《吸血鬼之吻》叙述了年轻的英国律师乔纳森o哈克乘车从伦敦出发，来到偏僻神秘的德古拉城堡，受德古拉伯爵所托，哈克办理房产交易事宜。但接下来发生的一连串怪异事件让他毛骨悚然、不寒而栗。空气中飘散着茫茫的白雾，城堡又黑又高的窗户透不出一丝光亮，丛林里传来凄厉的狼嚎，蝙蝠发出怪异的声音拍打窗户，墓地闪烁着飘忽游移的鬼影……城堡被阴郁、诡异和死亡编织的巨网笼罩。（The tale begins with Jonathan Harker, a newly qualified English solicitor, visiting Count Dracula in the Carpathian Mountains to provide legal support for a real estate transaction. But a series of bizarre incidents makes his hair stands on end. There is white misting floating in the air. The black and tall windows of the castle are impenetrable. Shrilling wolf howls can be heard from the forest and bats are patting windows making strange sounds. Ghosts disappear and reappear at the graveyard...The castle is shrouded in a veil of gloom, uncanniness and death.）