Count Dracula
Proper noun
Meaning
Count Dracula
The fictional vampire in the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker.
Synonyms
Examples
Count Dracula had directed me to go to the Golden Krone Hotel, which I found, to my great delight, to be thoroughly old-fashioned, for of course I wanted to see all I could of the ways of the country.
The last I saw of Count Dracula was his kissing his hand to me, with a red light of triumph in his eyes, and with a smile that Judas in hell might be proud of.
As long as the wolfsbane is present in Mina's bedroom, she will be safe from Count Dracula.
As of 2009, an estimated 217 films feature Dracula in a major role, Count Dracula at the Internet Movie Database a number second only to Sherlock Holmes (223 films).
The cape worn by Criswell as The Emperor is the same cape worn by Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula in Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948).
Plot-wise, the movie revolves around The Monster Squad, a gang of pre-teen horror fanatics who take it upon themselves to save the world when their quaint town is overrun by Count Dracula, Wolfman, The Mummy, Gillman, and Frankenstein's Monster.