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Sep 27, 2023 · September 27, 2023. Tod Browning’s “Dracula,” released in 1931, is not only one of the pillars of Universal Pictures’ horror pantheon but also a film that deeply influenced and shaped the trajectory of vampire narratives in cinema. From its chilling atmosphere to the iconic performance of Bela Lugosi, “Dracula” stands tall as a ...
Budget. $341,191 [2] Trailer. Dracula is a 1931 American pre-Code supernatural horror film directed and co-produced by Tod Browning from a screenplay written by Garrett Fort and starring Bela Lugosi in the title role. It is based on the 1924 stage play Dracula by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston, which in turn is adapted from the 1897 ...
At midnight on Walpurgis Night, an English clerk, Renfield, arrives at Count Dracula's castle in the Carpathian Mountains. After signing papers to take over a ruined abbey near London, Dracula drives Renfield mad and commands obedience. Renfield escorts the boxed count on a death ship to London. From there, the Count is introduced into the society of his neighbor, Dr. Seward, who runs an ...
Dracula (1931 English-language film) Dracula is a silver screen horror movie, made in 1931, starring Bela Lugosi. It is about Count Dracula, a vampire with a slicked widow's peak and a cape. He sleeps in a coffin and gets impaled through the heart by a wooden steak. Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted. Dracula ...
Bela Lugosi ’s performance as the vampire Count Dracula is widely acknowledged as the definitive portrayal of the character, who first appeared in Bram Stoker ’s novel of the same name. The film is based on a 1920s stage adaptation of Stoker’s novel. As it begins, English solicitor R.M. Renfield (played by Dwight Frye) undertakes a ...
The film was originally intended for Conrad Veidt, who had just appeared in Universal's The Man Who Laughs (1928) and The Last Performance (1929). When Veidt returned to Germany fearing his English was not good enough for talkies Universal looked to Lon Chaney, star of the studio's The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) and The Phantom of the Opera (1925).
Feb 14, 2021 · The story of horror’s vampire king, Dracula, began as a novel of the same name, written by Bram Stoker and published in 1897. Like many other movies, it was based on a 1920’s theatrical adaptation of Stoker’s novel. Before the popular 1931 film, German Impressionist filmmaker F.W. Murnau made a silent film, Nosferatu (1922).
