Ed Wood. Poster of the 1994 movie and cover of the 1992 book, Nightmare of Ecstasy: The Life and Art of Edward D. Wood
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Nightmare of Ecstasy: The Life and Art of Edward D. Wood
Rudolph Grey, 1992
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Tim Burton, 1994

In 1952, Ed Wood is struggling to enter the film industry. Upon hearing of an announcement in Variety magazine that producer George Weiss is trying to purchase Christine Jorgensen’s life story, Ed meets with Weiss to direct a now fictionalized film titled I Changed My Sex! Ed then meets his longtime idol, horror film actor Bela Lugosi, with whom he becomes friends. Ed takes to film production with an unusual approach.


Dracula. Poster of the 1931 movie and cover of the 1897 book
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Dracula
Bram Stoker, 1897
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Tod Browning, Karl Freund, 1931

Renfield is a solicitor traveling to Count Dracula’s castle in Transylvania on a business matter. Renfield refuses to stay at the inn and asks his carriage driver to take him to the Borgo Pass. Renfield is driven to the castle by Dracula’s coach, with Dracula disguised as the driver. Dracula waves them away, then attacks Renfield himself.


Dracula. Poster of the 1931 movie and cover of the 1927 book, Dracula: The Vampire Play
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Dracula: The Vampire Play
Hamilton Deane, John L. Balderston, 1927
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Tod Browning, Karl Freund, 1931

Renfield is a solicitor traveling to Count Dracula’s castle in Transylvania on a business matter. Renfield refuses to stay at the inn and asks his carriage driver to take him to the Borgo Pass. Renfield is driven to the castle by Dracula’s coach, with Dracula disguised as the driver. Dracula waves them away, then attacks Renfield himself.


The Wolf Man. Poster of the 1941 movie and cover of the book novelization
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The Wolfman
Carl Dreadstone, 1977
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George Waggner, 1941

At some time in the early twentieth century, after learning of the death of his brother, Larry Talbot returns to his ancestral home in Llanwelly, Wales to reconcile with his estranged father, Sir John Talbot. As a pretext to converse with her, he purchases a silver-headed walking stick decorated with a wolf.