Sheridan Le Fanu

Sheridan Le Fanu

Nascimento : 1814-08-28, Dublin, Ireland

Morte : 1873-02-07

História

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels in the nineteenth century, best known for his stories “Uncle Silas,” “Carmilla,” and “The House by the Churchyard.”

Perfil

Sheridan Le Fanu

Filmes

Carmilla
Story
Isolated from the outside world, fifteen-year-old Lara lives in seclusion on a vast country estate with her father and strict governess Miss Fontaine. Late one evening, a mysterious carriage crash brings a young girl into their home to recuperate. Lara immediately becomes enchanted by this strange visitor who arouses her curiosity and awakens her burgeoning desires.
The Carmilla Movie
Novel
It has been five years since Laura and Carmilla vanquished the apocalypse and Carmilla became a bonafide mortal human. They have settled in to a cozy apartment in downtown Toronto, Laura continues to hone her journalism skills while Carmilla adjusts to a non-vampire lifestyle. Their domestic bliss is suddenly ruptured when Carmilla begins to show signs of "re-vamping" – from a fondness for bloody treats to accidental biting – while Laura has started having bizarre, ghostly dreams. The couple must now enlist their old friends from Silas University to uncover the unknown supernatural threat and save humanity – including Carmilla's.
Styria
Story
Descreve o relacionamento intenso e fragmentado entre uma adolescente solitária e um belo estranho.
Styria
Novel
Descreve o relacionamento intenso e fragmentado entre uma adolescente solitária e um belo estranho.
All Catacombs Are Gray
Novel
A collage animated adaptation of Sheridan Le Fanu’s cult novel about vampire Carmilla, which not only inspired Bram Stocker to write Dracula, but also became a template for an entire subgenre of exploitation cinema of the 1970s, among which Jesus Franco’s Vampyros Lesbos stands out.
Carmilla, the Lesbian Vampire
Story
It's a face-off against two of the most evil supernatural forces: vampires fueled by bloodlust and zombies who've come back from the dead to prey on the living. The two camps are bent on proving their superiority, so it's a race to the gory finish. Whoever wins will decide the future of humanity.
O Mistério de Wyvern
Novel
Alice, uma jovem orfã, é levada para viver na Mansão Wyvern. Ela cresce sob os cuidados de Squire e se apaixona por um de seus dois filhos. Como Squire não aceita esse romance, Alice e Charles fogem para se casar, porém terão que enfrentar a ira do vilão e de seu outro filho, o diabólico Harry. Além disso, ela sofre com visões terríveis.
Carmilla
Characters
J. Sheridan LeFanu's famed, oft-adapted novel gets adapted again... but now it's in Long Island.
The Vampire Wedding
Story
Young English gentleman Richard travels with his uncle Archibald to Prague, Czech kingdom. There he meets a beautiful girl Olivia, a young noblewoman with a secret. They fall in love with each other but he doesn't know Olivia is a companion of evil count Kronberg, ruler of pack of Prague vampires.
Carmilla
Novel
Lonely young Marie and her father live on a plantation just before the Civil War. Their placid lives are invaded when they rescue a mysterious woman from a carriage wreck, and soon bodies start turning up with holes in their necks...
The Dark Angel
Novel
The Dark Angel is a sensual and stylish adaptation of Uncle Silas - Sheridan le Fanu’s influential Victorian literary masterpiece. Sheltered heiress Maud Ruthyn's troubles begin when her father hires a new governess. Madame De La Rougierre (played with considerable relish by Jane Lapotaire) is a cruel, brandy-swigging schemer with an unhealthy interest in Maud's inheritance and an approach to childcare that would make Mary Poppins faint. When Maud's father dies she has no choice but to live with her wicked uncle Silas, who will inherit the family fortune if Maud should happen to die. This is not a recipe for domestic bliss and soon it seems that everyone but Maud is either bad, mad, or both.
Carmilla
Novel
Polish adaptation of the J. Sheridan LeFanu vampire novella.
The Sleep of Death
Story
Set in 1815, a young Englishman touring Europe encounters more than he bargained for. His pursuit of the beautiful Countess St. Alyre brings him into contact with the Marquis D'Armanville and other odd characters. A series of bizarre murders occur, bringing our hero to the borderland of nightmare.
Schalcken the Painter
Writer
Can Schalcken save his love, Rose, from the clutches of a ghastly suitor before it is too late?
Schalcken the Painter
Short Story
Can Schalcken save his love, Rose, from the clutches of a ghastly suitor before it is too late?
Alucarda
Novel
A young girl's arrival at a convent after the death of her parents marks the beginning of a series of events that unleash an evil presence on the girl and her mysterious new friend, an enigmatic figure known as Alucarda. Demonic possession, Satan worship, and vampirism follows.
A Noiva Ensanguentada
Novel
A young newlywed woman begins to have disturbing nightmares just after settling into the old mansion that has belonged to her husband's family for centuries. When her sinister dreams come true, the innocent bride is caught in a maddening maze of unspeakable horrors.
Hostinec U létavého draka
Short Story
As Filhas de Drácula
Characters
Gêmeas vão viver com o tio, num vilarejo, no qual à noite são vistas figuras femininas vagando. Os aldeões acreditam que o responsável por tudo é o Conde Karnstein, que mora num castelo. Mas elas acabam aproximando-se do castelo, a despeito da proibição do tio.
Luxúria de Vampiros
Characters
In 1830, the Karnstein heirs use the blood of an innocent to bring forth the evil that is the beautiful Mircalla - or as she was in 1710, Carmilla. The nearby Finishing School offers rich pickings not only in in the blood of nubile young ladies but also with the headmaster who is desperate to become Mircalla's disciple, and the equally besotted and even more foolish author Richard Lestrange.
Carmilla, a Vampira de Karnstein
Novel
In the heart of Styria the Karnstein Family, even after their mortal deaths, rise from their tombs spreading evil in the countryside in their lust for fresh blood. Baron Hartog whose family are all victims of Karnstein vampirism, opens their graves and drives a stake through their diabolical hearts. One grave he cannot locate is that of the legendary beautiful Mircalla Karnstein. Years of peace follow that grisly night until Mircalla reappears to avenge her family's decimation and satisfy her desire for blood.
Rosas de Sangue
Novel
The spirit of a vengeful female vampire is released from her grave and possesses a wealthy young woman of nobility, who preys on other women in her village.
Uncle Silas
Novel
Following her father's death, a teenage heiress moves in with her guardian uncle who is broke and schemes to murder his niece for her vast inheritance.
El misterioso tío Silas
Novel
O Vampiro
Novel
A história gira em torno de Allan Grey, um jovem interessado pelo sobrenatural, que um dia recebe a visita de um estranho senhor. Ao segui-lo, Allan descobre que Léone, uma das filhas deste senhor, está cada vez mais doente. Ao ler um livro que o senhor lhe deu antes de morrer, Allan descobre que Léone é vítima de uma vampira, que é ajudada pelo doutor da vila em sua busca por alimento. Allan parte com um dos servos do senhor para destruir a vampira.
Shamus O'Brien
Poem
Based on JS Le Fanu's 1850 poem "Shamus O'Brien." Copies of this short film survive at the Library of Congress and British Film Institute.