Zeppelin game
The anno dracula series contains a virtual cornucopia of spinbetter characters that are related to wald newton. There are 3 novels and six short stories (at the moment) by kim newman, the effectiveness of which is going on in some world where dracula married a queen and wielded great power in victorian england. These are three books: anno dracula, the bloody red baron and judgment of tears: anno dracula 1959 (aka dracula cha cha cha).
The following is a list of heroes that appear in such an alternate universe. (I think i'll skip some links, so please feel free to contact me if you find any).
1888 anno dracula
Dracula, and others. From stoker's draculajack the rippersherlock holmes (mycroft holmes, inspector lestrade, diogenes club (secret service cover, as in wnu), professor moriarty, colonel moran) admiral sir mandeville messervy (obvious ancestor of admiral sir miles messervy, "m", from the james bond novels) waverley ("a benevolent figure", apparently an ancestor of alexander waverley, who headed uncle's headquarters in new york). )Doctor. Fu manchu and concrete criminal organization xi-fandr. Henry jekyll / mr. Hyde (from stevenson's dr. Jekyll and mr. Hyde)a. J. Raffles ("amateur burglar")griffin (from hg wells' the invisible man)doctor. Nicola (villain in guy boothby's novels). Moreau (from the island of dr. Moreau by h.G. Wells) clayton, taxi driver (see p. J. Farmer's book "the living tarzan", appendix 1, where professor h. W. Starr in his own article "a case of identification, or the adventure of the seven claytons, concludes that john clayton, taxi driver from watson/doyle's the hound of the baskervilles, and by the way is the 5th duke of greystoke and the grandfather of the 8th duke of greystoke, tarzan)rupert henzau (from the novel of the same name by anthony hope , and the continuation of hope's prisoner of zenda)allan quatermain (adventurer and explorer of h. Rider haggard)lord john roxton (doyle's explorer and associate of professor challenger)lord ruthven (from the novel by dr. John polidori " the vampire, 1819)johnny upright (a character in jack london's the people of the abyss)
Since the above list has been compiled, author kim newman has contacted me and kindly provided me with a more comprehensive and a trustworthy cast of "borrowed characters" in anno dracula. Here, with wide gratitude to the author:
Anno dracula / borrowed characters
Books, plays, etc.
count dracula: dracula, bram stoker. Dr. John seward: dracula, bram stoker. Arthur holmwood, lord godalming: dracula, bram stoker. Lucy westenra: dracula, bram stoker. Abraham van helsing: dracula, bram stoker. Mina harker: dracula, bram stoker. Renfield: dracula, bram stoker. Jonathan harker: dracula, bram stoker. Quincie morris: dracula, bram stoker . Lulu sean: pandora's box, frank wedekind. Genevieve diedonne: drachenfels, jack yeovil chandagniac: drachenfels, jack yeovil (name, not character, taken from on stranger tides, tim powers) inspector lestred: a study in scarlet, arthur conan doyle old jago: iago's child, arthur morrison sherlock holmes: a study in scarlet, arthur conan doyle kate reed: dracula, bram stoker ( deleted). Ivan dragomiloff: murder bureau, ltd. Jack london sergeant dravot: "movie fan who wanted to be king", rudyard kipling sir mandeville messervy: paired with sir miles messervy, casino royale, ian fleming mycroft holmes: the greek interpreter, arthur conan doyle carater geschwitz: pandora's box, frank wedekind. Melissa d'ack: drachenfels, jack yeovil kostaki: pale-faced lady, alexandre dumas (ascr) henry jekyll: the strange case of dr. Jekyll and mr. Hyde by robert lewis stevenson lord roothven: "vampire" by john polidori sir francis varney : varney the vampire by j. M. Rhymer count brustov: soft whispers of the dead, charles l. Grant volcano: they intend, robert mccammon count de saint-germaine: hotel transylvania, chelsea quinn yarbrough (but also a historical figure) sebastian villanueva : castle black, les daniels edward weiland: vampire tapestry, susie mckee charnas kurt barlow: salem's lot, stephen king baron karnshtein: 'carmilla', j.S. Lefanue lady adeline ducane: good lady ducane, mary braddon sarah kenyon: "sarah's tomb" by f. G. Loring etelind fjonguala: ken's secret, julian hawthorne carafe dolingen: 'dracula's guest ', bram stoker sir danvers carvey: the strange case of dr. Jekyll and mr. Hyde', robert louis stevenson amahagger: she, henry rider hakgard azzelyn von klatka: "the mysterious stranger", anonymous graph vardalek: the true story of a vampire by eric, count stenbock amateur crack man (hey j. Raffles): raffles, e.W.Hornung lord of strange deaths (dr. Fu-manchu): the treacherous dr. Fu-manchu, sax rohmer bhisti, who is better specialist than humans: "gunga dean", rudyard kipling professor (professor moriarty): the final problem, arthur conan doyle sikes: oliver twist, charles dickens dr. Wells colonel sebastian moran: the empty house, arthur conan doyle machit: the threepenny opera, brecht and weill madame de la rougiere: uncle silas, j.S. Lefanue clarimond: "clarimonda", théophile gauthier carnaci: karnaki the ghost seeker, william hope hodgson martin hewitt: martin hewitt, explorer, arthur morrison max carados: max carrados, ernest brama ( i spelled the name wrong - oops) august van dusen: thinking machine, jacques foutrelle cothford: dracula, bram stoker (redacted) mrs. Warren: mrs. Warren's profession, george bernard shaw inspector mackenzie: raffles, e.W. Hornung the dog berserker: dracula, bram stoker bitter: "ghoul", alexei tolstoy (boris karloff, black sabbath) louis bauer: gaslight, patrick hamilton reid : the lone ranger, george w. Trendle basil holward: the picture of dorian gray, oscar wilde ned (edward malone): the adventure of the grinder's whistle, howard waldrop; the lost world, arthur conan doyle wessex cup winner: "silver flames", arthur conan doyle mrs. Wells clayton: the hound of the baskervilles, arthur conan doyle; tarzan the living, philip josé farmer carmilla: "carmilla", j.S. Lefanue henry wilcox: howard's end, e.M. Forster rupert hentzau: the prisoner of zenda, anthony hope lestat de lioncourt: interviews with the vampire, anne rice soms foresight: the forsyte saga, john galsworthy allan quatermain: king solomon's mines, h. Ryder haggard lord john roxton: the lost world, arthur conan doyle english using tatar warbow/general zaroff: "the most dangerous game", richard connell lucian de terre: werewolves of london, brian stableford edward hyde: the strange case of dr. Jekyll and mr. Hyde, robert louis stevenson
Films, television, etc.
Mr. Waverly: paired with alexander waverley (leo j. Carroll), the man from uncle general iorga, robert quarry, count yorga-vampire graph von krolock: ferdie maine, dance of the vampires (dauntless vampire killers) baron meinster: david peel, brides of dracula count mitterhouse: robert tyman, the vampire circus armand tesla: bela lugosi, return of the vampire barnabus collins: jonathan freed, dark shadows count duval: herman robles, el vampiro carafe maria zaleska: gloria holden, daughter of dracula asa waida: barbara steele, las masquera del demonio (black sunday) ) martin where: john amplas, martin evil little american/karl kolchak: darren mcgavin, the night stalker anthony: simon oakland, the night stalker prince mamuwald: william marshall, blacula caleb croft: michael pataki, grave of the vampire count von orlock: max schreck, nosferatu dr. Ravna: noel willman, kiss of the vampire old chinese: mr. Vampire dr. Callistratus: donald wolfit, blood of the vampire elizabeth bathory: delphine seyrig, daughters of darkness (also a historical character)
1918 bloody red baron
captain allard (american pilot with prominent nose, black hat and frightening laugh: kent allard , future shadow)bigglesworth (biggles, british aviator)mycroft holmes and the diogenes clublord ruthvenbritish spy ashenden (from ashenden: or the british agent by somerset maugham)dr. Caligari (the evil scientist from the german film "dr. Caligari")fantômas (the arch-criminal "lord of terror and the genius of evil" from the french pulp fiction by pierre souvestre and marcel allen)doctor. Thorndike (dr. John evelyn thorndike, science detective of the richard austin freeman group of novels)captain drummond (hugh "bulldog" drummond, hero of h.K. "Sapper" mcneil novels)lieutenant. Templar (simon templar, the saint, from the novels and short stories by leslie charteris)dr. Moreauherbert west and miskatonic university (from lovecraft's story "the reanimator")langstrom from the gotham institute may be kirk langstrom, known from dc man-bat comics? Man-bat first appeared in 1970, however since this is an alternate reality, maybe he was born and conducted his experiments much earlier in a similar universe)harry flashman (from the novels of george macdonald fraser)mayfair monk (one of doc savage's five assistants) captain red albright (captain midnight, hero of a 1930s radio show sponsored by ovaltine)mansfield smith-cumming (from robin bruce lockhart's sidney reilly: ace of spies)the duke of denver ("lord peter wimsey" by dorothy sayers)mellors and chatterley (from the novel by d.G.Lawrence's "lady chatterley's lover")arrowsmith (from the novel of the same name by sinclair lewis)jake barnes ("and the sun" by hemingway) of the rebellion)chateau du malinbois (from clark ashton smith's stories about averyuany being pursued by vampires) german pilot hammer (in the dc drawings there was a world war i pilot named hammer, who starred in the tv series enemy ace) caleb croft (vampire grave, also known as seed of terror, 1972)
Rob lewis writes:
Cpt spencer is the character who will be the pinhead in the hellraiser films
Matthew davis sends additional references:
Courtney from dawn patrolrobur from jules verne's robur the conquerorjacques lantier from la bete humaineten brinken from alraune by g. H. Evers james gatz from f. Scott-fitzgerald's the great gatsbydes esseintes from a rebours j.-K. Huysmanshjalmar poelzig from black catpaul baumer from all quiet on the western frontsadie thompson from sadie thompsonlemora from supernatural's lemora: a children's talelola lola from the blue angeleddie bartlett from the roaring twentiesgigi from gigi colettejiggs from tarnished angels schweik from good soldier schweik » jaroslav hasekjules and jim from jules and jimprivate charles plumpic from queen of the heartcarey lockwood from the last voyagegreyfriars is the school in frank richards' stories about billy bunterejudex the caped crusader from the 1916 adventure series judex by louis feiladegodfrey the pacifist from the sitcom father's armyisolde from le frisson des vampires (vampire delicious highs)theo kretschmar -schuldorf (anton walbrook) and winn-candy (roger livesey) from the movie "the existence and death of colonel zeppelin"faustin, probably from a poem by algernon swinburnejedediah leland (joseph cotton) citizen kaneerich von stalhain and wilkinson biggles bookscolonel nicholson (alec guinness) - the bridge on the river kwaigeneral sir william robertson of o! What a beautiful wargeneral miro (george macready) from glory roadsrotwang from metropolishardt (conrad veidt) from spy in blackcowboy severin (bill paxton) in the movie "in the evening" (there is a typo in the "severen" questionnaire)nick the idealist is nick knight from the series "eternal knight"captain tietjens from the novel "parade's end" ford madox fordbaron eric von emmelman is a comic book character, a pilot who will be a bunch in skywolf, airboy, etc.Schloss adler the name plays a serious role for the fortress on the screen "where eagles dare" predatory dandridge from the movie "night fear" second lieutenant raleigh (i think this is based on whether the second lieutenant also becomes a junior officer) from the play and film "journey's end"armand tesla (bela lugosi) from return of the vampirelady marikov out dracula by r. Chetwynd-hayesapperson (john gilbert) from the big parade
Stephen costa adds:
Little white dog , who was accidentally shot by the red baron. . . Snoopy. Auh! (With apologies to c. Brown)
Pontianak is probably a crossover to the malaysian vampire film anak pontianak (1958)
Kim newman writes to me that:
In the bed red baron, bertie is not bertie wooster, but - along with algy and ginger - biggle's assistant from the books of w.E. Jonesbruno stachel from the book and film "blue max"tom candall (from yeats' slick novel winged victory, which was written as a "realistic" version of biggle's first book)
Andrew j. Brook points out that the detective fiction magazine time crimes" printed a chapter from kim newman's "blood red baron" "all my life of mycroft holmes", which was not included in the finished book. Bonus links to most book:
"The true identity of the killer edwin drood" - the unfinished last novel by charles dickens "the mystery of edwin drood"the borgia jewel - from conan doyle's "the adventure of the six napoleons". Cunning boils down to how, in the universe of anno dracula, holmes was in a concentration camp and was not able to solve this case"nautilus" - nemo's submarine in jules verne's novel "twenty thousand leagues under water" "invisible drug griffin - h. G. Wells. Invisible man; griffin made a brief appearance in anno draculalyonesse is a kingdom in the arthurian legendsatlantis is a legendary kingdom mentioned by platoopar is a lost african kingdom featured in the tarzan novels by edgar rice burroughskor is a town in h rider haggard's "she" seriesarsène lupin - french gentleman thief created by maurice leblancfink-nottle, deputy secretary - friend of bertie wooster, lover of tritons, gussie fink-nottle
1959 judgment of tears: anno dracula 1959 (also known as dracula cha cha cha)
Again, i think i missed at least half of the borrowed characters, especially the italian references.I omit references to living teachers and stick to fictitious borrowings of those people who either appear or are mentioned in tearful court. Thanks to mark brown, loki carbis, chris davis, greg geek and lou mougin. Reviews, and distributions are welcome.
Dracula and others. From stoker's draculagenevieve dieudonne (drachenfels, jack yeovil. Jack yeovil is a pseudonym used by mr. Newman)sherlock holmes, inspector lestrade, club diogenesdoctor. Fu manchu and his criminal organization "c-fan"marcello (marcello rubini from fredrico fellini's la dolce vita)inspector silvestri ("blood and black lace" or "six women for a killer", 1964 film , italian)doctor . Henry jekyll / mr. Hyde moreauinspector clouseau ("surte sent one of their best man who spent many minutes in the fall")lord ruthvenherr dr. Mabuse (dr. Mabuse, gambler (dr. Mabuse), der spieler), film 1922, german)sergeant dravotamerican pilot with prominent nose, black hat and frightening laugh: kent allard, shadefantômasherbert west and miskatonic universityanibas ("mask satan", also known as black sunday, 1960 film, italian)count brastov ("the soft whispers of the dead" by charles l. Grant)saint-germainasa wadja (barbara steele, las maschera del demonio aka black sunday)armand (anne rice novels)gabor cernassi (l'ultima preda del vampiro (things and the vampire), 1960 film, italian) little ("nipote del vampiro (the vampire's niece, the vampire male, sobrina del vampire, the vampire's fangs, 1968 film, spanish/italian) monsieur eric (gaston leroux's the phantom of the opera) flambeau (a former criminal who became an associate of detective father brown, in the stories of g. Chesterson)richard "dickie" fountain (incense for the damned, also known as blood drinkers, 1970 film, english)mr. And mrs. Addams (charles addams writings, television and pictures: the addams family)dondi (newspaper comic book character)british rocket group (quothermass films and television)"lord greystoke" (tarzan the ape man, lord greystoke, tarzan of the apes and others. Edgar rice burroughs)lemmy caution (american detective)michael corleone (the godfather, parts i and ii)doctor. Hitchcock (the horror of dr. Hitchcock, also known as the horrible dr. Hickcock, 1962 film, italian)illuminati (stories by robert anton wilson)monsieur anthony zenith (sexton blake's greatest adversary)clave ( dracula's servant from the universe of the hammer, dracula, prince of darkness (1965) and scars of dracula (1970))dr. Septimus praetorius (bride of frankenstein, 1935 film)an american quarterback from kansas called kent (clark kent. Will he be superman or in our universe?)Sergeant ginko (inspector ginko, sworn enemy thief in the diabolik trio from italian comics)the most famous borrowed character in this case, apart from dracula himself, is commander hamish bond, a vampire and british secret service agent with a license to kill: ian fleming's james bond (combination of character from novels and films)"hamish " - scottish version of "james"silver aston martinronson lighterwalther ppk 7.65mm with berns-martin triple-draw casecigarettes with three gold stripescotton shirts with marine islandschapter 2: on her majesty's secret service (fleming's book of the same name)"you only live twice" p. 33, avon trade edition, october 1999 (fleming's book of the same title)chapter 6: pleasant from moldavia (fleming's book with the title "kindly from rf")chinese doctor (dr. No. Dr. No.) And a jamaican voodoo master (mr. Big, live and let die)"the bitch was dead" p.71 (play on the late line of the novel "casino royale")chapter 9: live and let die (fleming's book of the same name) the other car is a bentleyeast german maiden marksmanship champion (fleming's short story "the living daylights")smersh"shake but don't stir"
Andrew mclean also helped me with a few suggestions:
Tom, the lost american (ripley from the novels of patricia highsmith, the oldest of which is recognized as "the talented mr. Ripley", 1957)lemmy caution is referred to as american detective - he is also from jean-luc godard's movie alphaville (1965). )The most serious of any is the mother of tears (this creation is brought from the trilogy "three mothers" proposed by dario argento, through which there were sometime two shares. The first, suspiria (1976), featured the mother of sighs, the other, inferno (1980), featured the mother of darkness. The third of the 3 mothers was not filmed at all, congratulations, to the delight, kim newman remembered.)
Vincent fish sent me a few:
Father merrin is an exorcist in the exorcist by william blattycabiria, probably from fellini's nights of cabiria »
Tristan sargent adds that,
The items tom intends to steal include an ugly but valuable figurine of a bird of prey and an egyptian scarab with a set of pinpoint flaws like big bear. It's more like hammett's the maltese falcon and stoker's pearl of the seven stars +> the newest and most likely the most durable of them is one among the models of the solid gold eiffel tower from the ealing comedy "the crowd on lavender hill"
Matthew davies also sends additional references: Jeremy prokosh from the movie mepri mepri also has fritz lang making a film about ulyssespalazzo otranto from horace walpole's the castle of otrantoprofessor adelsberg from the film der fluch der grünen augen (zombie cave)claire quilty and vivian darkbloom from vladimir nabokov's "lolita"i think "the english subalterns he was flogged during his student days" is a reference to simon raven, notorious for his children's novels newman mentions raven in the credits, but i've never read concretehamer radshaw from howard spring's "fame is a spur", a french reporter with nothing-button, whose forelock stood up" - tin-tin from numerous animated series ergeflat top - frankenstein's monster (boris karloff's version)clay monster - golem from jewish folklore, only specifically, this description is from golem movie 1920the robot doll is olympia from sandman by e. T.A. Hoffmanbasil hallward from "the picture of dorian gray" by oscar wildethe cool tones - from the rock and roll "flying saucer" by howard waldroproger penderel from "the old dark house"irena dubrovna from val lewton's cat peopleanthony aloysius st. John hancock from rebelbianca castafiore is the next character from tin tin cagliostro in a magician contest with orson welles is a joke , since orson welles played cagliostro in black magiccatrione kaye from kim newman's jagoviridiana from buñuel's viridianaspies with nhs goggles and marks screams in the night)
Paul chamberlain adds:
Max brock is the (painfully bad) beatnik from roger corman's bucket of bloodflattop/frankenstein attacking bond also seems to be an amalgamation of oddjob from goldfinger and jaws from " the spy who loved me” (steel teeth)
Paul andinak adds:
Don simon isidro is a character in barbara hambley’s novels (“those who hunt at night” (aka "immortal blood") and "journey with the dead")there's a nice joke about bond reminding beauregard of sergeant dravot. : In the 1975 film the man who wanted to be king, dravot was played by sean connery...Hamish bond may be based on fleming's novels, but the scene with the russian spy (with the white cat, you know) plays with cinema. The film's influence on flattop has already been noted; the secret base plays on the general perception of the secret bases of bond movie villains, if not a particular one; and the man with the cat, whose face is always in shadow, is based on how blofeld appeared in from russia with love: his face was always off-screen or turned away from the camera, and whenever he spoke, the camera would close-up him the ubiquitous house cat. (A cat that doesn't exist in the books, by the way.)
Mark odell also adds:
An american yard protector from kansas named kent - replacing the late great steve reeves (who was also from kansas)miriam blaylock: catherine deneuve character from tony scott's the hunger (1983)jonas cord: from harold robbins' carpetbags (and the 1966 film starring george peppard). The frankenstein creature also has jaws teeth from the spy who loved me and moonraker and oddjob's bowler hat from goldfinger. His name likely refers to the dick tracy character, and his inclusion is a reference to the film version of casino royale. Another reference to this film is the witchcraft antics of orson welles. Another connection to mr. Wells is the appearance of the martian from the war of the worlds. The clay creature could also be connected to the dc universe, as in addition to being the golem, it could also be the clayface from the batman comics.
Steve kidd intervenes:
"A wretched-looking tumbler named collins... A rare american vampire" (p.160-1), barnabas collins from dark shadowsjoshua york (p.163), one of the guests at the wedding, a vampire from george r. R. Martin's dream of febvreedward weiland (p. 163), another wedding guest from the vampire tapestry by susie mckee charnashugh farnham (p. 163) - again a guest at the wedding - a vampire-like character from bad dreams kim newman edmund cordery (p. 208) — researcher vampire from brian stableford's empire of fearand in case anyone missed it, on p. 261: genevieve notices that hamish bond has changed subtly: “there was something different about him. He was one of those who always seems to play, play the part. But the quality of his game has changed, he has become wider, less convincing. He expressed himself too much with his eyebrows. The scottish accent in his accent is gone." This, of course, refers to roger moore, famous for his eyebrow gymnastics, who replaced sean connery as james bond in a series of films.
Anibas - from the remake of la maschera del demoniopeter blood -- this is a character from the coffin of doctor bloodalthough the mother of tears is taken from the argento trilogy, her various aspects are taken from other european films - the little girl from fellini's toby dammit, viridiana. From the film of the same name by luis buñuel, mamma roma from the film of the same name by pasolini and the old soothsayer from bicycle thieves.
Author, kim newman, december 31, 1998» in addition to three novels, in the anno dracula series includes coppola's dracula, a novella published in stephen jones' the mammoth book of dracula (and his mammoth book of best new horror: 1998, available online at infinity plus) i'm going to start work on another novella, andy's dracula warhol", which extends the series until the end of the 1970s. A novel tentatively titled johnny alucard: the dracula years 1976-79. That may well be the case, at least for a while.”
Recent news: beyond midnight, the last story in the anno dracula triptych, is now finished. It is proposed to publish three stories ("coppola's dracula" and "andy warhol's dracula" - two previous stories) as a novel called "johnny alucard".
Coppola's dracula, 1976 dracula, stephen jones , ed. Carroll kim newman tells me he is "sorry for the arrow pun")"the money was on the polished oak dining table in suitcases. It had already been counted out, but johnny sat down and did it again. Rudy almost derisively called him 'earl'. The boy didn't understand; the money didn't belong to johnny until it was counted." Couldn't keep andy's blood low, his stomach distended, gout spouted from his mouth and nose." Mark odell adds:
Scumbalina: from geek maggot bingo (1983)frank white : christopher walken's character from abel ferrara's king of new york (1990)tana: zoe tamerlis's character from abel ferrara's ms.45 (1981)"an architect on his own crusade...": Paul kersey (charles bronson) from death wish (1974) and sequels, alas
Kim newman tells me the following information:
Nocturna - refers to as to the dc comics character, and to nye bonet, who plays the role of dracula's disco granddaughter in the movie nocturna
1980 who dares wins: anno dracula 1980. Read online.
Skipping references to real people and noting only fictional borrowed characters:
Baron meinster (brides of dracula, 1960 film, english)sergeant dravot (the man who wanted to be king, rudyard kipling)inspector cherry (detective, novels by peter van greenaway)caleb croft (vampire grave , also known as the seed of terror, 1972)hamish bond (ian fleming's james bond)lord ruthven (from dr. John polidori's the vampire, 1819)count von orlok (nosferatu )
Steve smith adds:
"An older bobby from a more benevolent past." I believe this refers to the british television series dixon of dock green
And paul chamberlain adds:
The character patricia rice appears. It mentions that her great-uncle was a famous comedian. This is likely a reference to archie rice, the protagonist of john osborne's play the entertainer.
1981 the other side of midnight (in the vampire sextette anthology, science fiction club)
Again, no real people or events are listed, only fictitious cross-references .
Don drago robles (curse of the undead, 1959; film about a vampire shooter in the old west)baron meinster (brides of dracula, 1960 film, english)timmy valentine (vampire rock star in the c. Cthulhu mythos novels stories by h. P. Lovecraft and others) marty burns (former child star (from the popular sitcom salt and pepper) and detective created by jay s. Russell) red 1958 plymouth fury (christine, stephen king)annie wilkes (misery, stephen king)carmilla karnstein (titular character in j. Sheridan lefanu's carmilla)asa waja (barbara steele, las maschera del demonio, aka black sunday)barbara dahl winters, aka barbie the vampire slayer (similar to buffy summers, buffy the vampire slayer film and tv show)the watcher (similar to the watcher) , buffy the vampire slayer)ernest ralph gorse (from the novels west pier, mr. Stimpson and mr. Gorse, and unknown assailant by patrick hamilton; also in the charmer, uk tv)a crumpled little police lieutenant in an overcoat with a frach car and a glassy eye who always says "there's only one thought i don't understand" (columbo)chief exley (l.A. Confidential by james ellroy)count von krolock (ferdie maine, dance of the vampires (the intrepid vampire killers))beth davenport (attorney at the rockford files)officer baker (officer john baker, chips tv program) adrian marcato (rosemary's baby, 1968 film)the elders of new orleans (a reference to anne rice's vampire novels)visaria (set in many universal horror/monster films)borgo pass (set action in bram stoker's dracula)
Kim newman writes to me:
The "barbara dahl" part is also a reference to a mattel barbie doll if she is considered a character. I know that mattel released star trek and the x-files of barbie and ken, but if they made a buffy and angel tie-in, the dolls would just look like their regular products. Shadow bay is the setting for dennis atchison's novel. Shadow man. And the nighthawks diner is from his short story the late shift (not to mention the painting by edward hopper). Jack martin is the pseudonym that dennis uses and has appeared as a character in his books and stories.
Dennis power and brad mengel add:
Moondoggie ( gidget)dirk diggler (protagonist of boogie nights, 1999)
And dennis power also identified them:
Noah cross (chinatown)mariphasa lupino lumino (london werewolf flower)audriensis jr. (Edible plant human from little shop of horrors)triffidus celestus mobile (sentient plants from day of the triffids)sharkko press (reference to the man who swindled phil farmer out of money for the first riverworld novel)gloomy twilight (another name for dark shadows)the dude (jeff "the dude" lebowski from the big lebowski 1998)the sawyers (texas chainsaw massacre)starring karen white and lew landers (from howl, although lew also appears in gremlins)lina lamont (silent film star from singing in the rainblanche hudson (former movie star from what ever happened to baby jane?) Norma desmond (from sunset boulevard)
Loki carbis adds:
"Simon sharpe", the assassin's headquarters, is a parody of "mr. Rose". Pointy" (name of buffy's favorite share of the tv show) "an inbred brood from the backwoods... Got rich in texas and moved to beverly hills." ( The beverly hillbillies )orson welles count dracula has stage productions that parallel those of touch of evil and his the other side of midnight has stage productions similar to those of citizen kane
Matthew davis adds:
Jack horner from boogie nightsgriffin mill from the gambler movie/bookboris adrian from blue film by terry southernpat hobbie - hack-writer from f. Scott fitzgerald's short story seriesmiracle pictures - from hollywood boulevard
David serchai adds:
One of the porn actresses is holly body, and although there is a real porn star by that name, i have a feeling that newman was referring to melanie griffith's character in body double
1984 you are the the wind beneath my wings: anno dracula 1984 (in garage of horrors #3)
No real people or events listed, only fictitious cross-references. This list is compiled (in no particular order) by jess nevins, dennis power, steven costa, loki carbis, greg geek, dan ciraki, matthew rootsala, rick lai, and vin eckert.
Rogers (steve rogers, aka captain america)vampire nazi superman with scarlet skulls (reference to the red skull from the captain america comics)shop (secret government agency) from stephen king's pyro)maverick and iceman (lt. Pete "maverick" mitchell and lt. Tom) kazansky's iceman from top gun)desire (female vampire demon played by barbara stock from tv movie 1982 "wish, vampire, aka me, wish")jedburgh (darius jedburgh, cia agent, edge of darkness, 1986)confessor (vampire from kurt busiek's astro city comics)nikita (from french movie nikita, aka la femme nikita)angel (this character has white eagle feathers instead of feathers, leathery batwings that die when doing so; he should probably be an angel from marvel comics x-men) vincent velcro (sergeant vincent velcro, vampire soldier from dc comics commando creatures)dr. Paul beecher ("vampire", 1957)dr. Darryl revok of esp (scanners, 1981)alexis ziska (baron alexis zane ziska of sidney horler's vampire)baron lajos choukron (baron lajos choukron fought jules de grandin in seabury quinn's the man who threw no "shadow)baron meinster (brides of dracula, 1960 film, eng.)Asa vaida (las maschera del demonio, aka black sunday)bird of infiltration and elimination (a character from stephen king's novel " pyro")caleb croft (vampire's grave, aka the seed of terror, 1972)cia analyst ryan (jack ryan, from tom clancy's techno thriller series)count von orlok (nosferatu)andrews, the emaciated pilot (from stephen king's the night flyer)
Kim newman's anno dracula series even inspired other writers to create internet fiction:
1988–1989 tim burton's red reign: anno dracula 1988–1989 by dan tsiraka. Read online.
In general, no real people and events are listed (except to demonstrate parallel topics), only fictitious cross-references.
Gomez, morticia and fester addams , as well as the thing (the addams family; actor jack nicholson's flirtation with morticia is a play about his previous relationship with anjelica huston, who played morticia in the film versions of the addams family; nicholson's role in burton's third red kingdom film is similar to nicholson's participation in the "real" third character renfield (actor tracey walter plays renfield; in our universe, walter was also in burton's batman movie as bob the thug)character charles beauregard (actor michael keaton plays beauregard; in keaton played bruce wayne/batman in our universe)character van helsing (actor michael gough plays van helsing; in our universe gough played the butler alfred in burton's batman)baron meinster (brides of dracula, 1960 film, english)the dictator von doom (dr. Victor von doom from marvel comics' fantastic four)janos skorzani (janos skorzeny from jeff rice's original kolchak: the nightstalker novel and tv movie; the other janos skorzeny was a character played zeppelin game by chuck connors in the television program the werewolf (1987-88))lord ruthven (from dr. John polidori's novel the vampire, 1819)count orlok (nosferatu) anton faibes (vincent price, the disgusting doctor phibes, 1971; dr. Phibes rises again, 1972)the paris opera and monsieur eric (gaston leroux's the phantom of the opera)the character dr. Caligari (danny devito plays caligari in the sequel movie the bloody red baron; in the real universe, devito was in the batman sequel, batman returns)many other actors involved in burton's films in this universe, such as johnny depp, winona ryder, and kim basinger are mentioned as appearing in similar burton films in the anno dracula universe)
Dan ciraki adds the following:
I would add raoul duke, author of blood and hate in las vegas ". Duke, of course, was hunter s. Thompson's pseudonym in fear and hate in las vegas. Since newman placed karl kolchak in the first book of anno dracula, set in 1888, i decided that duke would be the deputy reporter who bets on skorzani in las vegas. Of course, johnny depp played duke/thompson in the movie version of fear and hate.You can also throw in tommy lee jones and joel schumacher as general yorg's love is supposed to parallel batman forever. Dr . Quincy, mentioned in passing in connection with the film blood and hate in las vegas, is a character on the jack klugman television series. “Kate has seen these pendants before. Who hoped to establish a vampire homeland on dracula's old estates in transylvania." Of course, this entire episode refers to the dracula's castle dirt pendants that captain company sold in creepy, eerie, vampirella and famous monsters of filmland magazines in the 70s.It should be noted that although this story takes place in the anno dracula universe, it does break continuity, as it suggests that dracula is still dead. Once newman releases johnny alucarda, we'll see dracula's resurrection. (Come on! It's dracula - he never stays dead!)
Many thanks for the help on all the lists: paul andinach, andrew j. Brook, mark brown, loki carbis, brian combe, steven costa, dan ciraqui, chris davis, matthew davis, vincent fish, greg geek, heath graham, hooper_x, steve greenfield, steve kidd, rick lai, rob lewis, jean-marc lofficier, andrew maclean, brad mengel, lou mougin, jess nevins, mark odell, dennis power, nick ramos, matthew rutsala, tristan sargent, david cerchai, royce testa, michael turin and of course kim newman(!)
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