A minor proposition, yet I've never heard others talk about it. Could it be that this song refers not to Lugosi's characterisation of Dracula, but his actual life? Specifically, I was thinking about his 'role' in Plan 9 From Outer Space. Ed Wood had been 'good' friends with Lugosi, filming some of his last footage, which later found its way into the material of Plan 9. After Lugosi's death, Wood found a man to cast as Lugosi's fill in for much of the remainder of the movie ( though the scenes are completely scattered around ). This man of course bore little resemblance to Lugosi, except for the top of his head - he was ordered to keep his face and body covered in the vampire cape, thus creating the illusion that Lugosi was just in full costume.
This 'resurrection' of Lugosi could be, in my view, considered as a raising of the dead to a limbo state of 'undeadness.'
I don't think there's anything at all eerie to the lyrics of the song. It seems a mere commentary on the irony of Lugosi's death.
A minor proposition, yet I've never heard others talk about it. Could it be that this song refers not to Lugosi's characterisation of Dracula, but his actual life? Specifically, I was thinking about his 'role' in Plan 9 From Outer Space. Ed Wood had been 'good' friends with Lugosi, filming some of his last footage, which later found its way into the material of Plan 9. After Lugosi's death, Wood found a man to cast as Lugosi's fill in for much of the remainder of the movie ( though the scenes are completely scattered around ). This man of course bore little resemblance to Lugosi, except for the top of his head - he was ordered to keep his face and body covered in the vampire cape, thus creating the illusion that Lugosi was just in full costume.
This 'resurrection' of Lugosi could be, in my view, considered as a raising of the dead to a limbo state of 'undeadness.'
I don't think there's anything at all eerie to the lyrics of the song. It seems a mere commentary on the irony of Lugosi's death.