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Dracula

Dracula

Horror · 1931

A British estate agent travels to Transylvania to meet the mysterious Count Dracula, who is interested in leasing a London castle. After Dracula enslaves the agent and drives him to insanity, the pair return to London together, where Dracula, a secret bloodsucker, begins preying on socialites.

Movie details

Dracula

“The story of the strangest passion the world has ever known!”

1931 Horror 1h 14m

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7.2 / 10

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A British estate agent travels to Transylvania to meet the mysterious Count Dracula, who is interested in leasing a London castle. After Dracula enslaves the agent and drives him to insanity, the pair return to London together, where Dracula, a secret bloodsucker, begins preying on socialites.

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The Raven

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Tod Browning

Written by

Frederick Stephani · Garrett Fort · Tod Browning · Louis Stevens

Bela Lugosi

Bela Lugosi

Count Dracula

Helen Chandler

Helen Chandler

Mina

David Manners

David Manners

John Harker

Dwight Frye

Dwight Frye

Renfield

Edward Van Sloan

Edward Van Sloan

Van Helsing

Herbert Bunston

Herbert Bunston

Doctor Seward

Frances Dade

Frances Dade

Lucy

Court is in session

Put Dracula on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.