Gereja Dracula Diancam Tanah Runtuh

Bangunan lama di atas bukit itu iala Gereja St Mary, di Whitby, Britain

Gereja tua yang diancam tanah runtuh ini dikaitkan dengan kisah Dracula, hantu yang menghisap darah

Kubur-kubur lama berhampiran gereja tua itu juga diancam tanah runtuh

Lokasi gereja tua ini sebenarnya berdekatan dengan pantai

Ini pula ialah Christopher Lee yang melakonkan watak Dracula pada tahun 1958

Orang tua ini pula Bram Stoker. Dari kepala dia ni lah muncul cerita Dracula tu

Berdasarkan tanah perkuburan ini dan gereja tua itulah Bram Stoker dapat idea untuk menulis novel Dracula pada tahun 1897

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Bagaimana Bram Stoker dapat idea menulis novel Dracula pada tahun 1897:

As Bram Stoker sat at his desk overlooking the seaside town of Whitby Bay in 1890 he noticed the huge number of bats flying around St Mary's Church.  

Perched on top of a cliff St Mary's, with its rows upon rows of tombstones, looked out onto the stormy North Sea.  

It was the atmospheric surroundings of Whitby and St Mary's Church which would inspire him to write the classic Gothic novel Dracula published in 1897.  

The writer happened to be staying in the town trying to decide whether it would be suitable for a family holiday. 

However, it became the perfect backdrop for his book.  

He wrote: 'For a moment or two I could see nothing, as the shadow of a cloud obscured St. Mary's Church.  

'Then as the cloud passed I could see the ruins of the Abbey coming into view; and as the edge of a narrow band of light as sharp as a sword-cut moved along, the church and churchyard became gradually visible...  

'It seemed to me as though something dark stood behind the seat where the white figure shone, and bent over it. What it was, whether man or beast, I could not tell.'  

Stoker's Dracula is shipwrecked off the Yorkshire coast. He comes ashore in the guise of a black dog and wreaks havoc on the town.  

Prince Vlad the Impaler, from Transylvania and known for his bloodthirsty reputation, is thought to have been the inspiration for Stoker's character Dracula.  

One of the characters, Mina, keeps a journal containing detailed descriptions of Whitby and those areas frequented by Dracula.

Maka selepas ini, jangan ada lagi yang percaya  Dracula sebagai kisah benar.

Kisah Dracula hanyalah imaginasi Bram Stoker, bukan berdasarkan pengalaman realiti. 

Bram Stoker adalah rakyat British