| DRACULA | Gary Oldman film based on a Bram Stoker story (7) |
| LETTER | Demi Moore and Gary Oldman film based on a classic novel, The Scarlet ___ |
| TINKER | Gary Oldman film based on a John le Carre novel, --- Tailor Soldier Spy (6) |
| DARKEST | - Hour, Gary Oldman film (7) |
| FRANCIS | _ Ford Coppola, famed for directing The Godfather and Bram Stoker's Dracula (7) |
| VAMPIRE | Bram Stoker's count |
| NOSFERATU | 1922 horror film based on Bram Stoker's Dracula; all prints save a few were destroyed after Stoker's heirs sued (9) |
| WORM | 'The ---', 1989 film by Ken Russell based on a tale by Bram Stoker (4,2,3,5,4) |
| LAIROF | 'The ---', 1989 film by Ken Russell based on a tale by Bram Stoker (4,2,3,5,4) |
| THEWHITE | 'The ---', 1989 film by Ken Russell based on a tale by Bram Stoker (4,2,3,5,4) |
| COUNTDRACULA | Vampire in a novel by Bram Stoker (5,7) |
| FANG | Feature of a vampire, per Bram Stoker |
| GARY | Oldman of "Bram Stoker's Dracula" |
| OLDMAN | Gary - - -,star of Bram Stoker's Dracula and Wild Horses, pictured below right (6) |
| VANHELSING | Vampire hunter in Bram Stoker's Dracula (3,7) |
| THEMAN | 1905 novel by Bram Stoker (3,3) |
| MISERY | King novel that shared the first Bram Stoker Award (1987) |
| GOTHICNOVEL | Book by Mary Shelley or Bram Stoker, for example (6,5) |
| ALANMOORE | He won two Bram Stoker Awards including Best Graphic Novel for Neonomicon: 2 wds. |
| WHITBY | North Yorkshire resort where Irish author Bram Stoker was inspired to write Dracula (6) |