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of Bram Stoker. He chose to name his title character after the ruler from the fifteenth century because of his knowledge that the name "Dracula" is translated as "the devil". (http:/romconn.hypermart.net/d ragon/why.html).

Stoker also based much of the information in his book upon the writings of Don Augustin Calmet, a monk of the Benedictine order who wrote a famous thesis on the concept of vampirism in Hungary. Also contributing to Stoker's work were the legends and myths of vampire-like creatures that had been a part of Greek mythology for centuries.

In Bram Stoker's novel, the legends of Vlad Dracula were retold to say after Dracula's wife flung herself from the tower of their castle, Dracula condemned the actions of his Christian God for taking his wife from him. As a result, he vowed to exact revenge on the world for what had been done to him. In the scene from the movie Bram Stoker's Dracula, Vlad Dracula then stabbed his sword into the cross in his chapel and drank the blood that drained from it in an effort to prove his disdain for God and the misery that had befallen him. From that point on, Dracula became a vampire whose goal was to exact revenge on God by wrecking havoc on the world and forming an alliance with the devil. He did this by drinking the blood of people because according to the Roman Catholic Church, vampires were corpses that were brought back to life by the powers of the devil.

Stoker's book became a well-known and highly successful work. As a result, the entertainment industry got caught up in the idea of vampirism.

In 1922, Nosferatu, the first ever horror movie was released. It was based on Bram Stoker's story of the vampire, Count Dracula. This was the beginning of not only horror movies, but also the creation of many vampire movies, many of which were based on Bram Stoker's famous novel. In 1931, Bella Lugosi became the most famous actor ever to portray Stoker's character Count Dracula. Several other famous movies were made at this time, many of which Lugosi again played the part of Dracula, the romantic and mysterious vampire.

It has been argued by many scientists, historians, and sociologists that there is scientific evidence that shows that there is some validity behind the myths and legends of vampirism. There is a universal agreement between these people that there is a direct correlation between the concept of vampirism and the misdiagnosis of diseases such as anemia, catalepsy, photoporphyria, and rabies. This concept has been

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