Many consider this to be a proto-slasher story.

I usually just use the library. If I really like a book after I've read it I'll buy it so I can lend it to people based on my recommendation, also it can serve as a conversation piece on my bookshelf. Sometimes I'll pick up clearance books at half price that I haven't read, but I generally don't like to spend money on things that I can get for free.

Damn. I thought your complaint about Van Helsing would be the same as mine. I can't stand how the whole time he's suspecting that Dracula is a vampire, he keeps thinking about it out loud so much, which makes everyone go "what is it?" And he's just like "No no. In time I will reveal the thing I won't shut up about, but not yet!" It's like Stoker wanted to do the bare minimum but didn't want to just write "and then something suspenseful happens".