re: Bram Stoker's Dracula

What’s so cool about reading the original novel is that you realize a lot of the things you see in movies aren’t correct. For example, in the novel, vampires can move about in daylight, although their abilities are greatly weakened. Also, in order for a person to become a vampire, they must be drained to the point of death and ingest some of the vampire’s blood before dying. They return from the grave three days later, much like how Jesus rose three days after his death on the cross.

The biggest difference between the original source material and most film versions is that the novel is in no way a gothic romance. Dracula does not fall in love with either Lucy or Mina. He uses them as pawns against Van Helsing and the vampire hunters.