The site's critical consensus reads: "Bela Lugosi's timeless portrayal of Dracula in this creepy and atmospheric 1931 film has set the standard for major vampiric roles since."[38]. The image was overly brightened and cleaned, and lost its dark, creepy feel. | Blair Brown, Having played the Count in Hamilton Deane's Broadway version of Dracula, which started in 1927, Bela Lugosi was more than prepared for the role when it was time to commit it to film. | Little Europe, Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA. Simon Ward, | Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Director: Monal Gajjar, Judi Bowker. Azmi travels to Romania for legal matters. Thanks anyways, and I did read above LOL. PG-13 The Count returned to life in three more Universal films of the mid-1940s: 1944's House of Frankenstein, 1945's House of Dracula and 1948's comedy Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein. Kate Nelligan, Votes: Director: Sharlene Brown. [67] That same year, the seven-film Complete Legacy Collection was released on Blu-ray. Animation, Horror. All Star Wars content, images, and likenesses are the property of their respective copyright owner. Her fiance, outlaw Billy the Kid, finds out about it and rushes to save her. Stars: | Patricio Contreras, Drama, Horror. A modern day adaption of the classic horror novel Dracula. This publicity, shrewdly orchestrated by the film studio, helped ensure people came to see the film, if for no other reason than curiosity. Director: | Marta Gastini, Muriel Baumeister. I've only seen a bit of the HD Frankenstein but according to others it looks like many if not all of the previous issues have been fixed. While no film adaptation of the novel Dracula is completely true to the book, this one comes the closest to approximating the degree of horror that was so wonderfully depicted by Bram Stoker.Despite some fairly significant deviations from the original, of all the films based on this novel, this one is the most faithful to the written word and notably includes more detail in the scenes that take place in Dracula's castle (scenes that are so often very much altered and less prominent in other Dracula films). Follows the ill-fated crew aboard the merchant ship Demeter which carried Dracula's coffin from Transylvania to England only to arrive at port with no survivors aboard. | I'd be interested in that as well though it's probably not hard to recreate. Director Tod Browning had a solid reputation as a silent film director, having made them since 1915, but he never felt completely at ease with sound films. | | 107 min Kristi Millam, [7] Enthusiastic young Hollywood producer Carl Laemmle, Jr. also saw the box office potential in Stoker's gothic chiller, and he legally acquired the novel's film rights. 'I may, I suppose, take it that we are all acquainted with the facts that are in these papers.'. [7] Against the tide of studio opinion, Lugosi lobbied hard and ultimately won the executives over, thanks in part to him accepting a paltry $500 per week salary for seven weeks of work, amounting to $3,500. Andrea Hiltz. Short, Comedy, Horror. [25], The film was generally well received by critics upon its release. It's processed slightly but highly degraded. Stars: Joshua B. Porter Arnór Elís Kristjánsson, make sure you dont crop any pixels. TM2YC, SatansWaffles, That One Guy, ssj, Captain Khajiit, - Alternate score performed by Michael Reisman, This fanedit may not be for everyone but I sure enjoyed the hell out of it.Presentation is top notch, loved the soundtrack (a alternate version is available.) Dan Martino, Prince Dracula leaves his castle in Transylvania to see fresh blood in Victorian England. it is good. Alexander Granach, | While there are some attractive settings and cast members, problems include that some of the "good" characters aren't likable, the acting is okay-to-uninteresting, there are holes in the story, and it's not that thrilling a horror film overall. Stars: | [17] The picture was completed for a total cost of $341,191.20, which was under the original estimate of $355,050. Renfield refuses to stay at the inn and asks his carriage driver to take him to the Borgo Pass. [68][69], On August 28, 2018, Dracula, Drácula, Dracula's Daughter, Son of Dracula, House of Frankenstein, House of Dracula, and Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein were included in the Universal Classic Monsters: Complete 30-Film Collection Blu-ray box set. 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A strange prehistoric beast lurks in the depths of the Amazonian jungle. Karl Freund Frank Langella, Nassar. A bat flies above them and squeaks to Mina. A low-budget version that again modernizes the tale, this time to the early 1950s, also with '40s/'50s B-movie music and a not very interesting story. An adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula for the 21st Century. Pablo Álvarez Rubio. Wayne Keeley Also, the film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: The actors, who followed in Lugosi's shoes in playing Dracula, and who achieved significant fame in that role, had different attitudes to Lugosi's portrayal. [this review is based on the TV movie Dracula's Curse]The two-part mini-series tells the nineteenth-century story in modern-time eastern Europe. That night, Dracula enters her room and feasts on her blood while she sleeps. Actually, I watched the Brownlow Documentary with the Dracula DVD and it has a clip from the silent version, so it may have survived. David Carradine, David R. Williams | Photographed at silent film projection speed, this accounts for the jerky, sped-up appearance of the footage when projected at 24 frames per second sound film speed and cobbled together with new footage of Dracula and Renfield. [26] Variety praised the film for its "remarkably effective background of creepy atmosphere" and wrote, "It is difficult to think of anybody who could quite match the performance in the vampire part of Bela Lugosi, even to the faint flavor of foreign speech that fits so neatly". | Morfydd Clark, My only problem is the abrupt ending I believe this can be solved by reinstating the original ending,Dracula looking at Mina's photo during his first interactions with Harker. "[13] Edward Van Sloan, who played Van Helsing on stage opposite Lugosi, reprised his role on screen. Universal would only cast Lugosi as Dracula in one more film, the aforesaid Abbott and Costello vehicle,[39] giving the role to John Carradine for the mid-1940s "monster rally" films, although Carradine admittedly more closely resembled Stoker's physical description from the book. Here is a good comparison http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/articles/dracula_misfires.htm. Maria Rohm. 101 min Heather Daley, The greatest horror film ever made. Drama, Horror, Musical. Director: It is due to Bela Lugosi's career-defining portrayal of the title character. The silent version is much like the original green tinted Frankenstein-lost to the ages. Shot in moody black and white. Get the best deals for dracula 1931 at eBay.com. Centuries-old vampire Dracula preys upon the innocent Eva and her friends. To more fully appreciate the humor of this film, it's important that the viewer has seen these earlier works, among which include (especially) Dracula (1931) and (although less so) Dracula (1992). The 99 disc and 04 Legacy collection are almost the same, but the 04 audio is heavily processed and has a great deal of noise reduction applied. Born in what is now Lugoj, Romania, Lugosi brings to the part the flavor of his homeland, making him more believable as Dracula. but Dracula has issues on every edition. They see Dracula with Mina in the abbey. | Dracula arrives in Los Angeles to drain Hollywood of blood. Fanedit.org does not host, provide links to, or sell fanedits. | 46 of 57 people found this review helpful. TV-PG [28] Time called it "an exciting melodrama, not as good as it ought to be but a cut above the ordinary trapdoor-and-winding-sheet type of mystery film". I hope it isn't a lost film. Renfield is drugged by the eerily hypnotic count, and turned into one of his thralls, protecting him during his sea voyage to London. Nosferatu. http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/articles/dracula_misfires.htm, https://www.youtube.com/c/DamnFoolIdealisticCrusader. Robert Eggers In 1998, composer Philip Glass was commissioned to compose a musical score for the classic film. Arnór Elís Kristjánsson, Herbert Lom, [57][58], In 2012, Dracula and Drácula were released on Blu-ray as part of the Universal Classic Monsters: The Essential Collection box set, which also includes a total of nine films from the Universal Classic Monsters series. Steven Weber, Votes: | Klaus Kinski, Music and death groans are there. 74 min It seems Universal did HD masters some time ago and are just sitting on them for a Blu-ray release. [7] Jack Foley was the foley artist who produced the sound effects. F.W. I was absolutely had been wanting to see it for a long, long time. [21] Glass and the Kronos Quartet performed live during showings of the film in 1999, 2000 and 2017.[22][23][24]. Director: 270 min Horror, Director: Now, I know it was made in 1931, and that, at the time, it horrified audiences, but I still stand by my opinion that the overall movie pales in comparison to Bela Lugosi's performance. This Czechoslovakian version is generally faithful to the book, with a fair amount of reasonably good script and production elements, along with low-budget features. Frame rate : 25.000 fps. Leonardo Thimo Actually, I watched the Brownlow Documentary with the Dracula DVD and it has a clip from the silent version, so it may have survived.