Titan Books has released a new edition of Dracula Cha Cha Cha, the third book in the Anno Dracula series. Derek recently had a chance to interview author Kim Newman and learned more about the novel’s Italian horror influences. We also have a status update on the long-awaited fourth book, Johnny Alucard.
Can you tell me a bit about the origin and perhaps any influences of this installment in the series?
After the gruesome, muddy, gloomy carnage of World War One in The Bloody Red Baron, the previous book in the series, I wanted to something more fun, but still serious. The summer of 1959 is personally important to me, since I was born then, and the world of la dolce vita in Rome – the real one and the Fellini film – struck me as an underexplored, interesting area. It also enabled me to play with Italian horror, bringing in giallo,...
Can you tell me a bit about the origin and perhaps any influences of this installment in the series?
After the gruesome, muddy, gloomy carnage of World War One in The Bloody Red Baron, the previous book in the series, I wanted to something more fun, but still serious. The summer of 1959 is personally important to me, since I was born then, and the world of la dolce vita in Rome – the real one and the Fellini film – struck me as an underexplored, interesting area. It also enabled me to play with Italian horror, bringing in giallo,...
- 10/27/2012
- by Derek Botelho
- DailyDead
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