20 Dracula Shirts for Fellow Children of the Night

At this time of year, there’s a lot of focus on blood-sucking undead creatures. No, I’m not talking about politicians (in this case), but rather, vampires. Children of the night. Kings and queens of the damned.

When one thinks of vampires, one can’t but help to think of the most famous: Dracula! The brain child of author Bram Stoker has proved to be immortal. The Count has appeared in numerous movies, TV shows, other books, plays, comic books and even an opera.

And of all the incarnations of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the one that is most memorable was played by that horrifying Hungarian: Bela Lugosi (Dracula 1931). Though many have come after him, his appearance and voice remain the iconic characteristics of the Dracula we know today. And that look, that seems to pierce your very soul… one might suspect that Bela was one of the undead. But there was something about him that would make you want to spend the night at Dracula’s Castle. Maybe.

So, with the Halloween season upon us, there is no better character to wear on a t-shirt than Bela’s Dracula.

“To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious!”

“Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make.”

“The blood is the life.”

“There are far worse things awaiting man than death.”

“I never drink… wine.”

One of my favorite pieces of trivia, though Universal made a string of Dracula movies, Bela Lugosi was only in one. He actually starred in more Frankenstein films, playing Igor.

Almost as iconic in the role is the wonderful Christoper Lee. Decades before he was Count Dooku, he played Count Dracula in the Hammer versions, beginning with the Horror of Dracula. Unlike Bela, Lee played Dracula in multiple films. They get more campy as they go on, but Christopher Lee gives his all to every single one of them.

“My revenge has spread over centuries and has just begun.”

Though Lee was still sucking blood in the 70s, Dracula had a few other incarnations in that decade. Frank Langella’s take was sadly, forgettable. But on the exploitation side, we had… Blacula!

Yeah, there was that big budget version, Dracula 1992, but it was so abysmal, I can’t even give it any credit here. There were a few memorable moments, but best to be show via parody:

It is kind of funny that a guy based the blood thirsty warrior, Vlad the Impaler:

Turned into a puppet to help teach kids how to count:

And a cartoon to sell kid’s cereal:

And before you ask, “Hey, where’s Nosterafu?” Though based on Dracula, he was not technically The Count we’re discussing here. And he’s worthy of a stand alone blog (at some point).

So I’ll end with some other cool Dracula shirts, to further prove the king of the undead will always be with us… perhaps outside your window… tonight…