Dracula
Transylvanian vampire Count Dracula bends a naive real estate agent to his will, then takes up residence at a London estate where he sleeps in his coffin by day and searches for potential victims by night.
- Rated
- Passed
- Runtime
- 1h 14m
- Released
- 1931
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1931
Storyline
Transylvanian vampire Count Dracula bends a naive real estate agent to his will, then takes up residence at a London estate where he sleeps in his coffin by day and searches for potential victims by night.
Top credits
Bela Lugosi — Count Dracula
Helen Chandler — Mina
David Manners — John Harker
Dwight Frye — Renfield
Did you know
• After playing Renfield, Dwight Frye would find himself typecast. He found himself restricted to playing eccentric or jittery characters that had a manic edge to them or criminal lunatic types.
• Generally regarded as the film that kickstarted the horror genre in Hollywood.
• When this film was re-released after the Production Code was strictly enforced in 1934, many edits and deletions were ordered by censors. The censors removed Renfield's scream as he is being killed and Dracula's moan as the stake is driven through his heart. These two audio deletions were later restored.
User reviews
Immensely enjoyable
It may be dusty, but it's still a classic
Bela Lugosi in the role he was born to play!
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.20 : 1, 1.37 : 1
- Color
- Black and White
