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marinekai t1_itl5mzg wrote

Honestly, I was pleasantly surprised with Dracula. It definitely wasn't something we would clarify as horror by today's standards, but compared to other classics I was forced to read in high school I thought Dracula was pretty decent. It is very slow though, but I think that's just the way people used to write, whereas today we like instant gratification

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Narge1 t1_itlxvrb wrote

I think it qualifies as horror by today's standards. An ancient evil traveling across lands to expand his vampire colony? Snaring innocent people in his wake? That's a pretty horrific concept. I mean, can you imagine being Johnathan Harker and witnessing all the crazy shit he did? There are a couple scenes that creeped me out more than almost anything written in recent years.

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marinekai t1_itng352 wrote

Oh yeah 100% agree with you, only meant the pacing of the novel is very different to most of today's horror

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Narge1 t1_itnjdnq wrote

Oh, ok. Yeah, it does get slow.

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