This reveals Newman at his most creative and knowledgeable. Film and horror buffs will love the mirrored worlds and the experiences the film crew encounters along the way. The early chapters feature an amusing take on Francis Ford Coppola filming Dracula in 1976 (rather than in 1992), with the cast from Apocalypse Now. I have thoroughly enjoyed the in-jokes and pop culture references in this alternate universe world, where Dracula succeeded in the late nineteenth century in establishing an empire and a new world order. Set between 19, this is Kim Newman’s fourth instalment in his irreverent and highly entertaining Anno Dracula series. Yet, when vampire boy Johnny Alucard descends upon America, stalking the streets of New York and Hollywood, haunting the lives of the rich and famous, from Sid and Nancy to Andy Warhol, Orson Welles, and Francis Ford Coppola, sinking his fangs ever deeper into the zeitgeist of 1970s and 1980s America, it seems the past might not be dead after all." "Fallen from grace and driven from the British Empire in previous instalments, Dracula seems long gone.
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