As a Romanian who spent most of most of his life in Transylvania, I can report that in my last 300 years or so I haven't seen or met any vampires around here.
He was a true European & met fire with fire in order to protect his people, land, and culture … we need men like him today. Men who are willing to stand up for their legacy & not let it be washed away by terrible political atrocities.
A few things they misconstrued. 1. The rumors about him dining amongst impaled adversaries and drinking their blood was an account from a german woodcarver who depicted said scene in his work. 2. Vlad's father belonged to the Order of the Dragon, a chivalric order, that had the duty of keeping christian Europe safe from the Ottoman Empire. Just for some context on the name. 3. Bram Stroker is credited with coming up with the modern vampire mythos, but its origins can be found amongst many cultures around the globe.
I mean, he did display impaled enemies all around, just not in his court yard, thered of been no reason to, the whole point was to let dissenters and revolutionaries and incoming armies know what was coming, wouldn't have made sense to decorate the areas he ate with dead people.
I believe that I covered all of that in my post. However what is important to realize is that Bram Stoker used many influences for his ultimate;y composite character. To his credit doing this created a unique villain new to the Genre that was influenced by sources but ultimately his own creation.
Quick info: Nosferatu was the unofficial adaptation of Bram Stalker's Dracula. When it was released Stalker's wife saw a viewing and sued the company that made Nosferatu, making them burn all copy's of the film props and scenery. The only reason we have the movie Nosferatu now is because someone saved a copy of the film and hid it away. Decades later it was discovered at an old warehouse.
That’s so cool but ominous aswell. A Dracula movie was made, then hidden away, then it’s found in a basement; changing the course of film horror history.
Also in the book, Dracula didn't die of sunlight - he was fine - just weakened his powers that is all! But because they didn't have an ending for the script - this was a last minute scene that they came up with!
@@vanessahenry7238 you mean for nosferatu or for bram stokers dracula? if you mean for dracula, we have a scene with him in full day light, like the first scene where he's just a dressed up gary oldman and not in oldman makeup or anything. the end was a combination of daylight, staking, and beheaded.
While Stoker's 1897 story of Dracula drew inspirations from the real life Vlad, the real origins of Dracula is the Victorian pulp fiction novel Varney the Vampire in 1845. Stoker was "inspired" by many of Varney's traits, such as: Varney had fangs, left two puncture wounds on the necks of his victims, coming through a window to attack a sleeping maiden, has hypnotic powers, and has superhuman strength.
@@LTPottenger Correct, the Vampire myth does, yes. However, this video addresses the origin story of the character Count Dracula, which they purport to be via Vlad the Impaler. Whereas, in fact, 50 years before Count Dracula's first appearance in a British Story Paper by Bram Stoker, a nearly identical Vampiric character named Varney the Vampire appears in Penny Dreadful fifty years earlier and has almost identical abilities as well as origin story to that of Dracula. As such, my only point is that the TRUE origin story of the "character" Count Dracula is NOT Vlad the Impaler and that Stoker is, in part, guilty of plagiarism.
Sigismund made Vlad a first-class member of the Order of the Dragon (a chivalric order established by Sigismund) in Nuremberg on 8 February 1431. The dragon-shaped badge of the order gave rise to his Romanian sobriquet, Dracul ("the Dragon"), for which his sons became known as Dracula ("son of Dracul").
He had the most effective way of combating poverty I've ever heard of. He invited all the poor people in his kingdom to dinner at his castle. Then he had them all killed. No more poverty lol
Strange how people react with "what a monster was Vlad Tepes, the Impaler" was , also strange how people forget that he was taken hostage when he was a kid, he grew up among ottomans, but he remained true to his Valachian (Romanian) blood and roots. When he got the opportunity to turn back in Romania, he did not want to be under Ottoman rule anymore,as Ottoman Empire was taking tribute from Valacha, in coin, food, kids, and women.(Kids for becoming Janissaries, main Ottoman army) . So he knew what Ottomans feared the most, cruelty! (Impaling people he learned from them) . So in order to protect his lands and citizen,he became this cruel guy to keep the Ottomans away, which he succeeded for some time,as Valachia had a small army compared with the Ottoman Empire. For Romanians these days, he was a great ruler, not a monster. There are saying from that time that "Vlad was going every day in the City in disguise to see how fair were the people, he would leave a small bag of gold coins on the margin of the town's fountain, so whoever took the bag and wanted to steal the coins, he would get arrested and would have had his hand cut off, as a lesson to not steal. After some time people were leaving their goods everywhere with peace of mind, cuz none would have wanted to steal anymore." He is also known for giving the possibility to beggars to work and change their lives, but they refused, saying that instead of working is better to fool people and get easy food and money,so he announced a great feast in a local bar where beggars, corrupted boyards and cons were gathering. He was giving free food and wine to everyone. He got out of the house and burned it to the ground with all of those inside. He after said that" This country does not need these vermins to eat her souls and force while having to deal with ottomans".
He was still a mental murderhobo that butchered MANY of his own people. The rounding up of the poor,the many killings of other nobles etc. He was just a killer,its cool you want to put a noble spin on things but the simple truth is he was a shitty leader and when he passed on and his bro took over the country did better.
I always wished they would make a movie about the real Vlad and not some cheesy Dracula movie. Vlad was way more terrifying and badass than any Dracula character ever created.
A few years ago there was "Dracula Untold." Which was somewhat historically depicting Vlad the Impaler for like the first thirty minutes. After which of course he turns into an all-powerful vampire lord. But for the like two or three Dracula movies that actually touch on history, that one probably goes the deepest.
But Vlad Dracula was part of the order of the dragon which was a Roman Catholic order. If it was for him Europe would be all speaking and practicing Islam. He with his armies fought the Otoman Turks back and defeated them. True shit
He impaled his enemies so that when they saw what was done they would for sure for sure not want to attempt to do anymore harm to his people. They would stay away
otomans invented the whole impaling thing. vlad did it so well the ottomans decided it was barbaric and made it illegal. he literally gave them ptsd with what he did.
Salem’s Lot from 1979 has that Nosferatu style vampire character, but the vampire kid levitating and tapping at the upstairs window to wake his brother will chill you to the fuckin bone man!
I've seen the movies, and once read a book on Dracula. But what gets me is all these supernatural powers he's supposed to have: Flying, un-dead, levitating, hypnotizing, deflecting bullets, climbing walls, mind reading, and mental manipulation, dream invading like Freddy Krueger. This is one evil suckka'. Were these Hollywood made up, or are vamps supposed to legendarily/ traditionally/historically be rumored/able to do those things? As for how to kill a vampire... A specific type of wooden steak through the heart pinning him to his casket. Drowning in running Holy Water. Decapitation. Chopping off, and arranging the long bones of the body into a cross on the chest of the corpse. Removal of the heart. Constant recitation of prayers for the dead. Guess that's all I can think of, oh...and bad acting that effects box-office revenue. That kills 'em for sure. Anyone remember the movies, "Abbot and Costello meet Dracula" or "Fright Night"?
Kinda surprised that you guys are misinformed about Dracula and his origins. This is a topic that has become a mixed brew with additions made over the years. Bram Stoker was influenced by many things when he compiled the information that would later become Dracula. Although he lived in London as the Manager of a Theatre as he wrote Dracula and other stories on the side. He was of Irish origin but traveled to parts of England and Scotland. When in Scotland he found a book of Folk Tales written by Emily Gerard titled "The Land Beyond the Forest" in a Library there. Ms Gerard was from the area. This book was a collection of the tales and beliefs of peasants from Transylvania where she was living while her husband was stationed there. It was in this book that Stoker read about the history of Vampires or Moroi or a similar creature The Stragoi. Stoker took this information and combined it with other stories he had learned about Romanian Folklore and Transylvania, however Stoker never set foot in Romania. While he had heard about Vlad Tepes he did not fashion his villain after him but he did steal the name Dracul or Dracula. This name came from an order of Knights named "The Order of the Dragon", which was created in Hungry and which Vlad I joined. All of the Slavic lands were under invasion by the Turks (especially Romania) and this order of knights bound them in a Christian purpose to defeat the Turks. The name Dracul meant Dragon or "The Order of the Dragon", but was also used as a word used to mean the Devil in the local language. Dracula meant "Son of the Dragon" which meant Vlad III was the son of the original Dracul, Vlad l, who was his Father. The Tepes rulers reigned over Wallachia not Transylvania which is another large part of Romania. Vlad had several castles. Castle Bran which is a tourist attraction used by Romania as the site where he lived was not his home. He stayed in Castle Bran one night in his lifetime. Castle Poenari was his main residence perched high on a hill that was difficult to reach but had a view over all parts of Wallachia. Today it is in ruins. There is no mention of Vlad the Impaler, no mention of the battles with the Turks, and no mention of impalement in the actual book. When Stokers notes were found there were references to Ms Gerards books in the margin along with quotes. Although the Vampires of Folklore were blood drinkers they were not really associated with that as a method of killing. The ancient Vampire rose from the dead to seek out family members or friends and sat on their chests while they were in bed . Eventually they died because they could not breathe from the weight of the Vampire. In those tales Vampires did not fly, disappear, climb up the sides of buildings, turn into bats or wolves, or had no reflection in mirrors, nor were they elegant and educated. These are all additions made by Stoker. They were dead bodies reanimated who lumbered around at night to attack those who they had issues with in life. Although it may seem to be romantic or even seem to make sense (because of the blood and impalement) that Vlad the Impaler would be the origin of the myth he was not the model Bram Stoker used for Dracula. Vlad was a brutal and gruesome ruler who killed thousands, many were his own people who he distrusted but many more were Turks sent to invade his land but ended up with their head on a stick. It is said that he had his dinner table set up in the courtyard and ate as he watched hoards of impaled people suffering to death. It is also reported that he drank their blood and even ate their flesh. Over the years books and movies have combined the two into the same man however they were not the same person. The same thing happened when Vampires were given qualities that they never had in Folklore. Today it seems that a Vampire can almost do anything and I am sure that more abilities will come.
@@justjoe942 There is much more information that I have which I could have included but the comment would have been far too long for this platform.I have researched this extensively and there is more mystery attached to Vlad (as his body was missing from his grave) and this adds to the confusion and the link that many make to tie the two together. However Count Dracula's origins remain from within the mind of Bram Stoker.
@@theresheblows I have much more information on this than I could include on this platform. I have done exhaustive research into it and while it is easy to see the connection that could be made between the two Stoker wanted to create a his own character. In the end the book was wildly successful after it was written and has since become a classic in literature and the beginning of a legend that still exists today.
Coincidentally just watched both Nosferatu and Bram Stoker's Dracula (w/Gary Oldman) about a week and a half ago. Nosferatu was also based on the book by Stoker. The movies had minor differences, but the overall plots were the same. And I agree with the guest about Nosferatu: He's the scariest monster I've seen in my life. Ever since childhood, I can't get that creepy face and walk out of my mind. May have been a silent film, but it was scary AF.
FW Murnau who directed Nosferatu wanted to produce the story of Dracula as Stoker wrote it. Stokers Wife fought to keep the rights to the book and would not allow Murnau to make a movie of the book. Determined to make the movie he changed parts of the story and changed the names so there would be no legal issues. As it turns out the main character in Noserfatu Count Orlok was said to be a much more accurate version that Stoker had in mind in the book. The later version starring Bela Lugosi was far more glamorous than the original was intended to be.
@@andrewbasile1847 I totally agree with your use of the word "glamorous" to describe Bela Lugosi's Dracula. His depiction of 'The Count' with a strong Hungarian accent was elegantly measured, even somewhat 'aristocratic' in appearance. For me as a child, the only other actor that could match Lugosi's Vampire was: Christopher Lee. 🦹😎
Yes, yes, by far one of the creepiest looking dudes ever. If you have never seen the movie that stars William Defoe playing him, you gotta check it out. He F'n nailed it. It's really freaking old, though . I think I was a teenager, when it debuted, which means 1000 years ago, lol. No, like late eighties, early nineties, but damn it's worth it.
@@djprojectus My Turks ? Does that make Vlad your dracula ? 😀. I doubt Turks did it at the scale of Vlad and even if they did, I wouldn't call them a hero. There were many heroic Western warriors. You don't have to hype up Draculas.
The first notable vampire character in literature is Lord Ruthven in John Polidori's "The Vampyre," published in 1819. This story introduced the suave, aristocratic vampire archetype that influenced later works like Bram Stoker's "Dracula." in 1897
TO this day he is regarded as one of our greatest national heroes a shame ppl dont know that pretty much thx to him Europe exist today as it is and not as a bigger Turkey
The Turks made their worst enemy in Vlad Tepesh, other than training him in warfare, both weapons and psychological with impalement. They gave Vlad the one motivation necessary, Revenge on the Turks!!!
But impaling people who shouldn't have been impaled together with the people who probably should have definitely been impaled without any difference is kinda unbalanced whatever the purpose , just because you were raped you impale anyone back ain't no payback way mate. Your hero had some serious brain damage issues mate.
Count Vlad who Dracula was based on is actually related to the British Royal family. The new King Charles still has land and property in Viscri, Transylvania (Romania) and spends a lot of time there
Thru marriage, its not like they descended from vlad lol king charles the ? Is german, saxa-gorba something. But england has been a mixed breed for nearly 1000 years. Saxon, anglo, northman, franks, britons, celts, danes, Normans, on and on and on lol all stemming from the roman empire that tried to conquer alba(scotland)
1/2 based. They took the brutality of Vlad and the blood drinking and bathing of Elizabeth Bathory. Its been well documented that Vlad was never actually recorded to drink blood.
To be fair, the casual cruelty people would dish out even just 200 years ago, compared to today was still on another level. That shit needed personal involvement and dedication.
@@Alex-oy6wb Imho in developed countries poeple are much less brutal. They might still screw each other, but the casual killing and torturing of the past centuries is long gone, and most poeple got some inhibtions to do it. Ofc in undeveloped countries, or during war that veneer of civilization is no more and poeple get back to their ruthless roots.
The story I heard was that Stoker got the name Dracula from a travel brochure for Transylvania, which is also why part of the book is set there. The image of the aristocratic vampire comes from the short story “The Vampire” by John Polidori, physician to Lord Byron, based on a fragment written by Byron on the same night Frankenstein was born. The character of Lord Ruthven was modeled after Byron as well. Nosferatu was the first completed film based o Stoker’s novel, though the filmmakers did not have the rights to the material so they had to change the names. They were also sued by Stoker’s widow. The Universal film was based on a stage play also starring Lugosi. I remember a television movie of the true story of Vlad Dracula some time around 2001. The actor who played him in that film also appeared as the fictional Dracula in the season 5 premiere of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
He wasn't raped and he wasn't a monster. He was ruthless (as those times demanded) and he's one of our greatest leaders! King Charles III is privileged to be his descendant.
For clarifications or additions to what was said above, I recommend "Corpus draculianum" on youtube. The dramatic life of Vlad Tepes exposed in the chronicles of the time, his correspondence, the administrative documents from his period. All presented by professional historians, who, like Sherlock Holmes, try to bring Vlad to light, beyond legends and vicious propaganda.
How do you know he wasn't? A lot of poor Balkan boys that were prisoners were , by filthy Turks . Albanian mother's used to disfigure their children before they were forced to be sent to Turkey solely for this purpose
3:42 sigh. That was not the creation of our example of Dracula. The slicked back hair etc dates back to much earlier portrayals of the character. It is just a more recent and better known version. The first adaptation of the book by Bram was in 1921 by a Hungarian director but the 1931 movie starring Bela Lugosi was the first to portray Dracula as we canonically think of him. So just a mere 61 years before the version they discussed.
Years ago, when I lived in Illinois, I met the sweetest old lady from Romania and the Carpathian Mountains. She told all about her childhood in the village . It was so interesting to me. 💓💓💓
The first novel about vampires in English literature is "The Vampyre" (1819) by John William Polidori. It was written during the same trip where "Frankenstein" was written. Part of a contest by a group of famous writers of the romantic movement while they were all trying to escape, "The year without summer". The year without summer was literally that, caused by a volcanic eruption in the south pacific. Another vampire novel that predates Stoker is "Carmilla", a book about about a female vampire about 26 years before "Dracula".
Drakula Halala was a silent Hungarian vampire film based on Stoker's Dracula character but not the storyline, a year or two before Nosferatu. All copies are believed to be lost or destroyed. Several vampire novels and short stories 0rwdate Stoker's Dracula
Bram Stocker was Irish born and lived in Dublin. He got his inspiration for the undead from visiting victims of a plague which was rampant in the West of Ireland when he was a young man.
I saw “Nosferatu” in the Castro Theater, in the 1980s. They had a Mighty Wurlitzer organ that rises up into the theater. And it accompanied the movie. It was super cool to watch a movie like they did 100 years ago.
I’m not only jealous you saw the movie there, I’m also jealous you lived in the Castro area in the 80s!!! I bet that was a whole different breed of people staying up all night to do wicked deeds…lol
Strange how people forget that the image of Dracula with the slicked back hair and black cape was created by Bella Lugosi and was the inspiration for Batman.
Batman was maybe influenced by Zorro.. no doubt he was but originally it was commissioned to be like Dick Tracy. It was like they took Dick tracy and Zorro . Dick tracey was really popular at the time. It had unique and freakish villains.
His last name dracul means dragon in old language and his family were from ancient order of dragon which was similar to knight Templar which they protected Christian who needed help to travel through their destination
he is not saying also that maybe a ruler sacrificed his humanity for his ppl in hard times, romanians are thankfull for Vlad Dracula's existence even nowadays, not because he was ruthless but because he focused his craziness to a good use, keeeping slavers, thieves and also hordes of "conquerors" at a distance
Lad, the character of dracula is based on Henry Irving. Stokers sometime boss and probable lover. His vampirism is a metaphor for the syphilis that was tearing through Dublin thanks to the British government reducing our population to poverty and prostitution. Stokers horror was imperial gothic shock at its impact on "civilised" anglo Irish society. He eventually died of tertiary syphilis. In England.
By impaling his enemies on the way to his kingdom his enemies had to march through this seeing what could be their fate . This caused terror or fear which weakened them or anger which caused them to not think rationally , this is psychological warfare at it's best .
@@naimahmed3720 In the end the Ottomans lost because they strayed from God and became savages and they lost their empire . The ottoman empire does not exist anymore so what history books are you getting your information from ?
Apparently Bram Stoker got his idea for his book because of Irish folklore, specifically the origin of the Abhartach a folklore close to my home town Dungiven in the North of Ireland. There is a grave there which is hard to find. There is a movie called Boys from county hell based of of the grave site which is worth a watch too.
I came across a story about the history of lost Horror films and apparently there was a Vampire movie made around 1919 predating Nosferatu that all known footage was burned in a fire and has been lost to history. It may have been Hungarian in origin, as far as i know, but can't confirm this. Nosferatu is the first Vampire movie we have and is claimed as such, but may not have actually been the first one to be made. I watched a movie a few years ago starring Williem Dafoe as Count Orlok and the mysterious events surrounding the filming of Nosferatu. Interesting film, well made with nice casting and great acting too. Max Schreck who played Count Orlok was apparently never seen out of make-up on set and (if the stories are true) he actually slept in coffins which lead to people believing he was a real Vampire.
@@MagnerCarter I think that's the one starring Klaus Kinski, and was a sequel to the original Nosferatu. That was titled Vampire in Venice when i saw it many years ago. It is an excellent film, and as far as i know still holds the World Record for the longest time gap between original movie and it's sequel.
Shadow of the Vampire with DaFoe was based on the premise that Max Schrek was an actual vampire and killed a couple crew members during filming of Nosferatu. There was a 70's remake of Nosferatu as well
Drakula Halala was a silent Hungarian film based on Bram Stoker's character Dracula but not on the storyline. It's considered a lost film as all copies are believed to be destroyed
@@curtisthomas2670 Thanks for the details on the Hungarian film. I didn't know the title and wasn't 100% sure it actually was Hungarian, though i heard all known copies were destroyed. Maybe a lost print will surface one day, who knows? Willem Dafoe played a great part as the Vampire, he looked really creepy too. I saw Vampire in Venice with Klaus Kinski in the early 80's, apparently it was a sequel to Nosferatu. Cool film, quite gory too. Cheers.
Dracula was created by an irish novelist named bram stoker who lived in clontarf dublin. Right outside his home in clontarf is very eery tower who gave him an idea for Dracula along with some of these views rogan has mentiond. I used to play outside were he was born.
Yeh and Dracula was his boss not vlad. His vampirism was a metaphor for the diseases tearing through the monto and into "civilised" anglo Irish society.
He learned about impaling enemies by the ottoman, when he finally took control of his lands, he had a big diner with all the generals and counsel, after which he impaled them all and hung them around the walls so all enemies could see,. Another time while under seized by the ottoman. Him and his men silent attack at night kill 1000s and then impaling them, that were the vampire rumor came about. There were a lot of culture in that time that believe drinking the blood of your fallen enemies, gave you there strength. His land were taken and found over many time because of it location. Most of those countries even found for control of the position of pope. Each country want one of there own as the pope, they even killed each other representatives to control that position at the Vatican
we'd all be without electricity and all the great art and inventions without the heroes of the crusades... a defensive act by the Christian countries. Most people didn't want to fight.
An individual who stands out as a real time hero and a National pride, in times where being independent and having your own faith wasn't a choice. 🇷🇴 Romania ❤️ Vlad "The impaler" Țepeș aka Dracu
The word vampire comes from the Serbian language (vampir/вампир). Basically in the 1730s a part of Serbia was under Austrian rule and their soldiers found out about vampires from the locals. Johanes Filkinger (not sure about the spelling) was appointed as the head of a military commission sent to a village where people were claiming they had vampires. They were in shock when graves were dugout and coffins were opened to find bodies didn’t start to decompose, but looked like they’re alive and had fresh blood coming out of the mouths and ears. Next year army surgeons were sent and they saw the same thing and allowed the local to “kill” the vampires. Hawthorn stake, burn the body and throw the ashes into the Morava river. This is generally regarded as the first ever officially documented vampire hunt. Terrified Austrian soldiers spread the word about vampires everywhere and soon they were in newspapers around Europe scaring many people. Basically, vampires went viral. And then in the 19th century Stoker created the character of Dracula based on those vampire stories and connected them to stories of Vlad the Impaler’s ruthlessness. I do believe he was the first to envision him as a vampire and that Romanians and other Balkan people didn’t have those myths before. Somebody correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m pretty sure that’s the case. 😅
When Alucard defeats his opponent and a lightning flash briefly reveals Vlad Tepes famous portrait face as Alucard's... that's when I looked into this stuff. Thanks Hellsing!
Vlad was awarded the order of the dragon for defending Christianity against the muslims invading Europe at the time. The order of the dragon was a reference to St George slaying the dragon. Dracule translates to dragon in English hence the name Dracula. The Turkish invasion was not stopped by force but rather by the death of the sultan causing political turmoil from within the empire.
At some point in his young life he became a slave to his enemies all of his ruthlessness was learned from his enemies that trained him. I imagine as a teacher they would have been proud at the fact he learned how to be that ruthless.
Correction - Vlad the Impaler was also known as Vlad Dracul (Dragon), hence the name Dracula. He is not compared to Dracula; the legend of Dracula is based on Vlad.
The character of Count Dracula was not based on Vlad the Impaler. This is a modern interpretation not a factual one. Stoker used many influences of old Folklore combining them with some historical events and he created a character all his own. If Stoker wanted to write a biography of Vlad III of Wallacia he could have easily done so as no such book existed at the time. His notes clearly reference Emily Gerards work many times and he used her accounts as the main material for his book. This information has been documented many times from many sources.
Thank you He’s actually based more on atilla the hun. The 1991 Coppola movie I blame for the connection to vlad cause they added that origin in the movie. Not in the origina book
In every corner of the world, there has been unspeakable brutality throughout history. I read some of the things that American Indians did to their enemies that would have made those in the Spanish Inquisition blush.
Not in every some fought with honour in defence of their country or retaking of it exclusively, what you tell yourself is just a repeated lie that has become true just like the whole there is no scientific proof that the bible is true you must blindly believe, sure its a neat and tidy way of packaging things up but isnt the case.
There's only two men, in human history, that stopped the invading Muslims, in their tracks. Vlad the impaler, and Leonardo DaVinci. Vlad, impaled over 10,000 of them. And lined the roadways to his castle, with their bodies. They were so horrified, they went around him. That was a commodity, within his territory, that they very much watch it, and very much needed for their armies. Salt. Bram Stoker, sensationalised the story, because it was written while he was under the influence of absinthe. We know there were three people involved in that. One of them was Mary Shelley. The author of Frankenstein. So we know who Vlad was, and how he inspired the story of Dracula. However, we do not know who dr. Frankenstein was. Or, rather, who was the inspiration for his character. Vlad the impaler, inspired another great, monster in human history. Cesare Borgia. Borgia, decapitated his friends and family. Under the rumor that, one of them was conspiring to assassinate him. So he lying his driveway, with all of their heads. And the message was crystal clear. If this is what I will do to my friends and family. Imagine what I will do to you.
I read this story of how some kings were visiting and upon meeting, Vlad asked them to remove their hats in his home, to which they refused. So he replied “If you like them so much I’ll see that you never have to take them off” and had them held down and nailed their hats to their heads.
They weren't kings, they were emissaries of the sultan there to demand a tribute of gold and young boys to be enlisted into the sultan's army. He was supposed to be a "puppet prince" for the sultan, he refused the tribute and nailed their hats to their heads to send a message to the sultan.
@@haunterdragon4580 You think compassion is a good self defence tool? you might want to understand the religion of peace had taken one million slaves from europe and taken over 3/4ths of christian land. You want compassion but know nothing of the horrors of the people with no compassion that he was defending Europe from. many peole are propagandized to believe the Christians were the bad guys.
One reason why Bram Stoker's book worked so well on it's original release is that at the time in the latter half of the Victorian 1800's there was a such rift between working and ruling classes in society that when Dracula just takes victims without ever worrying was akin to how the lower class felt about them feeling expendable and just could be used by the upper classes without anyone blinking an eye or caring about it.
Dr. Polidori wrote the short story" the vampire" while staying with Lord Byron & Mary Shelley, on lake Geneva in 1816. This is when Shelley wrote "Frankenstein". It is supposedly the first published vampire story. As for Vlad, he skewered his own people to put fear into his enemies.
Dracula's origin (or more succinctly, the Vampire origin) is actually a mixture of Vlad the Impaler and Elizabeth Bathory - absolutely fascinating history - did this as a talk for one of my Leadership Talks in the Military. And we think the world is mad today hahaha
Count orloff is like the first legally distinct knockoff he was supposed to be called Dracula but it wasn't public domain yet i don't know if they were refused permission to use the character or they never asked and changed to be safe
Lol i doubt it. Vlad lived 600+years ago lol would be impossible to trace his lineage and prove it. And his great nephew on top of that is a hella bold claim.
The craziest story I heard is when an invading turkish army outnumbering his own 2 to 1 vlad deviced a plan to stop their advance. So his soldiers went into a town where the turkish soldiers had to go through and killed all of the townsfolk in the city. Then on the outskirts of the town impaled the people on the branches of trees, it worked because according to legend the turkish army became so frightened of the sight that they turned around and went home. I believe the town numbered in the thousands so I could only imagine the turkish soldiers seeing something like this, yes the Turkish impaled people as well but not on tree branches and limbs.
When you take him out of context looking with 21st century ideals and understanding.... yeah he's a monster. But when you understand how brutal the times were back then and what most everyone else was doing, he was a real hero to his people.
Nosferatu was meant to be Dracula, but the German film makers could not get the film rights to Dracula so it was slightly changed and called Nosferatu with the vampire being Count Orlok instead of Dracula.
Dracula was monstrous because he had to be, although his father had been ruler of Wallachia all the other nobility were constantly trying to amass power and control for themselves, so he had to basically scare them into submission in order to fight the Turks which would invade and capture his people. Then he used the same scare tactics against the Turks to make them avoid entering his lands out of fear of being tortured and mutilated, a soldier expects to die on a battlefield but they don't expect to walk through a forest of bodies on spikes for miles and miles
As a Romanian who spent most of most of his life in Transylvania, I can report that in my last 300 years or so I haven't seen or met any vampires around here.
Same i was born in 1768 i have not met or seen any vampire for over 200 years
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@@Whereempathsgather Hahaha did you like that one 😉🧛🏻♂️🩸
@@STATENS-adventures yep!
Oddly, I was born in 1770, your older, I got to respect you😆😄
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You're just a kid!
Vlad Tepes is the reason why Western Europe is still Western Europe. He's a hero.
Word
Look into Skenderbeu Gjerge Kastrioti. He kept the ottoman empire in check and saved Europe from the Turks.
he inadvertantly caused it. he's no hero, except for romanians who value one thing he did, and discount all the horrible shit.
Don't you give me no lesser of two evils. A warlord is a warlord.
@@DanielWhiteside there is definitely room to say lesser of two evils. both are still evil.
Back then it was better to be feared than to be loved.
In many ways it still is.
Still is
Bronx tale
Caligula
Still is.
He stopped the Ottomans from invading further into Europe.
The ottomans chopped his head off
Hate to say it but what the Ottomans had in store for their targeted nation may have been far worse basically pg 13, compared to worse Vlad did .
for a while
He was a true European & met fire with fire in order to protect his people, land, and culture … we need men like him today. Men who are willing to stand up for their legacy & not let it be washed away by terrible political atrocities.
No he didnt. Serbs stoped them in Kosovo 1389,and later Polaks at Wiena.
A few things they misconstrued.
1. The rumors about him dining amongst impaled adversaries and drinking their blood was an account from a german woodcarver who depicted said scene in his work.
2. Vlad's father belonged to the Order of the Dragon, a chivalric order, that had the duty of keeping christian Europe safe from the Ottoman Empire. Just for some context on the name.
3. Bram Stroker is credited with coming up with the modern vampire mythos, but its origins can be found amongst many cultures around the globe.
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I mean, he did display impaled enemies all around, just not in his court yard, thered of been no reason to, the whole point was to let dissenters and revolutionaries and incoming armies know what was coming, wouldn't have made sense to decorate the areas he ate with dead people.
I believe that I covered all of that in my post. However what is important to realize is that Bram Stoker used many influences for his ultimate;y composite character. To his credit doing this created a unique villain new to the Genre that was influenced by sources but ultimately his own creation.
Guy huffed mercury there was some f*ckery going on
European history is freakin hilarious 😂
Wait till he finds out about the origins of Count Chocula.
i feel like boo berry is wayyyyy more of an dreadful story
Fruit brut had it the worst.
Franken-berry had a tale for the ages tho
I'm going on next week to tell him.
The little guys from Rice Krispies were sodomized on a daily basis. It's a shame there isn't a movie about it.
1:59 tortured in science, philosophy and the arts 😂
Tute on, son! Tute on!
Same thing happened to me ;p
Doesn't even mention what a pain in the neck (pun alert) Home Ec was.
Sounds about right in regards to all of the republicans in the USA
@@franciscodiaz3028cringe
Quick info: Nosferatu was the unofficial adaptation of Bram Stalker's Dracula. When it was released Stalker's wife saw a viewing and sued the company that made Nosferatu, making them burn all copy's of the film props and scenery. The only reason we have the movie Nosferatu now is because someone saved a copy of the film and hid it away. Decades later it was discovered at an old warehouse.
That’s so cool but ominous aswell. A Dracula movie was made, then hidden away, then it’s found in a basement; changing the course of film horror history.
Also in the book, Dracula didn't die of sunlight - he was fine - just weakened his powers that is all! But because they didn't have an ending for the script - this was a last minute scene that they came up with!
Stroker*
I think its spelt Stoker, not Stalker. FYI
@@vanessahenry7238 you mean for nosferatu or for bram stokers dracula? if you mean for dracula, we have a scene with him in full day light, like the first scene where he's just a dressed up gary oldman and not in oldman makeup or anything. the end was a combination of daylight, staking, and beheaded.
While Stoker's 1897 story of Dracula drew inspirations from the real life Vlad, the real origins of Dracula is the Victorian pulp fiction novel Varney the Vampire in 1845. Stoker was "inspired" by many of Varney's traits, such as: Varney had fangs, left two puncture wounds on the necks of his victims, coming through a window to attack a sleeping maiden, has hypnotic powers, and has superhuman strength.
There have been vampire tales under different names for at least 2000 years
@@LTPottenger Correct, the Vampire myth does, yes. However, this video addresses the origin story of the character Count Dracula, which they purport to be via Vlad the Impaler. Whereas, in fact, 50 years before Count Dracula's first appearance in a British Story Paper by Bram Stoker, a nearly identical Vampiric character named Varney the Vampire appears in Penny Dreadful fifty years earlier and has almost identical abilities as well as origin story to that of Dracula. As such, my only point is that the TRUE origin story of the "character" Count Dracula is NOT Vlad the Impaler and that Stoker is, in part, guilty of plagiarism.
It feels like not a single person in this video knows what they are talking about.
blows my mind.
Hilarious comment I love it made my day
It's not surprising that JT Parr and Chad Kroeger don't know what they're talking about.
Yup. Counted several discrepancies
Correct.
Sigismund made Vlad a first-class member of the Order of the Dragon (a chivalric order established by Sigismund) in Nuremberg on 8 February 1431. The dragon-shaped badge of the order gave rise to his Romanian sobriquet, Dracul ("the Dragon"), for which his sons became known as Dracula ("son of Dracul").
dam Dave you know alot about it. are you a vampire?
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...or a killa?
@@jeffstewart3342 nope just a nerd. 😂
It was his father Vlad II not him (Vlad III) who got the membership
I think its spelled dragul*
you may call Vlad a monster, but we Romanians call him a hero
Some of us outside Romania know the truth.
@@gringofett3944 what's the troof?
He fought off the Ottoman Empire.
He had the most effective way of combating poverty I've ever heard of. He invited all the poor people in his kingdom to dinner at his castle. Then he had them all killed. No more poverty lol
@@Shinobi33 real hero. 🤣
Strange how people react with "what a monster was Vlad Tepes, the Impaler" was , also strange how people forget that he was taken hostage when he was a kid, he grew up among ottomans, but he remained true to his Valachian (Romanian) blood and roots. When he got the opportunity to turn back in Romania, he did not want to be under Ottoman rule anymore,as Ottoman Empire was taking tribute from Valacha, in coin, food, kids, and women.(Kids for becoming Janissaries, main Ottoman army) . So he knew what Ottomans feared the most, cruelty! (Impaling people he learned from them) . So in order to protect his lands and citizen,he became this cruel guy to keep the Ottomans away, which he succeeded for some time,as Valachia had a small army compared with the Ottoman Empire. For Romanians these days, he was a great ruler, not a monster. There are saying from that time that "Vlad was going every day in the City in disguise to see how fair were the people, he would leave a small bag of gold coins on the margin of the town's fountain, so whoever took the bag and wanted to steal the coins, he would get arrested and would have had his hand cut off, as a lesson to not steal. After some time people were leaving their goods everywhere with peace of mind, cuz none would have wanted to steal anymore." He is also known for giving the possibility to beggars to work and change their lives, but they refused, saying that instead of working is better to fool people and get easy food and money,so he announced a great feast in a local bar where beggars, corrupted boyards and cons were gathering. He was giving free food and wine to everyone. He got out of the house and burned it to the ground with all of those inside. He after said that" This country does not need these vermins to eat her souls and force while having to deal with ottomans".
He was still a mental murderhobo that butchered MANY of his own people. The rounding up of the poor,the many killings of other nobles etc. He was just a killer,its cool you want to put a noble spin on things but the simple truth is he was a shitty leader and when he passed on and his bro took over the country did better.
I like him.
damn i gotta do my homework on this but this shi crazy thanks for the fun facts yo
I always wished they would make a movie about the real Vlad and not some cheesy Dracula movie. Vlad was way more terrifying and badass than any Dracula character ever created.
A few years ago there was "Dracula Untold." Which was somewhat historically depicting Vlad the Impaler for like the first thirty minutes. After which of course he turns into an all-powerful vampire lord. But for the like two or three Dracula movies that actually touch on history, that one probably goes the deepest.
@michaelclausen1135 damn, sounds like they almost had it lol. I might have to check that movie out anyways.
They made one called prince of darkness about the real vlad
@@John-il7qb best telling of the story
rise of empires: ottoman season 2
But Vlad Dracula was part of the order of the dragon which was a Roman Catholic order. If it was for him Europe would be all speaking and practicing Islam. He with his armies fought the Otoman Turks back and defeated them. True shit
Defeated them? Didn’t he end up getting beheaded by the Ottomans?
He impaled his enemies so that when they saw what was done they would for sure for sure not want to attempt to do anymore harm to his people. They would stay away
But the Ottomans were built different, and they had God on their side :)
Vlad was acting like a satanist rather than a Christian.
@@naimahmed3720 Amazing you know nothing about christian history
otomans invented the whole impaling thing. vlad did it so well the ottomans decided it was barbaric and made it illegal. he literally gave them ptsd with what he did.
It's amazing what Joe Rogan knows but it's even more amazing of the stuff he doesn't know
He is both the word you fill in the blank, and the blank itself.
You could say that about most people
@@Steven-lb4bl Not me. Most people are dumb fux.
who doesnt know about vlad
That is pretty common history not to be familiar with any Vlads back story
Salem’s Lot from 1979 has that Nosferatu style vampire character, but the vampire kid levitating and tapping at the upstairs window to wake his brother will chill you to the fuckin bone man!
Salem's lot scared me for years
I had a phobia of window for years because of that one scene...
@@vishnunair2823 it was pure genius in execution. Shot in reverse with cigarette smoke as mist 🚬 🌬
I've seen the movies, and once read a book on Dracula. But what gets me is all these supernatural powers he's supposed to have:
Flying, un-dead, levitating, hypnotizing, deflecting bullets, climbing walls, mind reading, and mental manipulation, dream invading like Freddy Krueger. This is one evil suckka'. Were these Hollywood made up, or are vamps supposed to legendarily/ traditionally/historically be rumored/able to do those things?
As for how to kill a vampire...
A specific type of wooden steak through the heart pinning him to his casket.
Drowning in running Holy Water.
Decapitation.
Chopping off, and arranging the long bones of the body into a cross on the chest of the corpse.
Removal of the heart.
Constant recitation of prayers for the dead.
Guess that's all I can think of, oh...and bad acting that effects box-office revenue. That kills 'em for sure. Anyone remember the movies, "Abbot and Costello meet Dracula" or "Fright Night"?
That creeped me out when I watched it! Pretty good for a TV movie.
Kinda surprised that you guys are misinformed about Dracula and his origins. This is a topic that has become a mixed brew with additions made over the years. Bram Stoker was influenced by many things when he compiled the information that would later become Dracula. Although he lived in London as the Manager of a Theatre as he wrote Dracula and other stories on the side. He was of Irish origin but traveled to parts of England and Scotland. When in Scotland he found a book of Folk Tales written by Emily Gerard titled "The Land Beyond the Forest" in a Library there. Ms Gerard was from the area. This book was a collection of the tales and beliefs of peasants from Transylvania where she was living while her husband was stationed there. It was in this book that Stoker read about the history of Vampires or Moroi or a similar creature The Stragoi. Stoker took this information and combined it with other stories he had learned about Romanian Folklore and Transylvania, however Stoker never set foot in Romania. While he had heard about Vlad Tepes he did not fashion his villain after him but he did steal the name Dracul or Dracula. This name came from an order of Knights named "The Order of the Dragon", which was created in Hungry and which Vlad I joined. All of the Slavic lands were under invasion by the Turks (especially Romania) and this order of knights bound them in a Christian purpose to defeat the Turks. The name Dracul meant Dragon or "The Order of the Dragon", but was also used as a word used to mean the Devil in the local language. Dracula meant "Son of the Dragon" which meant Vlad III was the son of the original Dracul, Vlad l, who was his Father. The Tepes rulers reigned over Wallachia not Transylvania which is another large part of Romania. Vlad had several castles. Castle Bran which is a tourist attraction used by Romania as the site where he lived was not his home. He stayed in Castle Bran one night in his lifetime. Castle Poenari was his main residence perched high on a hill that was difficult to reach but had a view over all parts of Wallachia. Today it is in ruins.
There is no mention of Vlad the Impaler, no mention of the battles with the Turks, and no mention of impalement in the actual book. When Stokers notes were found there were references to Ms Gerards books in the margin along with quotes. Although the Vampires of Folklore were blood drinkers they were not really associated with that as a method of killing. The ancient Vampire rose from the dead to seek out family members or friends and sat on their chests while they were in bed . Eventually they died because they could not breathe from the weight of the Vampire. In those tales Vampires did not fly, disappear, climb up the sides of buildings, turn into bats or wolves, or had no reflection in mirrors, nor were they elegant and educated. These are all additions made by Stoker. They were dead bodies reanimated who lumbered around at night to attack those who they had issues with in life. Although it may seem to be romantic or even seem to make sense (because of the blood and impalement) that Vlad the Impaler would be the origin of the myth he was not the model Bram Stoker used for Dracula. Vlad was a brutal and gruesome ruler who killed thousands, many were his own people who he distrusted but many more were Turks sent to invade his land but ended up with their head on a stick. It is said that he had his dinner table set up in the courtyard and ate as he watched hoards of impaled people suffering to death. It is also reported that he drank their blood and even ate their flesh. Over the years books and movies have combined the two into the same man however they were not the same person. The same thing happened when Vampires were given qualities that they never had in Folklore. Today it seems that a Vampire can almost do anything and I am sure that more abilities will come.
I will do some extra digging too but thanks for the information!! you get my thumb's up!!
Interesting read; thanks.
@@justjoe942 There is much more information that I have which I could have included but the comment would have been far too long for this platform.I have researched this extensively and there is more mystery attached to Vlad (as his body was missing from his grave) and this adds to the confusion and the link that many make to tie the two together. However Count Dracula's origins remain from within the mind of Bram Stoker.
@@theresheblows I have much more information on this than I could include on this platform. I have done exhaustive research into it and while it is easy to see the connection that could be made between the two Stoker wanted to create a his own character. In the end the book was wildly successful after it was written and has since become a classic in literature and the beginning of a legend that still exists today.
To be honest I can see why Stoker and others have embellished the vampires of legend. They sound a bit boring. 😂
Coincidentally just watched both Nosferatu and Bram Stoker's Dracula (w/Gary Oldman) about a week and a half ago. Nosferatu was also based on the book by Stoker. The movies had minor differences, but the overall plots were the same. And I agree with the guest about Nosferatu: He's the scariest monster I've seen in my life. Ever since childhood, I can't get that creepy face and walk out of my mind. May have been a silent film, but it was scary AF.
FW Murnau who directed Nosferatu wanted to produce the story of Dracula as Stoker wrote it. Stokers Wife fought to keep the rights to the book and would not allow Murnau to make a movie of the book. Determined to make the movie he changed parts of the story and changed the names so there would be no legal issues. As it turns out the main character in Noserfatu Count Orlok was said to be a much more accurate version that Stoker had in mind in the book. The later version starring Bela Lugosi was far more glamorous than the original was intended to be.
@@andrewbasile1847 I totally agree with your use of the word "glamorous" to describe Bela Lugosi's Dracula. His depiction of 'The Count' with a strong Hungarian accent was elegantly measured, even somewhat 'aristocratic' in appearance. For me as a child, the only other actor that could match Lugosi's Vampire was: Christopher Lee. 🦹😎
Yes, yes, by far one of the creepiest looking dudes ever. If you have never seen the movie that stars William Defoe playing him, you gotta check it out. He F'n nailed it. It's really freaking old, though . I think I was a teenager, when it debuted, which means 1000 years ago, lol. No, like late eighties, early nineties, but damn it's worth it.
That episode of SpongeBob used to scare me because of him
@@saturnosiris1221 It's from 2000, you're younger than you think ) Shadow of the vampire, great watch
He did all he did. Because he knew how ruthless his enemies were.
So dope. I had to read twice. Passionate about the origin huh? I found this comment to be the highest quality. Kudos for their e info.
You have to goto the extreme to demoralize the enemy. Anything short of all out extreme warfare and your enemy just gets riled up.
Anything to defend barbarity.
@@Sobanhassan1761 He learned barbarity from your turks, impalement he seen for the first time when turks used it.
@@djprojectus My Turks ? Does that make Vlad your dracula ? 😀. I doubt Turks did it at the scale of Vlad and even if they did, I wouldn't call them a hero.
There were many heroic Western warriors. You don't have to hype up Draculas.
The first notable vampire character in literature is Lord Ruthven in John Polidori's "The Vampyre," published in 1819. This story introduced the suave, aristocratic vampire archetype that influenced later works like Bram Stoker's "Dracula." in 1897
Wasn't Polidori the personal physician to Lord Byron I believe he based Lord Ruthven on Byron to some degree.
Yep. Vampyr was written on the same dark and stormy night when Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein.
Vampiro Suave
ancient greeks had stories of vampires. but they we're more like bestial monsters, and didnt have the gothic aristocrat vibe going for them
TO this day he is regarded as one of our greatest national heroes a shame ppl dont know that pretty much thx to him Europe exist today as it is and not as a bigger Turkey
Had to instill fear in his enemies.
The Turks made their worst enemy in Vlad Tepesh, other than training him in warfare, both weapons and psychological with impalement. They gave Vlad the one motivation necessary, Revenge on the Turks!!!
The Order of the Dragon!
But impaling people who shouldn't have been impaled together with the people who probably should have definitely been impaled without any difference is kinda unbalanced whatever the purpose , just because you were raped you impale anyone back ain't no payback way mate. Your hero had some serious brain damage issues mate.
True, along with Croatia and Serbia.
The actual book Dracula by Bram Stoker is literally so good. One of my favorite novels.
Vlad to this day is a hero to Romanians. He fought off the Ottoman Empire.
He did horrible things,he did good things as well.His life shaped him into what he was.
Hell no
And he adored his granny..............Apparently.
you sound like Kanye talking about hitler
IMO as a Romanian, I think the general consensus is that he was a hero for our people.
@@myheartbelongstowhatAnd that’s all that matters, honestly. Some American’s hot take on Vlad is irrelevant. It’s not even their history to judge.
Count Vlad who Dracula was based on is actually related to the British Royal family. The new King Charles still has land and property in Viscri, Transylvania (Romania) and spends a lot of time there
Thru marriage, its not like they descended from vlad lol king charles the ? Is german, saxa-gorba something. But england has been a mixed breed for nearly 1000 years. Saxon, anglo, northman, franks, britons, celts, danes, Normans, on and on and on lol all stemming from the roman empire that tried to conquer alba(scotland)
1/2 based. They took the brutality of Vlad and the blood drinking and bathing of Elizabeth Bathory. Its been well documented that Vlad was never actually recorded to drink blood.
That mf Charles looks like Victor off underworld lmao
He's a direct descendant int he
Elizabeth is/was one 🤨👨🦲?
2:53 “People were ruthless”…people are ruthless.
For real
To be fair, the casual cruelty people would dish out even just 200 years ago, compared to today was still on another level. That shit needed personal involvement and dedication.
@@christophseidl3341 I doubt it. There are multiple genocides going on right now and population has increased exponentially
@@Alex-oy6wb Imho in developed countries poeple are much less brutal. They might still screw each other, but the casual killing and torturing of the past centuries is long gone, and most poeple got some inhibtions to do it. Ofc in undeveloped countries, or during war that veneer of civilization is no more and poeple get back to their ruthless roots.
@@Alex-oy6wb Some of the genocides are just wars though. The actual genocides come from the religion of peace usually.
The story I heard was that Stoker got the name Dracula from a travel brochure for Transylvania, which is also why part of the book is set there.
The image of the aristocratic vampire comes from the short story “The Vampire” by John Polidori, physician to Lord Byron, based on a fragment written by Byron on the same night Frankenstein was born. The character of Lord Ruthven was modeled after Byron as well.
Nosferatu was the first completed film based o Stoker’s novel, though the filmmakers did not have the rights to the material so they had to change the names. They were also sued by Stoker’s widow. The Universal film was based on a stage play also starring Lugosi.
I remember a television movie of the true story of Vlad Dracula some time around 2001. The actor who played him in that film also appeared as the fictional Dracula in the season 5 premiere of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
To foreigners he may be seen as a monster but for us, romanians, he was the most important figure in our history.
I’m not European but he was a hero and a great example. It’s what Europe needs right now with the all spread of Islam
" Shadow of the Vampire "
William Defoe' rendition of
NOSFERATU.. was awesome...
Klaus Kinski also starred in Herzog's remake in the 70s. Defeo as 'Nosferatu' sounds great though. Perfect casting again.
I watched that movie once. Well done but terrifying & disturbing.
He wasn't raped and he wasn't a monster. He was ruthless (as those times demanded) and he's one of our greatest leaders! King Charles III is privileged to be his descendant.
For clarifications or additions to what was said above, I recommend "Corpus draculianum" on youtube. The dramatic life of Vlad Tepes exposed in the chronicles of the time, his correspondence, the administrative documents from his period. All presented by professional historians, who, like Sherlock Holmes, try to bring Vlad to light, beyond legends and vicious propaganda.
How do you know he wasn't? A lot of poor Balkan boys that were prisoners were , by filthy Turks . Albanian mother's used to disfigure their children before they were forced to be sent to Turkey solely for this purpose
It's so funny to watch how Joe is completely clueless but still speaks with authority and confidence.
3:42 sigh. That was not the creation of our example of Dracula. The slicked back hair etc dates back to much earlier portrayals of the character. It is just a more recent and better known version. The first adaptation of the book by Bram was in 1921 by a Hungarian director but the 1931 movie starring Bela Lugosi was the first to portray Dracula as we canonically think of him. So just a mere 61 years before the version they discussed.
Years ago, when I lived in Illinois, I met the sweetest old lady from Romania and the Carpathian Mountains. She told all about her childhood in the village . It was so interesting to me. 💓💓💓
Did she see Vampire?
Stoker wrote Dracula in 1897, so it was the “original”. Nosferatu was the first filmed version of a vampire. It wasn’t based on Stoker’s book.
The first novel about vampires in English literature is "The Vampyre" (1819) by John William Polidori. It was written during the same trip where "Frankenstein" was written. Part of a contest by a group of famous writers of the romantic movement while they were all trying to escape, "The year without summer". The year without summer was literally that, caused by a volcanic eruption in the south pacific. Another vampire novel that predates Stoker is "Carmilla", a book about about a female vampire about 26 years before "Dracula".
@@MichaelCorryFilms Facts!
Drakula Halala was a silent Hungarian vampire film based on Stoker's Dracula character but not the storyline, a year or two before Nosferatu. All copies are believed to be lost or destroyed.
Several vampire novels and short stories 0rwdate Stoker's Dracula
@@curtisthomas2670 Cool. didn't know that. Too bad about it being lost.
yes it was based on Stoker's book. His widow sued so they had to change the name from 'Dracula' to 'Nosfetatu'
This highlights how little joe knows about everything.
Except elk meat. He knows his elk meat.
Bram Stocker was Irish born and lived in Dublin. He got his inspiration for the undead from visiting victims of a plague which was rampant in the West of Ireland when he was a young man.
I saw “Nosferatu” in the Castro Theater, in the 1980s. They had a Mighty Wurlitzer organ that rises up into the theater. And it accompanied the movie. It was super cool to watch a movie like they did 100 years ago.
Heck yeah
I wish they still made silent movies. they are musical experiences and were never actually silent.
I’m not only jealous you saw the movie there, I’m also jealous you lived in the Castro area in the 80s!!! I bet that was a whole different breed of people staying up all night to do wicked deeds…lol
He wasn't compared to Dracula Dracula was based on him !
Strange how people forget that the image of Dracula with the slicked back hair and black cape was created by Bella Lugosi and was the inspiration for Batman.
The inspiration for Batman was Zorro
Batman was maybe influenced by Zorro.. no doubt he was but originally it was commissioned to be like Dick Tracy. It was like they took Dick tracy and Zorro . Dick tracey was really popular at the time. It had unique and freakish villains.
His last name dracul means dragon in old language and his family were from ancient order of dragon which was similar to knight Templar which they protected Christian who needed help to travel through their destination
he is not saying also that maybe a ruler sacrificed his humanity for his ppl in hard times, romanians are thankfull for Vlad Dracula's existence even nowadays, not because he was ruthless but because he focused his craziness to a good use, keeeping slavers, thieves and also hordes of "conquerors" at a distance
The Werner Herzog variant of Nosferatu has its own unique blend of raw kooky weirdness within the vampire genre.
The character of dracula was created in a castle in Cruden Bay in North East Scotland
the baobhan sith is what the brides of dracula are based on
Lad, the character of dracula is based on Henry Irving. Stokers sometime boss and probable lover. His vampirism is a metaphor for the syphilis that was tearing through Dublin thanks to the British government reducing our population to poverty and prostitution. Stokers horror was imperial gothic shock at its impact on "civilised" anglo Irish society. He eventually died of tertiary syphilis. In England.
The Turks where the monsters Vlad was just the monster slayer.
Racist
You must like Dracula Untold
Absolutly
*witcher theme plays*
@@TheDraxis691 hahahahaha - never heard what they did and still do?
By impaling his enemies on the way to his kingdom his enemies had to march through this seeing what could be their fate . This caused terror or fear which weakened them or anger which caused them to not think rationally , this is psychological warfare at it's best .
In the end, he lost. The Ottomans had God on their side, they didn't need to sacrifice humans to try and scare people.
So... God abandoned the ottoman during ww1...?
@@naimahmed3720 In the end the Ottomans lost because they strayed from God and became savages and they lost their empire . The ottoman empire does not exist anymore so what history books are you getting your information from ?
@@klasnm_5364 Yes
Apparently Bram Stoker got his idea for his book because of Irish folklore, specifically the origin of the Abhartach a folklore close to my home town Dungiven in the North of Ireland. There is a grave there which is hard to find. There is a movie called Boys from county hell based of of the grave site which is worth a watch too.
@Neon-x-Wolf
Isn’t arbatach a dwarf that became a vampire?
Herzog's Nosferatu is an amazing film. Definitely one of the best vampire films out there.
Tortured...
tutored rather...
LMFAO
Water boarding or water bonding?
Cramped or cream pies
😂😂😂😂😂
Tutoring is torture, I would say.
@@auralplex boooooooo 🍅🍅🍅🍅
watching because I thought this said count dankula
I came across a story about the history of lost Horror films and apparently there was a Vampire movie made around 1919 predating Nosferatu that all known footage was burned in a fire and has been lost to history.
It may have been Hungarian in origin, as far as i know, but can't confirm this.
Nosferatu is the first Vampire movie we have and is claimed as such, but may not have actually been the first one to be made.
I watched a movie a few years ago starring Williem Dafoe as Count Orlok and the mysterious events surrounding the filming of Nosferatu.
Interesting film, well made with nice casting and great acting too.
Max Schreck who played Count Orlok was apparently never seen out of make-up on set and (if the stories are true) he actually slept in coffins which lead to people believing he was a real Vampire.
That movie with William Define was hilarious. It was just genius.
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I think that's the one starring Klaus Kinski, and was a sequel to the original Nosferatu.
That was titled Vampire in Venice when i saw it many years ago.
It is an excellent film, and as far as i know still holds the World Record for the longest time gap between original movie and it's sequel.
Shadow of the Vampire with DaFoe was based on the premise that Max Schrek was an actual vampire and killed a couple crew members during filming of Nosferatu.
There was a 70's remake of Nosferatu as well
Drakula Halala was a silent Hungarian film based on Bram Stoker's character Dracula but not on the storyline. It's considered a lost film as all copies are believed to be destroyed
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Thanks for the details on the Hungarian film.
I didn't know the title and wasn't 100% sure it actually was Hungarian, though i heard all known copies were destroyed.
Maybe a lost print will surface one day, who knows?
Willem Dafoe played a great part as the Vampire, he looked really creepy too.
I saw Vampire in Venice with Klaus Kinski in the early 80's, apparently it was a sequel to Nosferatu.
Cool film, quite gory too.
Cheers.
I have this man's castle on my back with people impaled, it's so cool.
Edgy( it is not)
When you confuse tutor and torture 😂😂😂
Doesn't Nosferatu come out in Salem's Lot as well? Definitely the creepiest vampire ever.
Dracula was created by an irish novelist named bram stoker who lived in clontarf dublin.
Right outside his home in clontarf is very eery tower who gave him an idea for Dracula along with some of these views rogan has mentiond.
I used to play outside were he was born.
Yeh and Dracula was his boss not vlad. His vampirism was a metaphor for the diseases tearing through the monto and into "civilised" anglo Irish society.
He learned about impaling enemies by the ottoman, when he finally took control of his lands, he had a big diner with all the generals and counsel, after which he impaled them all and hung them around the walls so all enemies could see,. Another time while under seized by the ottoman. Him and his men silent attack at night kill 1000s and then impaling them, that were the vampire rumor came about. There were a lot of culture in that time that believe drinking the blood of your fallen enemies, gave you there strength. His land were taken and found over many time because of it location. Most of those countries even found for control of the position of pope. Each country want one of there own as the pope, they even killed each other representatives to control that position at the Vatican
Speak English much? No? Then learn please thanks.
Vlad the impaler was the hero Romania needed
we'd all be without electricity and all the great art and inventions without the heroes of the crusades... a defensive act by the Christian countries. Most people didn't want to fight.
An individual who stands out as a real time hero and a National pride, in times where being independent and having your own faith wasn't a choice.
🇷🇴 Romania ❤️ Vlad "The impaler" Țepeș aka Dracu
The word vampire comes from the Serbian language (vampir/вампир). Basically in the 1730s a part of Serbia was under Austrian rule and their soldiers found out about vampires from the locals. Johanes Filkinger (not sure about the spelling) was appointed as the head of a military commission sent to a village where people were claiming they had vampires. They were in shock when graves were dugout and coffins were opened to find bodies didn’t start to decompose, but looked like they’re alive and had fresh blood coming out of the mouths and ears. Next year army surgeons were sent and they saw the same thing and allowed the local to “kill” the vampires. Hawthorn stake, burn the body and throw the ashes into the Morava river. This is generally regarded as the first ever officially documented vampire hunt.
Terrified Austrian soldiers spread the word about vampires everywhere and soon they were in newspapers around Europe scaring many people. Basically, vampires went viral.
And then in the 19th century Stoker created the character of Dracula based on those vampire stories and connected them to stories of Vlad the Impaler’s ruthlessness. I do believe he was the first to envision him as a vampire and that Romanians and other Balkan people didn’t have those myths before. Somebody correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m pretty sure that’s the case. 😅
U mean slavic language not serbian
@@OldysrvSerbia is Slavic. What r u talking about? 😂
Lol r u saying there were real life vampires?? Lmao
@@usmansaleem9498 No he’s saying vampires were a folklore that existed for centuries, no different than people believing there were witches
When Alucard defeats his opponent and a lightning flash briefly reveals Vlad Tepes famous portrait face as Alucard's... that's when I looked into this stuff. Thanks Hellsing!
Hellsing Ultimate was better. But that scene is fucking epic
He simply needed a hug and someone to tell him he matters 🤗
Bahahahaha
The real life story of Vlad may be more interesting than his fictional counterpart.
Vlad was awarded the order of the dragon for defending Christianity against the muslims invading Europe at the time.
The order of the dragon was a reference to St George slaying the dragon.
Dracule translates to dragon in English hence the name Dracula.
The Turkish invasion was not stopped by force but rather by the death of the sultan causing political turmoil from within the empire.
The vampire in Nosferatu is called Count Orlok
At some point in his young life he became a slave to his enemies all of his ruthlessness was learned from his enemies that trained him. I imagine as a teacher they would have been proud at the fact he learned how to be that ruthless.
The 1979 Herzog directed "Nosferatu" is actually really good, and very atmospheric, despite changing up many aspects of the original 1922 film.
Starred Klaus Kinski, even real vampires found his portrayal of Nosferatu disturbing.
@@pepelemoko01 Wow there are real vampires
Scars of Dracula is another great movie for anyone interested. Christopher Lee plays Dracula. the aesthetics are amazing.
I noticed that they did not mention Bela Lugosi's ICONIC preformance as the Count.
Shadow of the vampire was an incredible film too
Correction - Vlad the Impaler was also known as Vlad Dracul (Dragon), hence the name Dracula. He is not compared to Dracula; the legend of Dracula is based on Vlad.
The character of Count Dracula was not based on Vlad the Impaler. This is a modern interpretation not a factual one. Stoker used many influences of old Folklore combining them with some historical events and he created a character all his own. If Stoker wanted to write a biography of Vlad III of Wallacia he could have easily done so as no such book existed at the time. His notes clearly reference Emily Gerards work many times and he used her accounts as the main material for his book. This information has been documented many times from many sources.
Thank you He’s actually based more on atilla the hun. The 1991 Coppola movie I blame for the connection to vlad cause they added that origin in the movie. Not in the origina book
Vlad stoped Islam from entering europe .... he was a true hero .
Another thing that shocks JR that I’ve known since I was 8
JR is by no means the brightest bulb!
And he still got it wrong
Bram stoker, a brilliant writer from Dublin ☘️
The REAL Dracula's Castle is called Poenari Citadel, in Arefu, Romania. You can still climb to the top to the ghostly ruins!
In every corner of the world, there has been unspeakable brutality throughout history. I read some of the things that American Indians did to their enemies that would have made those in the Spanish Inquisition blush.
Not in every some fought with honour in defence of their country or retaking of it exclusively, what you tell yourself is just a repeated lie that has become true just like the whole there is no scientific proof that the bible is true you must blindly believe, sure its a neat and tidy way of packaging things up but isnt the case.
There's only two men, in human history, that stopped the invading Muslims, in their tracks.
Vlad the impaler, and Leonardo DaVinci.
Vlad, impaled over 10,000 of them. And lined the roadways to his castle, with their bodies. They were so horrified, they went around him.
That was a commodity, within his territory, that they very much watch it, and very much needed for their armies. Salt.
Bram Stoker, sensationalised the story, because it was written while he was under the influence of absinthe.
We know there were three people involved in that. One of them was Mary Shelley. The author of Frankenstein. So we know who Vlad was, and how he inspired the story of Dracula. However, we do not know who dr. Frankenstein was. Or, rather, who was the inspiration for his character.
Vlad the impaler, inspired another great, monster in human history.
Cesare Borgia.
Borgia, decapitated his friends and family. Under the rumor that, one of them was conspiring to assassinate him. So he lying his driveway, with all of their heads. And the message was crystal clear. If this is what I will do to my friends and family. Imagine what I will do to you.
Tortured ohhh tutored 🤣
The King of England is related to Dracula. Wild.
Thumbail.....Joe Rogan shocked about the origins of Dracula.
Video......Joe proceeds to explain the origins of Dracula ....
I read this story of how some kings were visiting and upon meeting, Vlad asked them to remove their hats in his home, to which they refused. So he replied “If you like them so much I’ll see that you never have to take them off” and had them held down and nailed their hats to their heads.
So just like parts of korea people had no understanding of compassion back then
They weren't kings, they were emissaries of the sultan there to demand a tribute of gold and young boys to be enlisted into the sultan's army. He was supposed to be a "puppet prince" for the sultan, he refused the tribute and nailed their hats to their heads to send a message to the sultan.
@@haunterdragon4580 You think compassion is a good self defence tool? you might want to understand the religion of peace had taken one million slaves from europe and taken over 3/4ths of christian land. You want compassion but know nothing of the horrors of the people with no compassion that he was defending Europe from. many peole are propagandized to believe the Christians were the bad guys.
Why don't you say who did that to vlad? It was Muslims (turks) who did it. Just like today Muslims continue to do the same.
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One reason why Bram Stoker's book worked so well on it's original release is that at the time in the latter half of the Victorian 1800's there was a such rift between working and ruling classes in society that when Dracula just takes victims without ever worrying was akin to how the lower class felt about them feeling expendable and just could be used by the upper classes without anyone blinking an eye or caring about it.
Dr. Polidori wrote the short story" the vampire" while staying with Lord Byron & Mary Shelley, on lake Geneva in 1816. This is when Shelley wrote "Frankenstein". It is supposedly the first published vampire story. As for Vlad, he skewered his own people to put fear into his enemies.
Vlad was so feared by his enemies because he impaled his own people stuck them in the grounds in front of the castle
The best way to deal with expansionist, militant Islam. Convince those who would subject you to sharia to keep moving.
Dracula's origin (or more succinctly, the Vampire origin) is actually a mixture of Vlad the Impaler and Elizabeth Bathory - absolutely fascinating history - did this as a talk for one of my Leadership Talks in the Military. And we think the world is mad today hahaha
Tell me you know norhing about history without telling me you know nothing about history " Hold my joint"
Count orloff is like the first legally distinct knockoff he was supposed to be called Dracula but it wasn't public domain yet i don't know if they were refused permission to use the character or they never asked and changed to be safe
Worked with his great x4-6 nephew. Dude was scary literally something in him I was not surprised AT ALL to find out this dude was family.
Lol i doubt it. Vlad lived 600+years ago lol would be impossible to trace his lineage and prove it. And his great nephew on top of that is a hella bold claim.
"I've done worse to kids" - Hillary Clinton
Looks exactly like that J**** dude from the ADL
Vampires are 100% a metaphor for a certain tribe
Vlad Dracul is a national hero, his struggle and fight against the Ottoman would be great movie material or Netflix series.
He was out numbered. Either be the beast or beast taken.
The craziest story I heard is when an invading turkish army outnumbering his own 2 to 1 vlad deviced a plan to stop their advance. So his soldiers went into a town where the turkish soldiers had to go through and killed all of the townsfolk in the city. Then on the outskirts of the town impaled the people on the branches of trees, it worked because according to legend the turkish army became so frightened of the sight that they turned around and went home. I believe the town numbered in the thousands so I could only imagine the turkish soldiers seeing something like this, yes the Turkish impaled people as well but not on tree branches and limbs.
How can Joe be SHOCKED when he was the one recounting the history?
Because he's still amazed and intrigued by it.
King Charles is obsessed with the guy. He even owns the castle. What a wonderful character he must be, Jimmy Saville and Dracula.
When you take him out of context looking with 21st century ideals and understanding.... yeah he's a monster. But when you understand how brutal the times were back then and what most everyone else was doing, he was a real hero to his people.
Nosferatu was meant to be Dracula, but the German film makers could not get the film rights to Dracula so it was slightly changed and called Nosferatu with the vampire being Count Orlok instead of Dracula.
Dracula Untold was a good movie about Vlad.
Dracula was monstrous because he had to be, although his father had been ruler of Wallachia all the other nobility were constantly trying to amass power and control for themselves, so he had to basically scare them into submission in order to fight the Turks which would invade and capture his people.
Then he used the same scare tactics against the Turks to make them avoid entering his lands out of fear of being tortured and mutilated, a soldier expects to die on a battlefield but they don't expect to walk through a forest of bodies on spikes for miles and miles