Starstrider Productions presents:
The year is 2004. Flip-phones are in vogue, MySpace has just been launched, and Britney Spears’ Toxic is top of the charts. And Castle Dracula is about to receive a young guest for dinner…
Armed with only his dictaphone, newly-minted solicitor Jonathan Harker has taken the Eurostar out of Britain and travelled to the depths of Romania, where phone service and peace of mind have become a thing of the past. But Jonathan isn’t the only one in the toils: he’s just unwittingly given a bloodsucking monster unfettered access to London’s teeming millions, and he, his friends and Mina, the love of his life, are in grave danger.
A found-footage extravaganza, Dracula: 2004 dares to ask what happens when you combine vampires and dial-up internet. Join Jonathan as he survives the work trip from hell; gossip with Mina and Lucy over Lucy’s three suitors; and meet the eccentric Van Helsing and her vampire-hunting armoury. This is a new millennium, a new age of technology, and a version of Dracula that you have never experienced before.
Care to take a bite?
Written and Directed by: Francesca Mylod-Ford
Produced by: Maddy Searle
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Starstrider Productions presents:
The year is 2004. Flip-phones are in vogue, MySpace has just been launched, and Britney Spears’ Toxic is top of the charts. And Castle Dracula is about to receive a young guest for dinner…
Armed with only his dictaphone, newly-minted solicitor Jonathan Harker has taken the Eurostar out of Britain and travelled to the depths of Romania, where phone service and peace of mind have become a thing of the past. But Jonathan isn’t the only one in the toils: he’s just unwittingly given a bloodsucking monster unfettered access to London’s teeming millions, and he, his friends and Mina, the love of his life, are in grave danger.
A found-footage extravaganza, Dracula: 2004 dares to ask what happens when you combine vampires and dial-up internet. Join Jonathan as he survives the work trip from hell; gossip with Mina and Lucy over Lucy’s three suitors; and meet the eccentric Van Helsing and her vampire-hunting armoury. This is a new millennium, a new age of technology, and a version of Dracula that you have never experienced before.
Care to take a bite?
Written and Directed by: Francesca Mylod-Ford
Produced by: Maddy Searle
"Sometimes I give myself the creeps
Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me
It all keeps adding up
I think I'm cracking up
Am I just paranoid?"
- Green Day, Basketcase
Dr. Jack Seward logs about his newest client: Patient R. Meanwhile, the psychiatric nursing staff of White Oak House regret not having a union.
Dracula: 2004 is a weekly found footage horror audio drama, based on the novel "Dracula" by Bram Stoker. Care to take a bite?
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Content warnings: Psychiatric facilities, mental illness depiction, cruelty to animals
Check out our website for more information: https://dracula2004.wordpress.com/
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This episode was written and directed by Francesca Mylod-Ford, and produced by Maddy Searle. The show is created and executive produced by Francesca Mylod-Ford.
This episode featured sound design by Maddy Searle, with music composed by Joash Kari.
Our actors were:
Dr. Lou Sutcliffe as Dr. Jack Seward
Vyn Vox as Quincey Morris
Johnny Chiodini as Patient R
and
James Carpenter as the long-suffering Andy
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"I am longing to be with you, and by the sea, where we can talk together freely and build our castles in the air."
- Bram Stoker, Dracula
Lucy and Mina send voicemails, discuss crushes and accidentally fail the Bechdel Test.
Dracula: 2004 is a weekly found footage horror audio drama, based on the novel "Dracula" by Bram Stoker. Care to take a bite?
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Content warnings: None.
Transcript here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qN_xE62v0_9mp0tYQP76nEezhGyM-HqYOWPHQLcZh1A/edit?usp=sharing
Check out our website for more information: https://dracula2004.wordpress.com/
_______________________________________________
This episode was written and directed by Francesca Mylod-Ford, and produced by Maddy Searle. The show is created and executive produced by Francesca Mylod-Ford.
This episode featured sound design by Maddy Searle, with music composed by Joash Kari.
Our actors were:
Michelle Kelly as Mina Munjal
and
Anusia Battersby as Lucy Westenra
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"Was he then to allow this monster to roam, bearing ruin upon his breath, amidst all he held dear, and not avert its progress?"
- Dr. John Polidori, The Vampyre
With no other choice, Jonathan makes a run for it.
Dracula: 2004 is a weekly found footage horror audio drama, based on the novel "Dracula" by Bram Stoker. Care to take a bite?
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Content warnings: Imprisonment, wild animal attack, implied sexual assault.
Transcript here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XktLvBPAkF9v2bodRwwv5ZnNfEnJHYpPzwvTRmUDX7I/edit?usp=sharing
Check out our website for more information: https://dracula2004.wordpress.com/
_______________________________________________
This episode was written and directed by Francesca Mylod-Ford, and produced by Maddy Searle. The show is created and executive produced by Francesca Mylod-Ford.
This episode featured sound design by Maddy Searle, with music composed by Joash Kari.
Our actors were:
Tom Crowley as Jonathan Harker
Brad Oliver as Dracula
and
Méabh de Brún as Bride 1
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"Evil is a point of view. We are immortal. And what we have before us are the rich feasts that conscience cannot appreciate and mortal men cannot know without regret. God kills, and so shall we; indiscriminately He takes the richest and the poorest, and so shall we; for no creatures under God are as we are, none so like Him as ourselves, dark angels not confined to the stinking limits of hell but wandering His earth and all its kingdoms."
- Anne Rice, Interview With the Vampire
Mysterious events plague Jonathan as he plunges into despair: a missing phone, a pain in his neck and a wolf attack are only the least of his worries.
Dracula: 2004 is a weekly found footage horror audio drama, based on the novel "Dracula" by Bram Stoker. Care to take a bite?
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Content warnings:
Imprisonment, murder by wild animals, murder of an infant.
Transcript here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OytqLTI2Nj3T4QgbaI3E3ElvUS4gTfL4CKx-UmjCKUs/edit?usp=sharing
Check out our website for more information: https://dracula2004.wordpress.com/
_______________________________________________
This episode was written and directed by Francesca Mylod-Ford, and produced by Maddy Searle. The show is created and executive produced by Francesca Mylod-Ford.
This episode featured sound design by Maddy Searle, with music composed by Joash Kari.
Our actors were:
Tom Crowley as Jonathan Harker
Brad Oliver as Dracula
and
Ioana Adăscăliței as The Mother
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"Dearest, your little heart is wounded; think me not cruel because I obey the irresistible law of my strength and weakness; if your dear heart is wounded, my wild heart bleeds with yours."
- Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla
Jonathan meets the other residents of Castle Dracula.
Dracula: 2004 is a weekly found footage horror audio drama, based on the novel "Dracula" by Bram Stoker. Care to take a bite?
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Content warnings: Imprisonment, violence towards children, implied sexual assault (verbally referenced).
Transcript here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13fFjRjkeunjYP6hgdGjmRqOGUkJ62MfdQgeQ8YTIDtU/edit?usp=sharing
Check out our website for more information: https://dracula2004.wordpress.com/
_______________________________________________
This episode was written and directed by Francesca Mylod-Ford, and produced by Maddy Searle. The show is created and executive produced by Francesca Mylod-Ford.
This episode featured sound design by Maddy Searle, with music composed by Joash Kari.
Our actors were:
Tom Crowley as Jonathan Harker
Michelle Kelly as Mina Munjal
Brad Oliver as Dracula
Méabh de Brún as Bride 1
Marnie Warner as Bride 2
and
Sasha Alexandra as Bride 3
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"The world seems full of good men, even if there are monsters in it."
- Bram Stoker, Dracula
Jonathan Harker, solicitor, arrives in Romania, listens to a voicemail from Mina, records his travel log, and meets his employer’s new client: Count Dracula.
Dracula: 2004 is a weekly found footage horror audio drama, based on the novel "Dracula" by Bram Stoker. Care to take a bite?
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Content warnings: Imprisonment, wild animal attack
Transcript here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14XmVMYjOt9KL01DOa2CXoN6a5jbB7pD58w46FrfLfJk/edit?usp=sharing
Check out our website for more information: https://dracula2004.wordpress.com/
_______________________________________________
This episode was written and directed by Francesca Mylod-Ford, and produced by Maddy Searle. The show is created and executive produced by Francesca Mylod-Ford.
This episode featured sound design by Maddy Searle, with music composed by Joash Kari.
Our actors were:
Tom Crowley as Jonathan Harker
Michelle Kelly as Mina Munjal
Brad Oliver as Dracula and The Coachman
and
Jon Black as The Driver
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Re: Frankenstein - An audio drama adaptation of your favorite gothic sci-fi novel. Arriving in Fall 2026.
This show is crowdfunding now! Check out their indiegogo campaign here if you'd like to donate: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/re-frankenstein/coming_soon
Re: Frankenstein is an audio adaptation of Frankenstein from the team behind Re: Dracula. This show will be a faithful, text-accurate adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel, featuring a full cast to tug on your heartstrings and sound design to keep you on the edge of your seat. Featuring an award-winning all-trans cast, Re: Frankenstein will bring this Gothic masterpiece to glorious un-life.
If you like:
Scientific malpractice
Yelling at Victor Frankenstein for his crimes
Oddly soothing horror audio drama
Immersive sound design
Full cast voice acting
Independent audio fiction
we think you'll like this show!
Coming to a landline near you in October 2025... watch out for bats.
Transcript here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17RtSkUhHVblEu-JymMiPc1gu37GvgnLb_Smua0PlrDI/edit?usp=sharing
This trailer was written and directed by Francesca Mylod-Ford, and produced by Maddy Searle. It featured sound design by Maddy Searle, with original music by Joash Kari.
SCP-x3x (I am Not OK)" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
This trailer featured:
Dr. Flloyd Kennedy as Dr. Abrianna Van Helsing
Michelle Kelly as Mina Munjal
Dr. Lou Sutcliffe as Dr. Jack Seward
Vyn Vox as Quincey Morris
Johnny Chiodini as Patient R
Anusia Battersby as Lucy Westenra
Tom Crowley as Jonathan Harker
Alan Mandel as Arthur Holmwood
and
Brad Oliver as Dracula
Dracula: 2004 is a brand-new twist on a 127-year-old theme... when a young solicitor named Jonathan Harker is invited to Castle Dracula in the year 2004, our heroes must use the power of friendship, garlic and dial-up internet to prevent the nefarious Count Dracula from gaining a foothold within the unwitting people of London.
Care to take a bite?
Transcript here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZgRmy-Qs8W6cUNPJEr7l68F7F-ejFnlN8w6oA0wQxrE/edit?usp=sharing
Written, directed and edited by: Francesca Mylod-Ford
Produced by: Maddy Searle
Acted by: Lou Sutcliffe, Anusia Battersby and Flloyd Kennedy
Music by: Joash Kari
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Starstrider Productions presents:
The year is 2004. Flip-phones are in vogue, MySpace has just been launched, and Britney Spears’ Toxic is top of the charts. And Castle Dracula is about to receive a young guest for dinner…
Armed with only his dictaphone, newly-minted solicitor Jonathan Harker has taken the Eurostar out of Britain and travelled to the depths of Romania, where phone service and peace of mind have become a thing of the past. But Jonathan isn’t the only one in the toils: he’s just unwittingly given a bloodsucking monster unfettered access to London’s teeming millions, and he, his friends and Mina, the love of his life, are in grave danger.
A found-footage extravaganza, Dracula: 2004 dares to ask what happens when you combine vampires and dial-up internet. Join Jonathan as he survives the work trip from hell; gossip with Mina and Lucy over Lucy’s three suitors; and meet the eccentric Van Helsing and her vampire-hunting armoury. This is a new millennium, a new age of technology, and a version of Dracula that you have never experienced before.
Care to take a bite?
Written and Directed by: Francesca Mylod-Ford
Produced by: Maddy Searle
