calls the quiet earth one of the greatest science - fiction films ever made . its beauty and its profundities are all accidental . one could never repeat an effort like the quiet earth ; it stands alone in a universe that seems to be itself completely an original . but you could have hundreds , if not thousands , of the tree of life . it turns out that the weirdest flowers and shrubs grow best in the soil of b movies . this weirdness comes very close to the way we sense that life is itself very weird . if there is a god , he / she will be much closer to a b - movie director than a philosopher king .
so what happens at the end of the quiet earth … ? after zac successfully blows up the facility , we are treated one more time with those spaced - out visuals and find zac waking up on a beach . when he stands up and looks to the horizon , the conclusion unfolds . the viewer and zac simultaneously behold…
a planetrise — yeah , that enormous ringed world on the cover finally makes its appearance in the film ' s closing shot .
i love all these movies but i am happy to see mr . neil degrasse tyson mentioned
the quiet earth
this is a cool movie that has a great mood to it . fine acting and a wonderful score by john charles make it an enjoyable experience .
and then we get around to the ambiguous ending , where we ponder what is really going on in the film , including competing theories . dante’s divine comedy comes up , but also theories on parallel worlds , and how definitively we can take characters’ statements on what we think is going on . april has been a particularly religious month at still watching the skies and the quiet earth fits into that theme nicely .
70 % of this film was what i wanted the last man on earth to be . then the second half turns into a mix of awkward relationships and half - baked sci - fi ideas . overall , it was . . . fine .
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the question of
what is the afterlife
in the context of the film is never explained . it ' s simply shown that it ' s relative to the characters .
the quiet earth
redeems itself somewhat of this philosophical error by tying this purported godliness into the styles of power common to mankind : patriarchy , military build - up , the cold war . when science assists might - makes - right , it ' s a failure . r & d for defense…
manages to surprise the rest of the world with excellent genre movies . geoff murphy ’s the quiet earth is definitely one for the books . despite scoring on so many various levels ( from script , dialogues & character drawings to the actual directing & acting ) , it is undoubtedly the memorable ending that is etched in the memories of all who ever saw it .
mr . murphy ' s finest film . to be fair , murphy also directed an underrated cable western called
it would be a full episode just discussing the quiet earth , but in response to last month’s episode on thx 1138 we open our mailbag for a listener request to rank the films of george lucas , which we’re more than happy to do . we also rank the various star wars films for good measure .
with its calculated jump - scares amid the eerie empty streets , the quiet earth remains a model of a tight , brainy , humane , psychologically credible three - person mind - bender on a budget . murphy had previously made another three - person road movie , goodbye pork pie ( 1981 ) , and the acclaimed action / revenge
western
utu ( 1983 ) , about a maori warrior , with lawrence appearing in both films . after the quiet earth became an art - house hit , especially in the us , murphy went on to specialize in action films , working in hollywood for many years .
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he said he had been surprised by the film ' s huge box office success when it was released 20 years ago .
isn ' t saturn a bit far from earth for radio signals to have much effect on humans ? or vice versa .
the before is portrayed as a normal life in a normal planet earth , and some scientists experimenting with some new form of power distribution .
aesthetically , the most problematic element isn ' t pedro aznar ' s expressive and intriguing score , but the meandering saxophone solos played by andrés boiarsky . associated with the sax - dabbling dr . denis , these are mixed so intrusively as to nearly drown out the dialogue in several of his scenes . fortunately , this spanish - language film has subtitles . oh yes , the quiet earth also has its hero pull out a big saxophone in one moody moment !
the world he is on strongly resembles earth as far as we can see , except for the water spouts and ringed planet which rises as he watches .
the matrix ( 1999 ) : my top film in any category . from the opening credits to final scenes , every moment of this film is so fully conceived and so well executed that in spite of the complete fantasy world portrayed , the viewer was there , experiencing it with the characters themselves .
what has happened is that the hypnotic signals from saturn were turned of when the bomb exploded in the end and zac was exposed to the
true
nature of reality on earth .
‘ the quiet earth , ’ with bruno lawrence , alison routledge , peter smith . directed by geoffrey murphy , from a screenplay by lawrence , bill baer and sam pillsbury , based on a novel by craig harrison . 91 minutes . rated r for sexuality . grand illusion , through thursday .
this is a great question , a great film and classic puzzle for most sci - fi films that challenge the human condition .
as for the book and film that started his career and ended his relationship with his native country , they went on to be stunning successes . an estimated 30 to 40 - million copies of all quiet on the western front have been sold since it was first published in 1929 , and the film would win that year’s academy awards for best director and best production . it is still regarded as one of the best war movies ever made .
love triangle : between api , joanne and zac . they are the only known people left on earth , so it ' s not surprising .
the picture on the front of the box ? it ' s not just artwork ; it ' s the ending of the film . whether or not this spoils the ending is up to the viewer - the scene really has no bearing on the plot .
it ' s not always easy to finance a film here , but i will always go where the good stories are .
and tensions are enhanced by the appearance of the proverbial second rooster in the henhouse in the form of pete smith ' s api . one can ' t be the last man on earth if there is another .
all quiet on the western front ( 1930 ) is the first major anti - war film of the sound era , faithfully based upon the timeless , best - selling 1929 novel by erich maria remarque ( who had experienced the war first - hand as a young german soldier ) . the film was advertised with the brooding face of one of the young german recruits sent into world war i . the landmark , epic film , made on a large - scale budget of $ 1 . 25 million for universal pictures ( and studio production head carl laemmle , jr . ) , used acres of california ranch land for the battle scenes , and employed over 2 , 000 extras .
the survey attracted more than 500 votes , including about 100 from people in the new zealand film industry and about 15 film critics . the voters named about 170 films in the poll , ranging from 1927 to the present day and including everything from fantasy to horror , social realism to comedy , and documentary to animation .
credit for the pleasures of ' ' the quiet earth ' ' goes to the director geoff murphy , his editor , michael horton , and his cameraman , james bartle . they keep the movie zipping along with snappy surprises , odd angles , crisp cuts and other foolery that should keep you from worrying about what ' s happened to the world . apocalypse , sort of the quiet earth , directed by geoff murphy ; screenplay by bill baer , bruno lawrence and sam pillsbury ; camera , james bartle ; edited by michael horton ; music by john charles ; produced by don reynolds and mr . pillsbury ; a cinepro / pillsbury films production ; distributed by skouras pictures inc . at the new carnegie , 225 west 57th street . running time : 91 minutes . this film is rated r . zac hobsonbruno lawrence joannealison routledge apipeter smith
the film sets up for a similar plot to the world , the flesh and the devil ( in which two men fight over the affections of the last living woman ) , but the romance between joanne and api is allowed unabated .
the film closed ( before the overlapping credits ) with an overhead shot of their rv encircled by a ring of fire , in preparation for a sacrifice .
a great premise and and great wrap up , but the first half of the film nothing but one man going crazy and living out his own fantasies .
this is the final scene of a fantastic ( but unfortunately underrated ) movie called
the quiet earth
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for such a low - budget film , it is beautifully photographed and contains some inspired , yet deceptively simple visual effects .
another influence on the film might have been nicolas roeg ' s the man who fell to earth ( 1977 ) , based on walter tevis ' novel - - and by a coincidence of cosmic proportions , that film too is scheduled for an imminent blu - ray release . mind you , it ' s already been on criterion blu - ray since 2008 , but lionsgate has just announced a new repackaging for january 2017 .
the brutal and violent family melodrama that introduced jake the muss to the world and made a star of temuera morrison in 1994 was voted the best film in fairfax media ' s national poll .
but it’s the second half of “the quiet earth” that suggests how insidious human beings in small numbers could be . hobson meets joanne ( alison routledge ) and api ( peter smith ) . in no time sexual hubris , suspicion , jealousy , race - based assumptions about intelligence ( api is maori and the others are white ) and passive - aggressive violence ensue .
like many of the best comedies and tragedies , this weimar - era silent film understands how each mode is often a hair ' s breadth from the other .
played straight later in the film , when we learn that the only reason zac is still alive is because he never expected to wake up in that hotel .
if you ' re looking for a science fiction flick that has nothing to do with little green aliens or intergalactic civil war , check out this film . a terrific story about a man waking up to find out that everybody in the world is gone . vanished ! he is the only one on earth . a great part of the film deals with the struggle of having to be alone . very original , very interesting , and very entertaining . check it out .
one of new zealand’s top directors , geoff murphy has taken a man - alone theme and turned it imaginatively to strong and refreshing effect in the quiet earth . plot centers on scientist zac hobson ( bruno lawrence ) who wakes one morning to discover he is alone in the world . a global top - secret energy project he has been working [ … ]
movies of this stripe ( like “glen and randa , ” “the quiet earth” or , more recently , “the road” ) are bound to frustrate those anticipating any conventional fantasy thrills , while instead aiming to provide the abstract rewards of a speculative mood piece . that’s likely to be the reaction to “bokeh , ” which takes its name from the photographic term for blurry parts of a picture produced by variable lens focus .
it was not my first encounter with nolan : i met him at the very beginning of his career , in 2000 , just before the us release of memento , which had just come out of sundance . sitting in a red banquette at canter’s deli in los angeles , nolan was the picture of the hopeful young film - maker , genuinely pleased to have someone to talk to about his film . he seemed a little nervous about memento’s reception , and most relaxed when talking about the technicalities of its backwards - running time scheme . the film was shot for a mere $ 4 . 5 million , but after three screenings for studio heads in los angeles , it was turned down by almost every distributor in town , including the weinsteins – causing steven soderbergh , an early fan of the film , to comment , “when a film like chris nolan’s memento cannot get picked up , to me independent film is over . ”
after a top - secret experiment misfires , a scientist may be the only man left alive in the world . the quiet earth centres around a scientist called zac ( bruno lawrence ) who wakes one morning to discover he is alone in the world . the global top - secret energy project ( operation flashlight ) which he has been working on for a year , has changed the world . humanity seems to have been wiped out .
for the most part , the post - apocalypse movie comprised an intelligence - free zone during the 1980’s . most filmmakers operating in the genre in those days were content to rip off escape from new york and the road warrior over and over and over again , and to do so in a manner even less thoughtful than the unapologetically mayhem - driven movies they were copying . consequently , when a film like the quiet earth comes along , and deals with the end of the world in a sober , non - action - movie fashion , the impression it makes is even more arresting than it would be solely on its own merits . indeed , the quiet earth ’s refusal to take its cues from the road warrior is doubly remarkable , for not only was it made in 1985 ( the same year as mad max : beyond thunderdome ) , it was shot just over the tasman sea in new zealand . more amazing yet , there isn’t an atom bomb or a global war to be seen anywhere in its script or back - story .
' ' the quiet earth ' ' is new zealand ' s contribution to the last - man - on - earth genre , or to be precise , the last - two - men - and - one - woman genre . it has the usual huggermugger about tremors and grids and the sun acting peculiarly , plenty of computer screens and significant beeps and colorful special effects signifying commotion in the universe , some cautionary words about the dangers of man playing god and no noticeable psychological sense , but it ' s easy to watch most of the time and never positively painful . this relatively lighthearted exercise in apocalypse opens today at the new carnegie .
new zealand ' s geoff murphy unleashed the chilling low - key catastrophe of the quiet earth , which opens with a glorious ball of yellow fire rising from a blood - red horizon of sea and sky . at one point , as john charles ' majestic music surges , the oceanic reflection makes the ball resemble a mushroom cloud more than the sun . if this gives viewers the impression they ' re about to watch a post - apocalypse movie in the tradition of five ( 1951 ) , the world , the flesh and the devil ( 1959 ) , last woman on earth ( 1960 ) and other sparsely populated epics , they ' re not far wrong .
society marches on : in the early 80 ' s , new zealanders were having a lot of issues with the united states , which is why the us is the big bad responsible for everything that happens in the film .
consistently engaging and entirely unwilling to give up its secrets without a fight , the quiet earth still stands up as one of the more compelling movies ever produced on the subject of personal apocalypse . plus it ' s got an ending that ' s a lot of fun to argue about , so be sure to watch this movie with a friend or two . ( preferably one of the intelligent ones . )
the quiet earth
obviously is deeply felt . it ' s no accident that these tragic visions of depopulation come from a tiny country that has declared itself a nuclear - free zone . or that one of the central characters is maori , a tribe very nearly extinguished by the early white settlers , then earnestly
saved
and assimilated in this century , at the cost of their tribal culture .
it was a genuine word - of - mouth phenomenon . it was the first film in new zealand to have that sort of momentum . i remember it quite clearly . it was a new zealand film that created such a buzz that people had to go and see it .
once were warriors director lee tamahori plans to make his first film in new zealand for 20 years . tamahori has not made a film in his home country since once were warriors in 1994 , but he plans to shoot an adaptation of witi ihimaera story bulibasha this year .
the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice , telling a story of startling cruelty . what a space it opens…
all the survivors in the film were people whose death was a sin . i would say that joanne and api were real people , but we can assume they too were in the afterlife .
all of the balloons in a cluster lifted him up and took him on a ride over the city , reminiscent of the same occurrence in pixar ' s animated film up ( 2009 ) .
, the problem persisted in the depiction of the chaste relationship between belafonte and inger stevens and was a chief criticism of the film by the more liberal critics .
not only do i agree ,
said belafonte ( in the arnold shaw biography ,
zac hobson , july 5 th . one - there has been a malfunction in project flashlight . two  it seems i am the only person left on earth .
the day the earth stood still is a missed opportunity for sure - you ' ll leave the cinema not enlightened or entertained , but wondering just how mankind ' s last stand could wind up being so fatally underwhelming .
in the beachhouse in the film ' s conclusion , george fortescu maximilian ' maxim ' de winter ( laurence olivier ) recounted the traumatic event of his life to his new wife ( joan fontaine ) .
telluride horror show was fantastic to my film and a wonderful place to have our world premiere . great staff , full crowds , and a beautiful town . couldn ' t ask for a better experience .
- michael peer , director ( doll ) , telluride horror show short film selection
zac hobson , july 5th . one : there has been a malfunction in project flashlight with devastating results . two : it seems i am the only person left on earth .
it didn’t work to completely eliminate nolan’s nerves in the weeks preceding the film’s release . would the audience be able to follow the science ? would they be able to let go of the science and follow the emotion ? had he got the balance of story and spectacle right ? “i’ve always believed that if you want to really try and make a great film , not a good film , but a great film , you have to take a lot of risks , ” he told me . “it was very clear to me that if you’re going to make a film called interstellar , it’s going to have to be something extremely ambitious . you push it in all the possible directions you can . not for its own sake , but because you know that if you’re going to try to add something to the canon , besides fiction films and all the rest , and live up to the promise of that title and the scale of that title , you really have to go there . ”
if you ' re going to enjoy a horror film festival , there is no better way than telluride ' s horror show .
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george murphy is the it director of snowshoe mountain resort , which is within the 10 - mile radio quiet boundary of the nrao telescope . he ' s had to find inventive ways to bring connectivity to the resort , including installing short - range cell receivers like the one shown here , mounted on the building behind him .
did zac die and go to heaven , like some internet theories claim ? no , he didn’t . my take on it , is that the second effect of project flashlight caused the whole cosmos to shift , with zac waking up in a parallel reality or an alternate universe if you will . he might very well still be on earth , although it’s not the earth anymore as we know it .
the film begins innocently enough . in a small german town , a conversation is being carried on between a charwoman who is scrubbing the floor and an elderly janitor who is polishing door knobs :
the very last thing we see of zac ( during the credits ) is his face while he quickly looks at the readout of the device he uses to measure the event , and then he looks out to the sky in horror and awe as he realizes he is no longer on earth .
api : you coming ? joanne : i wouldn ' t ride with you if you were the last man on earth . api : i ' m workin ' on it . see more »
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bram stoker 's dracula 's curse ( also known simply as dracula 's curse ) is a 2006 horror film by the asylum , written and directed by leigh scott .

despite featuring bram stoker 's name in the title , the film is not directly based on any of his writings or a mockbuster to the 1992 film bram stoker 's dracula , but shares similarities to films such as blade : trinity , dracula 2000 , underworld : evolution and van helsing .

the film also shares some similarities with the 1971 hammer horror film countess dracula , which also features a dracula-esque femme fatale in the lead role .

bram stoker ' s dracula ' s curse

dracula ' s curse animated movie — western animation in the works based on dracula ' s curse .
bram stoker , henry irving’s manager , has written another novel . it is called “dracula . ”
and indeed , the asylum delivers by letting leigh scott take the reins completely on a new project ,
bram stoker ' s dracula ' s curse .
english castlevania iii : dracula ' s curse instruction booklet at mr . p ' s castlevania realm
japanese castlevania iii : dracula ' s curse instruction booklet at mr . p ' s castlevania realm
the plot follows the story of bram stoker ' s dracula , with some variation in characters and plot detail .
the influential horror novel dracula was written by irish author abraham
bram
stoker in 1897 .
there are such things ! bram stoker interviews michael theodorou about his new stage play .
the box art of the north american version of dracula ' s curse was created by tom dubois .
castlevania ( animated series ) — an original netflix animated series retelling the events of dracula ' s curse .
james hart ' s screenplay may put bram stoker ' s name up there in the title , but there ' s no certainty that the author would recognise the result .
a new font was created for dracula ' s curse . the original game used the same font as castlevania .
bram stoker ' s dracula ( or simply dracula ) is a 1992 american romantic horror film directed and produced by francis ford coppola , based on the novel dracula by bram stoker . it stars gary oldman as count dracula , winona ryder as mina harker , anthony hopkins as professor abraham van helsing , and keanu reeves as jonathan harker .
but levity aside ,
bram stoker ' s dracula ' s curse
is an incredible intermingling of the vampire mythos and pure - t asskicking . there ' s plenty of action here for anybody , and the sheer ambition makes its closest comparison
blade
look sick .
nintendo power dracula ' s curse guide — magazine guide which contains original artwork for many of the characters and creatures .
dracula ' s curse was the first game in the castlevania series to use the
items and grid
password system .
castlevania : the movie — film in the works that according to an early script is based on dracula ' s curse .
overblown in the best sense of the word , francis ford coppola ' s vision of bram stoker ' s dracula rescues the character from decades of campy interpretations - - and features some terrific performances to boot .
, bram stoker ' s dracula was written as a
how to
book on fighting a certain type of vampire and is responsible for the near extinction of that type of vampire .
dracula ' s curse has contributed many things to the series that have been used extensively . examples include recurring enemies like whip - toting skeletons named gates of death , owls , and dullahans . dracula ' s curse introduces the belnades family , which has members that appear in other castlevania titles , and alucard , who is the starring character of castlevania : symphony of the night . trevor belmont plays an important role in castlevania : curse of darkness and is a playable character in the extra mode , and the story of curse of darkness continues shortly after the events of dracula ' s curse .
tas hd : nes castlevania 3 - dracula ' s curse ( jpn )
grant path
in 28 : 57 . 55 by samhain - grim
dracula’s coffin : the story of bela lugosi’s steamer trunk by frank j . dello stritto .
with dracula it ' s apparent that mr . coppola ' s talent and exuberance survive .
dracula has appeared many times over the course of his existence in popular culture . dracula appeared in the cult classic television show buffy the vampire slayer in season in which buffy is attempting to slay his character . the episode consist of many tropes seen from dracula in other media forms . there is also many films based off of bram stokers original book including bram stoker ' s dracula from coppola and dracula untold from gary shore .
all in all ,
bram stoker ' s dracula ' s curse
is going to be a wild ride no matter how much you like vampire movies , and if you ' re into them , this will be a top pick . even those who couldn ' t find anything all that thrilling about blade or buffy will get a kick out of this .
dracula : origin is a point - and - click adventure game for the pc based on the novel dracula by bram stoker . released by frogwares in 2008 , it follows the company ' s catalogue of adventure games such as the adventures of sherlock holmes series .
the legend of satanic castle : the vampire hunters — a choose - your - own - adventure book featuring descendants of the four playable characters in dracula ' s curse .
there are two draculas – bram stoker ' s lawyer - nibbling count , and the real one , vlad iii , the arch impaler . grab your garlic and track them down in bucharest and beyond this halloween
castlevania : dawn of sorrow ' s extra mode , julius mode , is a clear homage to dracula ' s curse , as it features a belmont , belnades , and alucard teaming up to slay the dark lord . castlevania : harmony of dissonance borrows bosses from dracula ' s curse , such as the leviathan gargoyle ( named pazuzu in harmony ) , skull knight , and the cyclops . zombie versions of trevor , grant , and sypha serve as a boss battle in symphony of the night and castlevania : portrait of ruin . it is unclear if the ghost ships in castlevania : rondo of blood and castlevania : legacy of darkness are meant as an homage to dracula ' s curse , but dracula ' s curse is the first castlevania title to feature a haunted ship stage .
“dracula , ” by bram stoker , is out in a canadian edition in very pretty covers . it is a story of dramatic power that will at times make the reader’s flesh creep . the scene for the most part is laid among the carpathian mountains .
“dracula , ” by bram stoker , is a grewsome story , the central figure of which is a human vampire . it is a romance for people of strong nerves . – doubleday & mcclure co . , new york
dracula was the most famous novel by bram stoker . it was one of the first ones on its kind , at least for its length and vivid descriptions . it has inspired many movies and fiction . the last movie , bram stoker ' s dracula , from francis ford coppola , tried to go back to its origins . other movies are those starring bela lugosi such as dracula ( 1931 ) . it is also said he is the king of vampires , which ultimately is true due to his powers and abilities .
“dracula , ” by bram stoker , an exceedingly dramatic story of a human vampire , which has already attracted attention in america and england as a serial , will be published by doubleday & mcclure company in a day or two .
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according to the game ' s instruction booklet , dracula ' s curse takes place in 1476 , 215 years before the events in castlevania and castlevania ii : simon ' s quest . many characters and elements introduced for the first time in castlevania iii would become mainstays in the series .
mr . stoker told me that the knowledge of vampire superstitions shown in “dracula” was gathered from a great deal of miscellaneous reading .
disc # 1 - - bram stoker ' s dracula ' s curse 2 . prologue [ 15 : 14 ] 3 . chapter 1 [ 27 : 59 ] 4 . chapter 2 [ 4 : 18 ] 5 . chapter 3 [ 6 : 27 ] 6 . chapter 4 [ 20 : 40 ] 7 . chapter 5 [ 14 : 49 ] 8 . chapter 6 [ 9 : 50 ] 9 . credits [ 7 : 36 ]
to explain why , let me introduce the two draculas – the one the romanians like , and one they don ' t . the one they don ' t like is count dracula , the vampire in bram stoker ' s 1897 novel , who invited the lawyer jonathan harker to stay in his castle in transylvania . this book can be read as a novel about a client attempting to eat his solicitor . stoker ' s dracula was the inspiration for a thousand bad movies and sesame street ' s count von count .
it’s not every actor that has as versatile agent as sir henry irving , bram stoker is not only a shrewd business man , but a charming raconteur and remarkably clever writer . his new book , “dracula , ” has been called by english critics one of the boldest pieces of imagination produced in recent years . and it’s all true . “dracula” would almost turn your hair white .
igor : dracula ' s coachman in transylvania . of demonic will and ill intent , he is another devotee of dracula , sharing his contempt for humans and carrying out dracula ' s menial , dirty bidding .
since arriving in boston , bram stoker , manager of sir henry irving , has received a proposition to dramatize his latest book “dracula . ” if it is put on the stage “dr . jekyll and mr . hyde” in comparison will , it is said , become a pleasing memory .
“dracula” is a ghost - story by bram stoker , who has evidently allowed his imagination full play in its wild and weird incidents . the book has met with favour in england , and is now published in book form in america . it will soon appear as a newspaper serial .
the ruins of dracula ' s fortress , poenari . photograph : catalin petolea / alamy / alamy
dracula ' s curse abandons the adventure game elements of its immediate predecessor and returns to the stage based action platform style of the first game . unlike castlevania , however , dracula ' s curse is not strictly linear . after completing the first level and at several other points throughout the game , the player is given a choice of paths to follow . the choices made by the player in these circumstances can have a profound impact on how the game unfolds . there are fifteen levels in total .
herodotus of judah : a coptic priest and healer in cairo , egypt . possesses the knowledge but , due to his old age , not the ability required to release the curse dracula has put upon mina .
there are four different endings to dracula ' s curse . which one the player receives depends on which additional character they beat the game with , if any . each ending will start with the line
trevor made many sacrifices . the long fight is over . dracula is dead and all other spirits are asleep .
castlevania iii : dracula ' s curse is the first game in the series to lay an explicit connection with dracula and the real life vlad iii . the game draws inspiration from bram stoker ' s novel and states that dracula is an evil sorcerer which was also brought forward in the novel . the only difference being that in the novel he became a vampire after his death whereas in the game he got his powers from an evil deity . this is further implied by the setting which is the 15th century , implying to take place in 1476 , the year that the real ţepeş died ; this is also the official date given in the series ' timeline which was published later .
based on bram stoker ' s classic 1897 novel , this film from francis ford coppola and screenwriter james victor hart offers a full - blooded portrait of the immortal transylvanian vampire . the major departure from stoker is one of motivation as count dracula ( gary oldman ) is motivated more by romance than by bloodlust . he punctures the necks as a means of avenging the death of his wife in the 15th century , and when he comes to london , it is specifically to meet heroine mina harker ( winona ryder ) , the living image of his late wife ( ryder plays a dual role , as do several of her costars ) . anthony hopkins is obsessed vampire hunter van helsing , while keanu reeves takes on the role of jonathan harker , and tom waits plays bug - eating renfield . bram stoker ' s dracula was the winner of three academy awards .
dracula ' s final form in this game bares a striking similarity to statues of the sumerian demon pazuzu .
upon learning of an antediluvian manuscript detailing a strange rite alleged to return souls from the dead , dracula seeks to revive his former lover ' s soul . johnathan harker , a disciple of van helsing , sets out to combat the terror of dracula ' s power . he sends a letter to his professor detailing dracula ' s intention regarding the manuscript and his plan to resurrect his lover ' s soul into the body of johnathan ' s fiancée , mina murray , chosen for her remarkable resemblance to his lover . johnathan ' s letter arrives but johnathan does not return , implying that he succumbed to dracula ' s power .
another supposed contradiction is that the game intro states that dracula was able to revive dark gods from the underworld and borrowed their powers for his evil goals , supposedly overwriting the statement previously given in the instruction booklet . the dark gods and the evil deity were most likely never supposed to be the same character ; however , a castlevania comic that chronicled the timespan between dracula ' s curse and curse of darkness once again makes references to these dark gods ( being referred to as
the evil lords
) and states that dracula merely used their power to get even stronger .
‘dracula , ’ by bram stoker ; hutch in son and co . , london , per george robertson and co . — this book is positively unique . we confess to not having conscientiously read every page ; for , after having perused the passage which will be presently transcribed , sampling the remaining two o r three hundred proved equally paralysing .
castlevania iii : dracula ' s curse is the sixth installment in the castlevania series and third to be released on the nintendo entertainment system . it was published by konami in japan in 1989 , and in north america in 1990 . in europe , it was published by palcom software in 1992 .
a canadian edition of bram stoker’s “dracula” will appear this month . the author has produced a strong and dramatic story of a human vampire , which has attracted wide attention in england and america . many competent critics have pronounced it the most daringly successful work of imagination that has seen the light for some time . it is not a story for people with weak nerves , who are afraid of the gruesome .
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during his stay in the castle , his host ' s nature soon becomes obvious to jonathan harker . he realizes that count dracula does not reflect on the mirror and he watches dracula escape his castle through the walls , like a beast . he also feels dracula ' s great strength and finds out that dracula himself was the driver that took him there ; harker notices dracula has no servants at all .
the music for castlevania iii : dracula ' s curse was composed by hidenori maezawa , jun funahashi and yukie morimoto . the original japanese version contained a specialized sound chip . this chip added an extra two square waves ( each with eight pulse width settings instead of the standard four ) and a sawtooth wave .
along with the big screen , dracula has appeared in a multitude of books and comics as well . dracula was integrated into the comic universe with his first appearance coming in historical suspense # 7 , which was published in march of 1951 . this version of the famous vampire is directly based off the very famous novel , bram stoker ' s dracula . dracula ' s popularity had eventually earned him his own title in marvel comics titled tomb of dracula , which first appeared in april of 1972 . the famous vampire had finally reached mainstream comics , causing him to be a formidable supervillan throughout his years in the marvel universe . the reason dracula was not adapted to comics for so long was due to the comics code authority , which prevented characters from other literary works being implemented into comics . to this day dracula is still being written about in the marvel comics in the death of dracula series .
in 2006 konami released a port of castlevania iii : dracula ' s curse for cell phones . the port is faithful to the original in terms of graphics , being almost identical . the biggest difference is that the game contains an easy mode , similar to the 1993 japanese re - release of the original castlevania .
what
bram stoker ' s dracula ' s curse
is putting out for us is in one way very much like
blade
. there ' s a whole society of vampires out there in the night , and they ' re not hungry for pasta . no , they ' re going after people blood , which is pretty much what you ' d expect . and of course , as long as there ' s a dracula involved somewhere in this , there ' s naturally a van helsing that follows shortly after . this particular van helsing has founded a pocket unit of vampire - hunting mercenaries ( on what , monopoly money ? ) that tracks , pursues , and ultimately kills every vampire that so much as breathes in their direction . this unit is called the nine , and the nine and the vampires , represented by a cabal called the vampire council , are about to set up peace talks , which go off with surprising ease .
dracula is a horror novel about the ancient count or
boyar
dracula from the mountain slopes of transylvania . the novel is written in first person and some scholars say that it is based on hidden knowledge by stoker himself ; he was a follower of occultism and was part of the golden dawn ' s rosicrucian secret society .
. mina describes the doctor as of medium height , strong build , with red hair , and eyes that change along with his mood ( stoker , 259 ) . van helsing is used in this narrative as a foil character to dracula . his kind and goodly nature as described by doctor seward is the counter to dracula ' s dark and manipulative characteristics
in the chapel where he renounced god , dracula lies dying in an ancient demonic form . he asks mina to give him peace . they share a kiss as the candles adorning the chapel light up , dracula turns back to his younger self , and mina shoves the knife through his heart . the mark on her forehead disappears as dracula ' s curse is lifted . she decapitates him , and finally gazes up at the fresco of vlad and elisabeta ascending to heaven together .
the son of count dracula . he changed his name to alucard as a sign that he opposed his father ' s way of life , and infiltrated the underground of wallachia when dracula dispatched his armies . (
jonathan harker : a solicitor from london sent to dracula’s castle and held there [ 3 ] . he is a brave and smart young man that is determined to uncover the truth about dracula . harker is in love and engaged to mina and eventually marries her after he escapes transylvania . he also helps hunt down the vampire leading to dracula’s eventual demise .
vampire bats and devil girls from mars : john chartres mather , producer of belalugosi’s british tour of dracula , interviewed by frank j . dello stritto .
dracula ' s second form in the game are perhaps these individuals , and the being ( which possesses multiple heads ) that is fought differs greatly from other forms throughout the series and bears no resemblance to dracula at all .
bela lugosi’s clara bow nude painting sells for $ 30 , 000 at auction .
in the chapel where he renounced god , dracula lies dying in an ancient demonic form . they share a kiss as the candles adorning the chapel light up and the cross repairs itself . dracula turns back to his younger self and asks mina to give him peace . mina shoves the knife through his heart and as he finally dies , the mark on her forehead disappears as dracula ' s curse is lifted . tearfully , she decapitates him and gazes up at the fresco of vlad and elisabeta ascending to heaven together , reunited at long last .
the music of the game has been commercially released several times while included with single disc albums of selected arranged tracks . they are titled akumajō dracula famicom best ( march 20th , 1990 ) , perfect selection dracula ( 1991 ) , perfect selection dracula ~ new classic ~ ( 1992 ) , dracula perfect selection dracula battle ( 1994 ) , castlevania 20th anniversary deluxe music collection ( 2006 ) , and akumajō dracula best music collections box ( 2010 ) .
konami collector ' s series : castlevania & contra , released in 2002 for the pc , is a collection of five konami hits from the days of the nintendo entertainment system : castlevania , castlevania ii : simon ' s quest , castlevania iii : dracula ' s curse , contra and super contra . in addition , the cd contains a dance dance revolution demo . this package was released in october of 2006 and re - released for the download service gametap . all of the games are perfect emulations of their nes counterparts ; the only changes of note are the text differences found in simon ' s quest and the option to perform a quicksave .
dracula , by bram stoker , and published by constable and co . , 2 , whitehall - gardens , is a series of extremely interesting papers and diaries , arranged in sequence by the author . one of the most curious and striking of recent productions is a revival of a mediaeval superstition , the old legend of the “were - wolf , ” as illustrated and modernised by mr . bram stoker , in the book which he entitles “dracula . ” there are two things which are remarkable in the novel – the first is the confident reliance on superstition as furnishing the groundwork of a modern story ; and the second , more significant still , is the bold adaptation of the legend to such ordinary spheres of latter - day existance as the harbour of whitby and hampstead - heath . “dracula , ” at all events , is one of the most weird and spirit - quelling romances which have appeared for years . it begins in masterly fashion in the wids of transylvania , and introduces to us an ordinary solicitor’s clerk , engaged on a mission to a count who lives in its most remote fastness .
coppola ' s remake throws so much fancy technique at its story that the usually foolproof drama at its core gets drowned in a tide of images . it ' s not scary , it ' s not suspenseful and its eroticism is largely theoretical .
castel dracula is a 1970s brick block , with a
dracula
sign above the door . there ' s a bust of bram stoker in the car park , and a stuffed wolf in reception .
this hotel ,
says the guide ,
is the only hotel in romania with a reception on the first floor .
i think he hates this hotel . the manager is terrifying , but in a very dull way . he is young and thin and his eyes bulge over my shoulder , at something i cannot see .
this hotel is about the dracula from the novel , not the real dracula ,
he says .
we get passing trade from businessmen who don ' t want to stay at an ibis . nobody thinks we are a normal hotel .
pack your beach blanket for a bittersweet tale of love and summer ' s magic .
bram stoker , sir henry irving’s manager , is engaged in letters as well as in theatrical matters , and has written a blood - curdling romance of vampires and black magic , called “dracula , ” which is published by the doubleday & mcclure company . it belongs to the order of “flames , ” “the statement of stella maberley , ” “the carissima , ” etc . , not to mention such masterpieces as “a strange story , ” “thrawn janet , ” and “the horla . ” no doubt mr . stoker’s fiends are very horrible and obscene , but the story lacks the touch of imagination which is indispensable for producing shudders . moreover , it is far too long and although the author has obviated this fault as far as possible by an ingenious use of the wilkie collins composite style , the interest is not maintained through so long a stretch of supernaturalism .
based on bram stoker ' s classic , this epic horror follows a team of elite vampire hunters led by colonel rufus king and jacob van helsing as they infiltrate the dark underworld to battle the ruthless vampire clan led by countess bathorly . starring : tom downey , eliza swenson , rhett giles , christina rosenberg produced by : david michael latt , david rimawi , sherri strain , rick walker directed by : leigh scott written by : leigh scott cinematography by : steven parker edited by : leigh scott music by : eliza swenson
hundreds of published novels can attribute their aspirations to that of dracula . one such novel is titled the historian , in which a professor named paul and his daughter go on a search for the tomb of vlad tepes , otherwise known as dracula . the novel is unique in which it uses oral accounts and letters to form a cohesive story . the historical context also offers a different perspective in which vlad tepes was a real prince in the 15th century . due to the fact that the main character is a professor , parts of the novel delve into the myth and folklore of tepes and dracula . peter and his partner helen travel all throughout the world , uncovering mysteries such as the order of the dragon and several other relations to dracula . although this adaptation is far different from the original myth , elizabeth kotsova ' s novel is heavily influenced by bram stoker ' s vampire , with both endings resulting in a puncture of the heart .
wilhemina “mina” harker : young woman who lives in london as a school teacher . she is engaged to jonathan harker and after nursing him back to health , she marries him . mina is the one who fits the pieces around dracula’s mystery and helps the crew to understand and destroy him . after lucy , mina becomes dracula’s object of interest and is fed on as well as feeds on dracula . a curse is put upon her to do whatever the count pleases . she is seen as an innocent and typical well - behaved victorian woman . however , it could be argued that she represents a woman of the new age as she shows manly initiative and a dark connection with drac [ 4 ] .
and it ' s back to england , to look for the flesh - eating dwarf .
mina murray : jonathan harker ' s fiancée and a student and friend of professor van helsing . pure and good , she embodies the essence of dracula ' s lost love , succumbing to his power and doomed to be stripped of her soul for her bodily vessel .
grant ' s japanese name is given as grant dăneşti , a reference to the historical house who rebelled against vlad dracula but were later persecuted . this fits well with grant ' s role in the game , but he is never mentioned to be of a noble lineage .
. as
one of the most advanced scientists of his day , and he has , i believe , an absolutely open mind . this , with an iron nerve , a temper of the ice - brook , and indomitable resolution , self - command , and toleration exalted from virtues to blessings , and the kindliest and truest heart that beats , these form his equipment for the noble work that he is doing for mankind , work both in theory and practice , for his views are as wide as his all - embracing sympathy
( stoker , 161 ) . stoker retaliates against his naturally pure nature when at one point abraham is almost seduced by one of drac ' s wives ( stoker , 530 )
from bucharest , which looks like paris eaten then spat out by croydon , i head for bran castle . this is where the dracula tours come , and it is billed as dracula ' s castle . except it isn ' t dracula ' s castle . it is queen marie of romania ' s castle and she was one of queen victoria ' s grandchildren . from the outside , sure , it looks like the hammer horror back lot – a pale blob on a sheer cliff , surrounded by pine trees . from the inside , it looks like an englishwoman bought it and attacked it with the full might of laura ashley . it is full of sofas . it reminds me of surbiton . this is like surbiton , i tell my guide . take me to the birthplace of dracula .
which one ?
he says . the real one , i say . not the british library , where stoker wrote the novel .
even better , the special features that come with this movie include a blooper reel , a behind the scenes featurette , deleted and extended scenes , a music video , audio options , and trailers for
hillside cannibals
,
when a killer calls
,
exorcism : the possession of gail bowers
,
dead men walking ( which for some reason is listed as
dead line
in the trailer menu ) and
dracula ' s curse
.
this place feels like the stoker novel – a dark prince travelling under a curse builds a castle nowhere near the shops . there are schoolchildren clutching their bodies because they don ' t want to climb 1 , 500 steps as they have just eaten half a pig each in the cafe . ( a popular romanian phrase is ,
the pig is a vegetable .
) i climb to the top . it is just bricks and cloud . it is a ruin of ruins and it is wonderful .
necking it : tanya gold at the count dracula club in bucharest . photograph : valentin gheorghe
at first a zealot of christendom , voivod dracula forsakes his faith at the loss of his unrequited love , who opts to commit suicide rather than give in to him . as his embitterment boils , dracula begins to delve heavily into satanic practice . unsatisfied with mortality , he drinks the blood of a rival in a pact with the devil , placing upon himself the curse that transforms him into the first vampire . in exchange for immortal powers , dracula becomes a servant of satan , bent on the destruction of humanity , finding his only solace in feeding upon human blood and seeking revenge for his lover ' s death : he feels partly responsible for being unable to save her .
“dracula , ” by bram stoker ( archibald constable and co . , sixpenny edition ) . —the latest firm to join the ranks of those who publish sixpenny editions of their copyrighted works is that of messrs . archibald constable end co . , and they have begun well with “dracula . ” nothing bram stoker has written has taken greater hold on his admirers than this weird , creepy story of vampires , which he has manage ( sic ) to invest with so great an air of probability . issued first in 1897 , its success was immediate and considerable . it was just what was wanted by a public always more or less eager after books with a spice of superstition and the unknown in them , and as it was cleverly put together , with the theme handled in a peculiarly eery ( sic ) style , they seized on it eagerly , and rejoiced in the cold thrills it sent down their backs . in sixpenny form it will have a still wider circulation , and that large section of the community who delight in ghost stories and all their variants will have an opportunity of gloating over one of the best of the later - day types thereof .
it ' s shame to see such a mess made of a project with such a capable cast .
in 1897 , newly qualified solicitor jonathan harker takes the transylvanian count dracula as a client from his colleague r . m . renfield , who has gone insane . jonathan travels to transylvania to arrange dracula ' s real estate acquisition in london , including carfax abbey . jonathan meets dracula , who discovers a picture of harker ' s fiancée , mina and believes that she is the reincarnation of elisabeta . dracula leaves jonathan to be raped and fed upon by his brides and sails to england with boxes of his native soil , taking up residence at carfax abbey . his arrival is foretold by the ravings of renfield , now an inmate in dr jack seward ' s neighboring insane asylum .
in 1897 , newly qualified solicitor jonathan harker takes the transylvanian count dracula as a client from his colleague r . m . renfield , who has gone insane . jonathan travels to transylvania to arrange dracula ' s real estate acquisition in london , including carfax abbey . jonathan meets dracula , who discovers a picture of harker ' s fiancée , mina and believes that she is the reincarnation of elisabeta . dracula leaves jonathan to be raped and fed upon by his brides and sails to england with boxes of his native soil , taking up residence at carfax abbey . his arrival is foretold by the ravings of renfield , now an inmate in dr . jack seward ' s neighboring insane asylum .
jada : a beautiful , deadly disciple of dracula , devoted to serve and protect her master .
akumajō dracula best music collections box — contains music from this game on disc 1 and 2 .
harker sets into motion a daring plan to escape dracula and his undead wives . they plan to
eat
him on a certain date . harker notices dracula plans to flee , maybe to england . the vampire will travel inside a coffin and taking earth from his own castle . the last time harker sees the count , dracula is on a coffin , looking very young . harker tries to kill him but dracula ' s head is as strong as metal , so jonathan abandons his plan .
on monday morning i had the pleasure of a short conversation with mr . bram stoker , who , as most people know , is sir henry irving’s manager at the lyceum theatre . he told me , in reply to a question , that the plot of the story had been a long time in his mind , and that he spent about three years in writing it . he had always been interested in the vampire legend . “it is undoubtedly , ” he remarked , “a very fascinating theme , since it touches both on mystery and fact . in the middle ages the terror of the vampire depopulated whole villages . ”
so it ' s a huge question on the asylum ' s judgment as to just why they ' d decide to pull such an obvious
me , too !
. maybe it ' s in keeping with their recent revival of older , more
classic
films - - i can ' t be sure .
there are holes in this plot like no tomorrow . let ' s take a rundown of the troubles with bevilacqua ' s script . you may want to grab a snack - - this could take a while .
we have been reminded how easy it was in the ages of credulity to avoid overstepping the boundaries of belief . but in mr . bram stoker a writer has arisen who intrepidly assumes that mediaeval gullibility is in full survival . he appeals to his readers with the most horrid , yet in some respects the most ludicrous , romance of vampiredom to be found in literature . it is a bold attempt to concentrate the fables and superstitions which have existed in eastern europe especially for many centuries into a shape sufficiently like reality to cheat the imagination of the nineteenth century . can the modern reader be induced to bestow a passing belief upon vampires any more than upon sylphs and salamanders ? where most men would answer no , mr . stoker says yes , and confidently tries the experiment . it may be argued that he does no more than imitate the hardihood of sheridan le fanu , but that gifted author contented himself with an outline , and never ventured upon the elaboration of detail with which mr . stoker surrounds his vampire count dracula and the victims upon whom that monster preys in modern england .
when victor hugo said of beaudelaire that he had added a new shudder to literature he indicated an achievement which countless novelists have since wished to make their own . most of them have failed . mr . bram stoker has succeeded . “dracula” is a book of horrors . in some passages the tension is equal to that of the most agonizing nightmare , but the whole work is kept well in hand ; consistent from start to finish . it leaves an impression of life and not of mere invention . the author is daring in more ways than one . choosing a human vampire for the pivot on which his extraordinary drama is to revolve , he has realized that an atmosphere of graveyard mystery must envelop the monster . those who have read “a mystery of the campagna , ” that clever little story of a vampire by an author who has preferred to remain anonymous , will recall the startling effects which may be gained by an exploitation of the mysterious motive alone . but mr . bram stoker brings his count dracula from the bleak castle in the carpathians which shrouds his evil doings in gloom , and turns him loose in england , there to carry out his unspeakable plans amid people and scenes as modern and matter of fact as those of the vampire’s home are strange and romantic . the spell of the author’s grisly tale is thereby imperilled , but thanks to the skill with which he writes , it remains unbroken . we watch the conflict between dracula and the group if english people leagued against him with too intense an interest in the amazing spectacle to be at all disconcerted by the impossibilities it involves .
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one of the most interesting and exciting of recent novels is mr . bram stoker’s “dracula . ” it deals with the ancient mediaeval vampire legend , and in no english work of fiction has this legend been so brilliantly treated . the scene is laid partly in transylvania and partly in england . the first fifty - four pages , which give the journal of jonathan harker after leaving vienna until he makes up his mind to escape from castle dracula , are in their weird power altogether unrivalled in recent fiction . the only book which to my knowledge at all compares with them is “the waters of hercules , ” by e . d . gerard , which also treats of a wild and little known portion of eastern europe . without revealing the plot of the story , i may say that jonathan harker , whose diary first introduces the vampire count , is a young solicitor sent by his employer to castle dracula to arrange for the purchase of a house and estate in england .
after jonathan and mina return to london , jonathan and van helsing lead the others to carfax abbey , where they destroy the count ' s boxes of soil . dracula enters the asylum , where he kills renfield for warning mina of his presence . he visits mina , who is staying in seward ' s quarters while the others hunt dracula , and confesses that he murdered lucy and has been terrorizing mina ' s friends . a confused and angry mina admits that she still loves him and remembers her previous life as elisabeta . at her insistence , dracula begins transforming her into a vampire . the hunters burst into the bedroom , and dracula claims mina as his bride before escaping . as mina changes , van helsing hypnotizes her and learns via her connection with dracula that he is sailing home in his last remaining box . the hunters depart for varna to intercept him , but dracula reads mina ' s mind and evades them . the hunters split up ; van helsing and mina travel to the borgo pass and the castle , while the others try to stop the gypsies transporting the count .
after jonathan and mina return to london , jonathan and van helsing lead the others to carfax abbey , where they destroy the count ' s boxes of soil . dracula enters the asylum , where he kills renfield for warning mina of his presence . he visits mina , who is staying in seward ' s quarters while the others hunt dracula , and confesses that he murdered lucy and has been terrorizing mina ' s friends . a confused and angry mina admits that she still loves him and remembers her previous life as elisabeta . at her insistence , dracula begins transforming her into a vampire . the hunters burst into the bedroom , and dracula claims mina as his bride before escaping . as mina changes , van helsing hypnotizes her and learns via her connection with dracula that he is sailing home in his last remaining box . the hunters depart for varna to intercept him , but dracula reads mina ' s mind and evades them . the hunters split up ; van helsing and mina travel to the borgo pass and the castle , while the others try to stop the gypsies transporting the count .
the recollections of this weird and ghostly tale will doubtless haunt us for some time to come . it would be unfair to the author to divulge the plot . we therefore restrict ourselves to the statement that the eerie chapters are written and strung together with very considerable art and cunning , and also with unmistakable literary power . tribute must also be paid to the rich imagination of which mr . bram stoker here gives liberal evidence . persons of small courage and weak nerves should confine their reading of these gruesome pages strictly to the hours between dawn and sunset .
it is said of mrs . radcliffe that when writing her now almost forgotten romances she shut herself up in absolute seclusion , and fed upon raw beef , in order to give her work the desired atmosphere of gloom , tragedy and terror . if one had no assurance to the contrary one might well suppose that a similar method and regimen had been adopted by mr . bram stoker while writing his new novel “dracula . ” in seeking for a parallel to this weird , powerful , and horrorful story our mind reverts to such tales as “the mysteries of udolpho , ” “frankenstein , ” “wuthering heights , ” “the fall of the house of usher , ” and “marjery of quether . ” but “dracula” is even more appalling in its gloomy fascination than any one of these .
and it ' s on to castel dracula , the dracula - themed hotel . my guide isn ' t keen . he ' s not exactly crucifix - waving , garlic - tossing unkeen , but he does mutter something about
expectations
. but i beg , and we drive through more mountains . eventually i see an enormous neon crucifix . romania invented the neon crucifix . they are everywhere , even at traffic lights . on the next mountain is castel dracula . the presence of the crucifix , my guide says , is a co - incidence .
no interview during this week would be complete without a reference to the jubilee , so i asked mr . stoker , as a londoner of nearly twenty years standing , what he thought of the celebrations . “everyone , ” he said , “has been proud that the great day went off so successfully . we have had a magnificent survey of the empire , and last week’s procession brought home , as nothing else could have done , the sense of the immense variety of the queen’s dominions . ”
readers of “dracula” will remember that the most famous character in it is dr . van helsing , the dutch physician , who , by extraordinary skill , self - devotion , and labour , finally outwits and destroys the vampire . mr . stoker told me that van helsing is founded on a real character . in a recent leader on “dracula , ” published in a provincial newspaper , it is suggested that high moral lessons might be gathered from the book . i asked mr . stoker whether he had written with a purpose , but on this point he would give no definite answer , “i suppose that every book of the kind must contain some lesson , ” he remarked ; “but i prefer that readers should find it out for themselves . ”
one source of triumph of mr . stoker’s triumph is to be found in the good faith with which he advances his terrible situations . he sets forth slowly , carefully , with due attention to every little detail and thus weaves around his hideous central figure a tissue of perfectly natural things . the honest men who are fighting the vampire may do incredible deeds ; they may visit burial vaults at midnight and go through scenes which we must leave mr . stoker to describe ; but they and their performances are treated with a calm particularity that is in itself impressive and convincing . then he has considerable ability in the representation o f in the representation of objects and happenings , so that the reader really sees them . witness the account given by jonathan harker , one of the characters , of count dracula’s mode of going about the castle in which the englishman is temporarily a prisoner .
the latest additions to messrs . hutchinson’s colonial library include stories grave and gay , sensational and domestic . pre - eminently striking is bram stoker’s “dracula , ” notwithstanding that it is in great part a reversion to old - fashioned methods . its plot is unfolded by letters and diaries in regular painstaking fashion , after the manner of wilkie collins . as for the plot itself , it is ghastly beyond belief . not even sheridan lefanu in his wildest moments ever conceived anything to equal it for haunting horror . it is a story of human vampires and demoniacal possession , of midnight apparitions and life - in - death . the book must be carefully kept out of the way of anyone with weak nerves ; but for those who can stand it there is a fearful joy in the gradual making clear of the tremendous mysteries involved . the art of the author is of quality high enough celare artem . there is no attempt at fine writing , and the simple details almost bring conviction . if they quite brought it , farewell to the reader’s peace of mind !
in the final stage , after losing to dracula , instead of starting back at the level ' s second section , the player begins right outside of the castle keep . this is another factor said to make the japanese game easier .
in reply to further questions , mr . stoker said that he was born in dublin , and that his work had laid for thirteen years in the civil service . he is an m . a . of trinity college , dublin . his brother - in - law is mr . frankfort moore , one of the most popular young writers of the day . he began his literary work early . the first thing he published was a book on “the duties of clerks of petty sessions . ” next came a series of children’s stories , “under the sunset , ” published by sampson low . then followed the book by which he has hitherto been best known , “the snake’s pass . ” messrs . constable have published in their “acme” library a fascinating little volume called “the watter’s mou , ” and this with “the shoulder of shasta , ” completes mr . stoker’s list of novels . he has been in london for some nineteen years , and believes that london is the best possible place for a literary man . “a writer will find a chance here if he is good for anything ; and recognition is only a matter of time . ” mr . stoker speaks of the generosity shown by literary men to one another in a tone which shows that he , at least , is not disposed to quarrel with the critics .