If you haven't read Dracula by Bram Stoker, you might be wondering which edition you should get. This episode will help you to decide (though the quick answer is "the cheapest one").

Dan Curtis (Dark Shadows, The Night Stalker) and Richard Matheson (I Am Legend, The Night Stalker) re-team to cast western and gangster actor Jack Palance as an aristocratic vampire in a tv movie version of the story that features more focus on Dracula's boxes of dirt than most adaptations.

In which the people best known for keeping original-cast Doctor Who alive in the wilderness years turn their hands to Dracula, featuring Mark Gattis (The League of Gentlemen, Sherlock) as the Count several years before his upcoming tv version.

If you haven't watched Dracula 2000, don't bother! Just listen to this episode then watch the sequel, Dracula II: Ascension. It's a better movie and I'll be talking about it next week. Check us out on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/draculasuxpodcast

A reading of the opening chapter of Dracula by Bram Stoker.

We are now a fortnightly show, so tune in next week and every two weeks from then for premium Dracula content.

The unique and prolific Jess Franco made five Dracula movies over a period of 33 years. We're going to look at them all, along with a potted history of his career in general.