Dracula

"Dracula" is the most popular and widely acclaimed horror novel by Bram Stoker. He introduced the famous vampire, who in turn changed the literary and cultural world forever. Following the attempts of the Count to settle in England, where he expects to find fresh blood and new followers, the novel presents the battle between the forces of good, led by professor Van Helsing, and evil, led by the undead fiend. It is a dark and haunting novel that explores themes of life versus death, and between the light and the dark. It a classic and terrifying read. The Bram Stoker novel has been adapted several times to the stage and to the screen, the most famous adaptation being the 1992 movie by Francis Ford Coppola, which won three Oscars, and which stared Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, and Keanu Reeves.