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Originally Posted by Doc Faustus
I think the Hammer Draculas did make their own aesthetic and it was a good one, taking things that were repressed in the original because Stoker was scared to death of human sexuality and bringing them to the fore. From what I've heard from Tim Burton, he doesn't seem to get the book or understand its merits very much and while sex doesn't make Dracula less Dracula, a fantasy adventure plot makes Wonderland less Wonderland.
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I totally agree with you with Hammer creating its own cannon out of the Dracula (and Frankenstein) series and for the most part it really did work and was in the Vein of (lol) the original novels but at the end of the day i would be suprised about how many of the directors of the films/series i mentioned really read the original novels...
I really like Twins of Evil but I really doubt that the director really gave the original Carmilla novel (which is where the The Karnstein Trilogy+1 prety much comes from) much thought.....I don't think its a case of them getting the book but not needing too...