The Vampire Returns - THE DRACULA ARCHETYPE The new Dracula movie is stirring up social media ,especially the scene of his reconnection with his Beloved Mina. Dracula is the archetype of longing, shadow, and transformation. He is the one who refuses to die, who clings to love across centuries, who lives in the night and in the hidden places of the soul. This archetypal return can signal that we are again being asked to face the shadows we have repressed,our hunger, our grief, our unlived desire.