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- Subject: Re: A question regarding Dracula, and vampires
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.024302.22377@netcom.com>
- From: loki@netcom.com (James E Myers)
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 02:43:02 GMT
- References: <1992Nov20.170709.61107@cc.usu.edu>
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- slfrp@cc.usu.edu writes:
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- >At one point, just before we see Dracula chasing after Minna, Van Helsing's
- >voice tells us that, "contrary to popular belief, vampires CAN move about
- >in the daytime, though it is not their natural time, and their powers
- >are weak."
-
- In the original book Dracula was able to move around in the day, although
- it was clear that he didn't like it. For the movie, they probably felt
- it was necessary to explain it to the audience, due to the many years of
- movies that made the point that vampires simply _can't_ do that.
-
- --James
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