Dracula Untold, directed by Gary Shore, is about a vampire gifted with immense powers. However, it departs from Bram Stoker's classic origin story to show Dracula from a different perspective.

Vlad the Impaler's thirst for blood was an inspiration for Count Dracula. ... Many of these workers would die of exhaustion while building Poenari Castle, one of Vlad III’s favorite residences.

This hauntingly beautiful castle, built in 1388, is set high on a perch and is said to be the inspiration for the castle in Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula (although Vlad the Impaler, the supposed ...

The decor will include an image of Bran Castle painted on an interior wall. ... The partners said they are considering doing something more regarding Dracula and/or Vlad the Impaler for Halloween.

The castle's dramatic, ... The real connection however is with Vlad the Impaler, a 15th century ruler known for his brutal and violent methods which included impaling his enemies.

Bran Castle has been a tourist destination for Dracula fans since the 1960s. Snopes. ... who is commonly known as Vlad the Impaler, a 15th-century Wallachian prince. At most, ...

The castle hosts regular Dracula-themed events, and a page on its website mentions the theory that Vlad the Impaler once stayed — or was held prisoner — there, as well as speculation that Bran ...

A castle in Romania survived multiple empires, and its history involves a dark past, a legend of forbidden love and an heir ...

Arguably the most famous Dracula-related site in Romania, Bran Castle is often referred to as “Dracula’s Castle,” despite no documented evidence that Vlad the Impaler ever lived there. This medieval ...

THE “true” home of Dracula where bloodthirsty Vlad the Impaler lived is set to open to the public. Until five years ago, Poienari Castle in the city of Curtea de Arge, Romania, had… ...