Violence
StrongA stake is hammered through a vampire's heart with detailed blood, convulsions and cries; her head is subsequently removed.
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Dracula
Dracula is an 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker. It has no single protagonist and opens with English solicitor Jonathan Harker taking a business trip to stay at the castle of a Transylvanian nobleman, Count Dracula.
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Parents Guide
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Bram Stoker, Dracula; English Project Gutenberg ebook345. Assessed only Chapter XVI, tomb/staking sequence, from preparation of the stake through the closing of Lucy's coffin (web text lines2259–2290).
Frightening & intense themes
StrongThe graveyard scene involves an undead loved one, a coffin and a disturbing ritual framed as freeing her soul.
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