Arguably he is the most famous vampire all all time. His name is virtually synonomous with being an undead bloodsucker, yet his very existence and ability to hunt depends on his being sneaky.
If enough people were to suss out his existence, he and his kind would be hunted to extinction or end up in some government laboratory.
You don’t go about announcing your intentions, and you can’t very well announce yourself as Count Dracula, here to buy some real estate.
No, you have to come with a cleverly devised pseudonym.
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| Dr. Acula |
So you call yourself Count Alucard?
Dracula’s son did this in Son of Dracula, but Dracula did this too, not once, but a few times. In the animated movie The Batman vs. Dracula, that’s the name he used.
In the syndicated show Dracula: The Series the vampire became more clever and called himself Alexander Lucard, or A. Lucard.
Did the vampire really think that name would fool Batman?
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| Count Alucard |
Though there is no evidence that Dracula himself utilized this name, a Dracula inspired character from the 1959 movie Night of the Ghouls used this name, as did Forry J. Ackerman, editor of the popular cult magazine Famous Monsters of Film Land.
He went by Baron Latos, General Targo (sounds like he’s from The Planet of the Apes) and my favorite, Mathias Cronqvist. No matter what his name is, Dracula stands out. He does, after all, walk around in medieval black capes with pointed ears and strong Hungarian accent.
Who would ever possibly guess that he wasn’t a vampire?
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| “Hi There, I’m Mathias Cronqvist. Call me Matt…” |
