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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 1d

What could lead me to try to REPEATEDLY try to quit the first TV series I ever created? If you thought things went to a dark place in the last part of “The Horror of ‘Dracula’: The Unbelievable True Story of the 2013 TV Series”, you ain't seen (heard?) nothing yet. Listen to Part 3 now!

The Horror of 'Dracula': The Unbelievable True Story of the 2013 TV Series - Part 3

Podcast Episode · 5AM StoryTalk · 10/14/2025 · 15m

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 4h

"Don't ask me to do it. I just can't vote for Clinton."

"What about the Supreme Court?"

"Don't be silly."

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 4h

'Untitled', 1954

Location: Wyoming.

Photograph by Elliott Erwitt (French-American).

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 8h

Philip K. Dick wrote this letter to the producers of BLADE RUNNER, after catching a glimpse of the film during an entertainment news show. He predicted it was going to become “one hell of a commercial success”…which might be his only prediction about the future that failed to come true.

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 8h

Part 3 is officially out in the world, for those who dug this post from John!

The Horror of 'Dracula': The Unbelievable True Story of the 2013 TV Series - Part 3

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 9h

Kevin Costner, 1988.

Photograph by Greg Gorman.

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 20h

“I’m just trying to look at something without blinking, to see what it is like, or it could have been like, and how that had something to do with the way we live now. Novels are always inquiries for me.” — Toni Morrison

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 1d

I don't know who made this, but it made me chuckle and scream. Physical media is the cinephile's security against tech bros who would gobble our culture up and shit it out as 1s and 0s they alone control access to.

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 1d

What a terrible loss! Drew Struzan, the artist behind so many iconic movie posters that it's fair to say he illustrated most of our best cinematic memories, has left us at 78 years old.

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 1d

From the making of BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935): Bride actress Elsa Lanchester enjoys a tea break in between shots.

Photographer unknown.

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 1d

Billie Holiday backstage at the Hollywood Bowl, 1953.

Photograph by Herman Leonard.

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, that app glitch is infuriating. I'm seeing the same thing.

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 1d

If you leave a 5-star review of the 5AM StoryTalk Podcast at Apple right now, screengrab it, and email it to [email protected], I’ll email you back a PDF of my ‘Dracula’ pilot script – the one that got green lit, not the one that made it to air. Be sure to subscribe to get more eps like these.

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Society & Culture Podcast · Updated Weekly · Are you confused by the 21st century, too? Every week at the 5AM StoryTalk Podcast, host Cole Haddon is joined by some of the world’s biggest artists and i...

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 1d

If Apple isn’t your jam, you can also find Part 3 of “The Horror of ‘Dracula’: The Unbelievable True Story of the 2013 TV Series” at your favorite podcast player here:

pod.link/1807437928/e...

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 1d

What could lead me to try to REPEATEDLY try to quit the first TV series I ever created? If you thought things went to a dark place in the last part of “The Horror of ‘Dracula’: The Unbelievable True Story of the 2013 TV Series”, you ain't seen (heard?) nothing yet. Listen to Part 3 now!

The Horror of 'Dracula': The Unbelievable True Story of the 2013 TV Series - Part 3

Podcast Episode · 5AM StoryTalk · 10/14/2025 · 15m

podcasts.apple.com

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 1d

“The reason one writes isn't the fact he wants to say something. He writes because he has something to say.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 2d

Did you imagine 1984’s fascist future was this horny? It kind of makes you wonder what Big Brother was really watching you do.

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 2d

How stunning is this contemporary poster for BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA (1992)?

Art by Rory Kurtz.

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 2d

5AM RealTalk is a 5AM StoryTalk plog where I discuss the highs and lows of my life as an artist and human being. On the itinerary: how the writing muscle changes (negatively?) with age, trading headphones for thinking time, Soviet cinema and Sergei Bondarchuk, and am I a workaholic?

REALTALK 10/13/25 (am I a workaholic? - trading headphones for thinking time - Soviet cinema and Sergei Bondarchuk )

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 2d

Robert Plant greeting L.A.’s Sunset Strip from his hotel balcony, 1975.

Photograph by Peter Simon.

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 2d

“Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright.” — Aaron Sorkin

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 3d

Ballet “L’Errante”, Paris, 1933.

Photograph by Ilse Bing (German).

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 3d

I finally tracked down a source for Universal Monster scripts for the 5AM StoryTalk newsletter. Here are 10 of them -- including the greatest of them! -- for you to enjoy, download, and study for free!

10 Universal Monsters Screenplays for You to Download and Study for Free

There's no better time than the Halloween season to travel back to the early days of horror with these classic monster scripts I recently discovered copies of

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Reposted by Cole Haddon

Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 8d

How could a straight-to-series greenlight go so wrong for the first TV series I ever created?! Today, the 5AM StoryTalk Podcast brings you Part 1 of a four-part Hollywood horror story I describe as a cautionary tale for screenwriters about what can happen when all your dreams come true.

The Horror of 'Dracula': The Unbelievable True Story of the 2013 TV Series - Part 1

Podcast Episode · 5AM StoryTalk · 10/07/2025 · 15m

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Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 3d

Diane Keaton (who just passed away) and Al Pacino having a laugh between takes on the set of THE GODFATHER (1972). I’ve always loved this picture.

Photograph by Steve Schapiro.

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