Transylvania and literature as a land of mystery and magic. For example, in Paulo Coelho's novel "The Witch of Portobello", the main character, Sherine Khalil, is described as a Transylvanian orphan with a Romani mother, in an effort to add to the character's exotic mystique. The so-called Transylvanian trilogy of historical novels by Miklos Banffy, "The Writing on the Wall", is an extended treatment of the 19th- and early 20th-century social and political history of the country. Among the first actors to portray Dracula in film was Bela Lugosi, who was born in Banat, in present-day Romania. Transylvania Transylvania is a
Hotel Transylvania (franchise) iTunes App Store, Nook Store, Google Play for Android, iBookstore, Microsoft's Metro, and for PC and Mac via BooClips, both in English and in Spanish, on September 20, 2012. A third video game based on "", "Hotel Transylvania 3 Monsters Overboard", published by Outright Games, was released on July 13, 2018. "Hotel Transylvania" is a dark ride that has been featured at the Columbia Pictures zone at Motiongate Dubai since late 2016. Hotel Transylvania (franchise) Hotel Transylvania is an American media franchise created by comedy writer Todd Durham. It consists of three theatrical films, three graphic novels and two short