Claude Klotz: The Vampire of Paris (1974)
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Author (Source: Crime-Couch)
Patrick Cauvin was born in 1932 in Marseille. After his philosophy studies, he was drafted into the Algerian war. He then worked as a French teacher in Paris suburbs and as a film critic before he began to write. Most of his novels were best sellers, many of which were successfully filmed. Under the name of Claude Klotz, he wrote several thrillers.
blurb (Ullstein)
Herminie startled. The sound booms further on in this eerie place. It comes from below, is an underground sound, somewhere, has anyone or anything a huge rusted door closed. Still, this noise below her, as if it came from an echoing crypt. One step.
A step approaches, someone goes.
apply to you. The gong of her heart beats to the rhythm of the steps.
Herminie hands grasping at her neck, touch her knee during the floor tiles. Without that even a hint would have been felt, the torches are extinguished. In a cloud of reddish vapor just the master of the house has been released.
His shadow that extends up to annexing the capitals, for a moment the tall figure fluctuates. The eye appears in the pupil, and the arch of the brow occurs in acute angles up at the temples. Herminie recognize him: it is the man in the portrait. Slowly release the arms of the appearance of the body, are spreading. Undulating unfolds the heavy scarlet robe. "I am Count Dracula, Prince of the Vampire." Herminie swallow their saliva. "Very pleased, "she says.
That night was conceived Ferdinand ...
opinion
Although on the book cover of a horror novel is discussed, and the cover design rather seems to indicate a trashy novel, The Vampire of Paris in my eyes more of a parody of Dracularomane and film adaptations.
gets first Dracula to "naturally" a son - where did you heard that? - Then this gets in his first years of life blood in the vial. After the two are eventually evicted from their castle, they part ways and Dracula Junior verschÃĪgt it to Paris, where life plays along resent him. He must struggle through as a night watchman and has been around for ages no blood drinking, as people feel more revulsion against Ferdinand the foreigners, as against Ferdinand the vampire. As he and the vampire conventional means not reach their objective, he decides to rob a blood bank, but eventually end even as a blood donor.
His father, meanwhile, has made the big breakthrough as a movie star, and plays in many vampire films, the role of Dracula. It seems only logical that he views as the ideal embodiment of the Count is, he plays like a sort of self
The film adaptation of the book, The Men Dracula this aspect drives still on the top, because Dracula (Senior) is represented by none other than Christopher Lee - after his success in many Draculafilmen, mind you. Thus does Christopher Lee, who himself countless times as Dracula was facing the camera, the "real" Dracula, who plays a fictional Dracula. Stranger is not anymore.
book and film are definitely amusing, but the whole thing runs wild in part of a bit. After the stamp to be "horror novel" on the cover to expectations raised and so I was pretty disappointed.
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