Sheridan Le Fanu

Sheridan Le Fanu

1814-08-28 Dublin, Ireland 31 Credits

Biography

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels in the nineteenth century, best known for his stories “Uncle Silas,” “Carmilla,” and “The House by the Churchyard.”

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Imaha

Imaha

2024

Writer

7.5
Writing

IMAHA is a short film loosely based on Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's (1814-1873) story with the original title "The child that went with the fairies".

Lies We Tell

Lies We Tell

2023

Novel

6.9

An orphaned heiress is forced to embrace her family's dark legacy.

Carmilla

Carmilla

2020

Story

5.8
Writing

Isolated from the outside world, fifteen-year-old Lara lives in seclusion on a vast country estate with her father and strict governess Miss Fontaine....

The Carmilla Movie

The Carmilla Movie

2017

Novel

7.4

It has been five years since Laura and Carmilla vanquished the apocalypse and Carmilla became a bonafide mortal human. They have settled in to a cozy ...

The Curse of Styria

The Curse of Styria

2014

Novel, Story

4.6
Writing

In 1989, Lara Hill, accompanies her art historian father to an abandoned castle across the Iron Curtain. From a car crash outside of the castle, emerg...

All Catacombs Are Gray

All Catacombs Are Gray

2013

Novel

A collage animated adaptation of Sheridan Le Fanu’s cult novel about vampire Carmilla, which not only inspired Bram Stocker to write Dracula, but also...

Carmilla, the Lesbian Vampire

Carmilla, the Lesbian Vampire

2004

Story

2.8
Writing

It's a face-off against two of the most evil supernatural forces: vampires fueled by bloodlust and zombies who've come back from the dead to prey on t...

Marcilla

2003

Story

Writing

Marcilla is a magnificent contemporary interpretation of Sheridan Le Fanu's novella "Carmilla" about a lonely female student who is visited by a myste...

The Wyvern Mystery

The Wyvern Mystery

2000

Novel

4.4

After precipitating the death of a tenant with whom he has been feuding, Squire Fairfield brings the dead man's young daughter to live in Wyvern Manor...

Carmilla

Carmilla

1998

Characters

1.0

J. Sheridan LeFanu's famed, oft-adapted novel gets adapted again... but now it's in Long Island.

Carmilla

Carmilla

1989

Story

4.0
Writing

Lonely young Marie and her father live on a plantation just before the Civil War. Their placid lives are invaded when they rescue a mysterious woman f...

Carmilla: The Petrified Heart

Carmilla: The Petrified Heart

1988

Story

Writing

On a night with a full moon and a storm, Laure, still a child, is awakened by the tears of a young woman who has entered her room. At first intrigued,...

The Dark Angel

The Dark Angel

1987

Novel

7.5

The Dark Angel is a sensual and stylish adaptation of Uncle Silas - Sheridan le Fanu’s influential Victorian literary masterpiece. Sheltered heiress M...

Carmilla

Carmilla

1980

Novel

6.5

Polish adaptation of the J. Sheridan LeFanu vampire novella.

The Sleep of Death

The Sleep of Death

1980

Story

5.0
Writing

Set in 1815, a young Englishman touring Europe encounters more than he bargained for. His pursuit of the beautiful Countess St. Alyre brings him into ...

Schalcken the Painter

Schalcken the Painter

1979

Short Story, Writer

5.6
Writing

Can Schalcken save his love, Rose, from the clutches of a ghastly suitor before it is too late?

Alucarda

Alucarda

1977

Novel

6.4

A young girl's arrival at a convent after the death of her parents marks the beginning of a series of events that unleash an evil presence on the girl...

Carmilla

1976

Story

Writing

Venezuelan television adaptation of Sheridan Le Fanu‘s Carmilla.

The Blood Spattered Bride

The Blood Spattered Bride

1972

Novel

5.7

A young newlywed woman begins to have disturbing nightmares just after settling into the old mansion that has belonged to her husband's family for cen...

Inn At the Flying Dragon

Inn At the Flying Dragon

1972

Short Story

6.0
Writing

Joseph Sheridan le Fanu's tale, "Inn at the Flying Dragon," brings dark fantasy, ghostly apparitions, and mysteries to the TV screen. It's part of his...

Twins of Evil

Twins of Evil

1971

Characters

6.7

While dabbling in Satanism, Count Karstein resurrects Mircalla Karnstein who initiates him into vampirism. As a rash of deaths afflicts the village, G...

Lust for a Vampire

Lust for a Vampire

1971

Characters

5.8

In 1830, the Karnstein heirs use the blood of an innocent to bring forth the evil that is the beautiful Mircalla - or as she was in 1710, Carmilla. Th...

The Vampire Lovers

The Vampire Lovers

1970

Novel

6.4

In the heart of Styria the Karnstein Family, even after their mortal deaths, rise from their tombs spreading evil in the countryside in their lust for...

Uncle Silas

Uncle Silas

1968

Writer

Writing

After her father's death, Maud, a young heiress, is sent to live with her Uncle Silas. She finds her new guardian living in a gothic nightmare of a ma...

Blood and Roses

Blood and Roses

1960

Novel

5.7

The spirit of a vengeful female vampire is released from her grave and possesses a wealthy young woman of nobility, who preys on other women in her vi...

Uncle Silas

Uncle Silas

1947

Novel

5.8

Following her father's death, a teenage heiress moves in with her guardian uncle who is broke and schemes to murder his niece for her vast inheritance...

The Mysterious Uncle Silas

The Mysterious Uncle Silas

1947

Novel

A woman tries to run away when she finds out that her nephews plan to kill her.

Vampyr

Vampyr

1932

Novel

7.3

A student of the occult encounters supernatural haunts and local evildoers in a village outside of Paris.

Shamus O'Brien

1912

Poem

Based on JS Le Fanu's 1850 poem "Shamus O'Brien." Copies of this short film survive at the Library of Congress and British Film Institute.

Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla

Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla

N/A

Story

Writing

Carmilla is a Gothic novella by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu and one of the early works of vampire fiction, predating Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897) by 26 ye...

Le Fanu's Carmilla

Le Fanu's Carmilla

N/A

Story

Writing

A lonely Styrian woman saves a mysterious stranger who is revealed as a vampire. The two befriend each other, eventually falling into a doomed romance...