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David J. Skal: Hollywood Gothic (2004, Faber and Faber) 4 stars

Comprehensive, perhaps a little too much?

4 stars

Bit of a kitchen sink feeling to this, as it covers in (sometimes excruciating) detail the history of Dracula, first the novel and then the various stage and film adaptations. Some interesting highlights, such as a description of where the title of 'Nosferatu' came from, but too much of the book felt like it was bogged down in the back and forth of negotiations over stage and film rights.