10 Horror Monsters That Became The Star Of The Show

The original monster who became the star. Dracula overshadowed all the heroes of the novel and has been the main event ever since. His popularity is evergreen, the long shadow he casts over all mediums of entertainment seems appropriately immortal.

Novels, movies, theatre, cartoons, comics, video games, breakfast cereals, music, Sesame Street, the list goes on and on. Dracula has permeated every form of entertainment and beyond. Dracula is one of the most adapted novels in the world, with the character appearing in more than two hundred movies of all kinds. But when he began, he was a deplorable monster. A disease of decay and death who could infect you with a seductive kiss akin to rape.

That aside, he was urbane, beautiful, powerful and though tainted, he could offer a fate that transcended death.

On top of that, he was a snappy dresser and lived in a castle.

Generations of readers and viewers have fallen under his thrall. He’s been number one for more than a century for a reason.