Most portrayed character - Bela Lugosi's (1884-1956) classic portrayal of Count Dracula in the 1931 US film Dracula became the archetypal image for over 155 screen representations of Bram Stoker's immortal character. (bottom right) Prince Vlad Tepes (the Impaler), whose habit of executing his enemies by impaling them on spikes at his castle in southern Romania in the 15th century became the inspiration behind the vampire count in Bram Stoker's novel Dracula, published in 1897. (Photos: Popperfoto/Kunsthistorichen Museum, Vienna)
