Dracula Cha Cha Cha
OCLC 42805587 | | |
| Preceded by | The Bloody Red Baron | |
|---|---|---|
| Followed by | Johnny Alucard | |
Anno Dracula: Dracula Cha Cha Cha (re-titled Judgment of Tears: Anno Dracula 1959 upon initial U.S. release) is an
Plot
In 1959, several of the world's notable vampires gather in
Setting
The book is an alternate history novel set in a world where Van Helsing never killed Dracula. The version of Rome shown in the book is heavily influenced by Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini. As always in the series, the novel contains a number of characters from other fictional works, though due to copyright restrictions some are not named or are given aliases.
Some of these identity shifts are quite clear (such as the character of Commander Hamish Bond, based on
The novel's original title is inspired by Bruno Martino's song Dracula Cha Cha (1959) (La Voce del Padrone, 7 MQ 1271), which appears on the album I grandi successi di Bruno Martino (The Great Successes of Bruno Martino - 1959) (La Voce del Padrone, QELP 8012) and is performed onscreen in Vincente Minnelli's film Two Weeks in Another Town (1962).
References
- ^ "Book review of Dracula Cha Cha Cha by Kim Newman". sfbook.com. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ Latham, Robert (9 March 2020). "Kim Newman's Dazzling Genre Multiverse". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
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