Where Was BBC's 'Dracula' Filmed?


Bram Stokers classic Dracula has been retold countless times, but never like this. A new adaptation by Sherlocks Steven Moffatt and Mark Gatiss, the three-part BBC series takes the horror of the undead being to another level, with Danish actor Claes Bang as the titular Count. And if you thought the story has been modernised like Sherlock, think again. So where was Dracula filmed, and how did Moffatt and Gattiss recreate a 1800s Transylvania?

For one, filming didnt actually take place in the storys setting. Instead, the production utilised locations in the UK and Eastern Europe, as iNews writes, which included Orava Castle in northern Slovakia being used as Draculas home. His castle has always been fictional, and in the novel, its never named.

Bran Castle in Translyvania has become a popular tourist attraction and known as Draculas Castle as its believed Vlad the Impaler may have spent a night or two there, as the National Geographic writes. Dracula was loosely based on this historical 15th-century prince, but the writer thee vampires abode was not inspired by this particular castle.

Thats not to say there isnt a link between Dracula and Orava Castle, as the 1922 horror Nosferatu was filmed here. The German Expressionist film is an unauthorised adaptation of Stokers story, which attempted to get around copyright law by changing the vampires name to Count Orlok alongside the plot receiving many tweaks and modifications, as Plagiarism Today writes.

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Henley Road Cemetry in Caversham was also used, with shooting taking place there over three nights in July this year. However, it wasn't without controversy, as BBC News reports that relatives of those buried in the cemetery found it totally disrespectful, and the film company issued an apology to those affected.

Filming also took place at the legendary Bray Film Studios in Maidenhead, which used to be the home of Hammer Film Productions between 1952 and 1966, as iNews reports.

One of the most famous portrayals of the horror icon was by Christopher Lee in 1958s Horror Of Dracula, which was produced by Hammer Films. The film was instrumental in laying out the groundwork for a whole industry of horror franchises that followed, as Hammer Films writes, and set the genre on the course it continues to be on today.

This wonderfully atmospheric and legendary studio gave birth to so many monsters and stars most memorably Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, Gatiss added. As we watch Transylvania once again rise on the sound stages of Bray, its amazing to be able to say that Count Dracula has finally come home.



source https://www.bustle.com/p/where-was-bbcs-dracula-filmed-19640101

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