This is how we 'kick off' the month of SHOCKtober! I'll keep it short and sweet. I'm still struggling through my situation yet, selling my mother's home. It looks now like the deal will close on the 30th of September. I can only hope it goes well. I've been experiencing a lot of waste lately and it's a shame but hopefully in the long run I'll find something good out of it coming from this trauma I've experienced with the not-so-peaceful death of my Mother and the court case I've had to defend myself in. I only talk about it because I know what being paralyzed by anxiety now feels like. My message to those also struggling is to hold on or, as I saw on a sign today, "Keep Calm and Carry On".
It's a good month to practice this as this is our favorite one of the year, October. It's a time to honor the dead and the loved ones we lost. We lost, however, only in a physical way. As I posted on Facebook recently: "I've been trying to be more in touch with my spirituality to help get me through these tough times, like wishing for some kind of a sign from my Mom and Dad (who are both now gone) and this morning before awakening, I dreamt I literally saw a sign which had written on it, "Your parents are thinking of you.'"
No matter where that came from or how it could be 'written off' as insignificant, I am not concerned. After feeling a bit cut off from my parents lately, I finally felt I was back on track and re-connecting with them.
I'll return before that wonderful holiday, Halloween, with the next post and an update on where the heck I will be at that point. Until then, let the Autumnal Season commence!
When Christopher Lee did return as Dracula in "Dracula: Prince of Darkness" [1966] the Van Helsing character was replaced by Father Sandor [played by Andrew Kier].
Dracula & Van Helsing would eventually re-unite in latter films including "The Satanic Rites of Dracula" [1973]
Christopher Lee got to play a different Dracula from the usual screen version in "Conde Dracula" [1970], but this time out the screen did not do this Stoker inspired interpretation justice.
Herbert Lom took on the role as Van Helsing in "Conde Dracula" [1970]
Peter Cushing returns as Van Helsing in "Dracula A.D. 1972"
Peter Cushing brings down the curtain on his Van Helsing in "The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires" [1974]
One of the Bat women from "Van Helsing" [2004]
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Jack Palance [above as Dracula] and Nigel Davenport [below as Van Helsing] grace Dan Curtis' "Bram Stoker's Dracula" [1974]
Walter Ladengast takes on the role of Van Helsing in "Nosferatu, The Vampyre" [1979]
For the BBC Television mini-series "Count Dracula" [1977] we have Frank Finlay [above, left] as Van Helsing and Louis Jourdan as Dracula [below].
George Hamilton honors Bela Lugosi!
George Hamilton as Dracula meets Richard Benjamin [shown here and above], playing a descendent of Van Helsing in "Love At First Bite" [1979]
Lawrence Olivier is now Van Helsing in "Dracula" [1979].
Lawrence Olivier is shown again [top] in the 1979 production of "Dracula" with Frank Langella taking on the role of the evil Count.
For Television there was "The Passion of Dracula" [1980] starring Christopher Bernau as the Count [above] and Malachi Throne as Van Helsing [below].
Klaus Kinski returns as another blood-sucker in "Vampire in Venice" [1986]
The Van Helsing type character in "Vampire in Venice" [1986] is Professor Catalano played by Christopher Plummer.
Jack Gwillim gets a crack at playing Van Helsing in "The Monster Squad" [1987]
Anthony Hopkins [above and below, center] is Van Helsing in "Bram Stoker's Dracula" [1992]
Mel Brooks [above & center] leaves us laughing as Van Helsing with Leslie Nielsen as Dracula [below] in "Dracula Dead and Loving It" [1994].
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