The earliest surviving screen adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula novel has had a long and dangerous life of its own. Almost destroyed by Stoker's widow because of copyright infringement, this film has outlasted many others of the silent era. There are many new releases of Nosferatu and all this goes to show that, "You can't keep a good vampire down."

• Washington DC's best and coolest Halloween event is back. It's our favorite silent vampire classic, Nosferatu (1922) at the AFI Silver theater in Silver Spring, Maryland. Silent Orchestra performs their critically acclaimed, "thundering and hell-bent" (yet ambient) live score. Washington radio icon, James White will MC the spooky fun.

• Smithsonian lecture on Vampires in film. Sunday, Oct. 26.

• According to sources, the Bran Castle was recently restored and ownership transferred to a descendant of the Habsburg dynasty, rulers of Austria-Hungary.

  It is thought that Bram Stoker's Dracula character was modeled after Vlad the Impaler, a fifteenth century Romanian prince known for his sharp wit, pointed attacks and a generally bad temper. Some believe he was a frequent visitor to the castle and for that reason, it is commonly known as "Dracula's Castle" in Romania.

• From Moralist to Seducer: How Fiction Inverted The Meaning of The Real Dracula’s Bloodlust

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