Dracula filmlerinde korku ve arzunun muğlak ve değişken kodları

This study, which takes Robin Wood?s methodology to find the answer to the question`what does the monster stand for?? as its base with certain nuances, investigates theambivalent and shifting sets of connotations embedded in Dracula movies. The mainfocus is on the sexual and sexuality-related connotations involving fear and desire. Asecondary set of connotations related to Otherness attributed to foreign cultures is alsoinvestigated. The study aims to delineate the degree and the limits of variance acrosstime and across different cinematic spaces.Keywords: Repression, Other, vampire film, sexuality, fear, desire.