Filming in Dracula territory

An interesting article about Hollywood directors filming in Eastern Europe to save costs. From The Globe and Mail of Toronto:

Twenty-one feature films were shot in the Czech Republic in 2004, compared with 14 in 2003, according to the European Audiovisual Observatory, based in Strasbourg, France. In 2004, 57 films were produced in Britain, down from 68 the year before. In France, the number of films produced fell last year to 167 from 183. Fifteen movies were made in Poland, 11 in Romania and four in Bulgaria.

Of course, everyone wants to go there to imitate the success of Vampire Journals.