Bela Lugosi, the actor devoured by his character: addictions, fall and his burial dressed as Dracula

Bela Lugosi the actor devoured by his character addictions fall

Bela Lugosi was Dracula in Todd Browning’s 1931 film. It became an archetype of horror movies. It meant the consecration of him and the curse of him. I could no longer part with the role of the Count of Transylvania. When he died in 1956 he was buried in Dracula’s cape. People entered the mortuary … Read more