THE DEVIL FLEW AWAY

The Devil Flew Away is a deep dive into the history of the very first Dracula movie, and was originally published in the Strangers From Nowhere edition of Dracula’s Death. It features the English translation of every known article that followed the film’s production and release between 1920-1924, provides some much needed historical context, and introduces the creative team behind this gem of horror cinema.

There only two surviving set photos from Dracula's Death. One shows Mary, the film's heroine, as Dracula enters her room in the middle of the night...

...and the other one depicts the unholy wedding he forces her into once he takes her to his castle.

Austrian actor Paul Askonas seen in his Dracula makeup in this publicity photo published in 1921:

You can read the essay here, for free:

At the above link you can  also download a supplemental PDF titled Dracula's Death Research Collection. It contains the scans of every known article released between 1920 and 1927 related to  the making and the release of the movie. They're in Hungarian, aside from one brief report that's in German. 

Around the world, libraries and archives are digitizing more and more of their collections. Even just in the last three years since I published The Devil Flew Away some incredible new discoveries were made. If you're aware of something I missed, please reach out to me!