Top 15 BEST Dracula Movies!
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- Dracula has been adapted to film over and over again, but what are the best movies starring the vampire Count?
Kicking off a new series of Vampire Movie lists, here are my favorite DRACULA movies!
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Great job!! Horror of Dracula is my favorite also. Seeing Peter Cushing sprint across the table and pulling off the curtains, while using two candlesticks to make a cross and forcing Christopher Lee into the daylight is iconic!!
So iconic, it rules so hard!
By the time Bela did the film version of Dracula, he had performed the role hundreds of times on Broadway and across the country. He knew precisely what he was saying, which is obvious. Plus, there’s at least one interview from the period wherein he speaks English very fluently, albeit with his legendary accent.
Yes belas accent was his own hungarian . Remember Bela dis speak a word of english when arrived in the united states . Also if things had been different. He most properbly would newer have migrated to the us . But following the collapse of Bela Khuns hungerian soviet repuplic in 1919(Bela Khun fleed to the soviet union , where Stalin had killed in the 1930'es) .A New conservative regime took power . The new regime started to persicute leftist and trade unionist . And Lagosi belonged to the those groups. He fleed the country. First to germany and later to the united states . Bela Lagosi was 49 . When he the dracula movie in 1931 . But he is one most famous cultural exports coming out of Hungary . I think the Hungarians should do more to honor their most famous sons. He deserves a statue or street named after him in Budapest.
@@madsdahlc Well at least he got a song. Although that was some English dudes.
Thank you for pointing these facts out.
@@madsdahlc Indeed he does.🧛
Thanks for including the Langella and Kinski versions. Two of my absolute favorites!
Christopher Lee is the best Dracula imo
By a long way.
I saw Lugosi's Dracula at a very young age also. I was drawing his castle in 2nd grade and was dressed as him every Halloween. I can't believe you didn't put it at number one. Horror of Dracula a close number two. Thanks for sharing your list.
For me, every single one of the Hammer Horror, Dracula films are top notch!! I could watch all of them endlessly. Christopher Lee was the greatest Dracula ever!
Hammer aficionado, so I have to go for Dracula: Prince of Darkness. In that film he's elemental, mysterious and alien: pure nightmare fuel.
I don't know if you've seen it or not, but "Love at first Bite"(1979) was a really good romcom Dracula film starring George Hamilton as the count, and he plays it as a serious take on Bela Lugosi's portrayal that really works in the comedy settings the film puts him through. Arte Johnson kills it as Renfield.
I actually didn’t know that was a Dracula movie! I’ll have to check it out.
I love that film. And, it looked like Hamilton was having an absolute ball playing the part.
@@cobwebschannelDefinitely see it. Saw this in the theater back in the day.
@@cobwebschannel it's wonderful!
@@cobwebschannel What? You have got to watch it!
Big Hammer fan, Dracula Has Risen From the Grave is the first one I saw, still like it. I actually think Christopher Lee's disdainful attitude towards the role just makes the character even creepier/more evil.
It's a better all round film than the first Hammer Dracula.
Bram Stoker's Dracula is one of the greatest movies ever made. Christopher Lee is the best Dracula. That hypnotic stare... Impossible to resist and looking away. Nosferatu (22) is the most terrifying version of this character. Really scared me when I saw it for the first time. Great list. Loved it. 💜🖤💜🖤
Thank you so much!
Totally agree on Son of Dracula! One of the more underrated Universal Monster Movies, IMO.
Heck yeah!
It's my second-favorite vampire film. Yeah, Lon Chaney Jr. was not the best film vampire, but he was menacing in certain scenes. Louise Albritton was a gorgeous vampire. That was also the first film to show Dracula shapeshifting into a bat and mist. As with all vampires, Alucard could also summon a windstorm.
Prince of Darkness is my favorite Hammer Dracula film. The first act is so atmospheric.
FINALLY, THANK YOU for giving Van Helsing some much due credit. I too think it came out at the perfect time, as I had just got into the Universal Monsters a couple of years beforehand.
Also, wow, had no idea about The Invitation's Dracula ties. I'll have to check that out ASAP. You got me to check out Cobweb around Halloween time, so thanks for that.
This list is pretty perfect. I might swap out a Nosferatu & Blood for Dracula for something like:
The 1977 BBC Count Dracula with Louis Jourdan.
Scars of Dracula, which I seem to be in that minority that likes it more than most. Same with House of Dracula.
Mark of the Vampire & Return of the Vampire are also my honorary Draculas, as Bela is basically playing the part in both.
One of my favorites is "The Hunger". Definitely a must see. Catherine Denueve, Susan Sarandon, and David Bowie....need I say more?
Shadow of the vampire is one of my favorites when Willem Dafoe says, I’ll eat her later I get goosebumps.
The 1977 BBC version of Dracula starring Louis Jourdan is very good.
Jack Shepherd's Renfield is terrific in that version!
@@richardenglish2195 I agree.
Yes indeed!
Very true.
It's the best adaptation yet done.
Agree with No.1. Coppola’s Dracula as a movie definitely top pick because of everything: cinematography, direction, set designs, music, energy, story, makeup, Gary Oldman’s performance, Dracula’s shapeshifting, and characters in general (minus Keanu’s performance/character -he’s miscast but like he’s supporting character so it passable ).
What is really fascinating is that top Dracula movies on this list are those made before 2000s. It’s been decades since early 2000s and all those Dracula movies just keep on flopping and not doing great while those old ones were like big event movies which really did great and changed the whole genre. 🤔
Everybody talks about Keanu in this movie. Winona Ryder is just as terrible. Or maybe even worse, since she's a lead character.
😂😂😂 read my comment.
1) Dracula 1931 2) Nosferatu 1922 3) Coppola's Dracula
I absolutely love “Van Helsing”! Richard Roxburgh is fabulous as Dracula! At first I didn’t like him. I couldn’t help but compare him to my favorite Dracula, Frank Langella, but his acting pulled me in. About twenty minutes into the film, I was quite smitten! What fun that movie is! I love the way everyone transforms! I hated to see Dracula killed in “Van Helsing”, but then I’ve always been a fan of the Count. 😈
I'm also a big fan of the 1974 version of Dracula starring Jack Palance as the count.
Agreed, Jack was amazing.
i though it was 73 but maybe you re right .
Jack Palance rules!
Yessssss Jack Palance was a WONDERFUL Dracula 🧛♂️, he said in an interview that he was a huge fan of Christopher Lee and it was him that inspired him to become Dracula 😊
Jack Palance also played Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Bram Stoker’s Dracula is my fave too. I LOVE the music in this one and it’s so beautifully shot.
I know alot of u people will disagree with me but i loved "The Last Voyage Of The Demeter." As well as the Spanish 1931 version of Dracula, better direction, better pace. All it needed was Lugosi. The campy but fun Dracula 2000.
"voyage"was pretty good. much better than below average "the invited".
Love that movie too!! The Demeter Is a good place to die 🧛🏻♀️
This is a good run down of Dracula films obviously. Glad you have praise to Son of Dracula from 1943. Lon Jr. is miscast as Alucard/Dracula, but otherwise, it's a terrific Southern US Gothic horror film.
Return of Dracula from 1958 starting Francis Lederer as Dracula in the US under an assumed name is often overlooked unfairly. Being released the same year as Hortorvof Dracula didn't help, but definitely search it out if you don't know it.
The 1960 film Brides of Dracula really concerns the vampire Baron Meinster. He is evidently a victim of Dracula, played perfectly by David Peel. It features some of the best Van Helsing/vampire confrontations ever, esp. the conclusion. Cushing is the definitive Van Helsing.
Can't agree with the Coppola/Gary Oldman Dracula. To me, a curious blend of piety and perversion with a very odd version of Dracula.
Was just thinking of the Lederer film.
Great top 15 Dracula list I also like Duncan Regeher as Dracula in the monster squad he was a good evil Dracula that didnt care
Yes! And the great Tom Noonan was perfect as Frankenstein too!
Just a great, fun movie all around! I love it! It's like the Goonies vs the Universal Monsters!
The best of Coppola/Dracula is without any doubt the Wojciech Kilar's score. Being Coppola such a great film Director I was disappointed with his Dracula.. But the its Music score is among the best. Keep on posting and Greetings from Spain 🎉
Oh heck yeah, the score is AMAZING.
I honestly really like Comedy "Dracula - Dead, and loving it" with Leslie Nielsen. It does not have to be so serious all the time ^^
That’s the only Dracula movie where Jonathan Harker is the best part. haha He’s so funny in that.
Gary Oldman was an astonishing Dracula.
Absolutely
Yes he is one of the very best ones ever
Physically he's too short and lacking screen presence and menace.
I was introduced to Christopher Lee age 4 , absolutely love him as Dracula 👍😊💜🐾👋
Werner Herzog’s nihilistic apocalyptic ending !
So good!!
I became so depressed from the ending
Yes
The only thing that keeps me from agreeing with your number one pick was Coppola’s inexcusable miscasting of Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder who failed in their roles completely, IMO.
Keanu was miscast for sure, but still his character is not main character in the movie anyway and his character is still serviceable- his Jonathan is not a jerk or isn’t killed off like in a lot of adaptations🤷🏼♀️ Winona did pretty well.
Neverthless, Gary Oldman's performance is legendary. Whereas Winona and Reeves are servicable. Best Dracula undoubtedly if you come from reading the novels.
I couldn't agree with you more... It is an awful insufferable and very forgettable version of Dracula.
Think Oldman was also miscast. He's a great actor but physically he doesn't have it or much screen presence.
I saw your “Brides of Dracula” in the background and got super excited. Immediately went over to amazon and ordered it! For years I searched for it and never found it on dvd. So happy to see it available by itself. 💜
The first Horror movie I ever got was that Dracula (31) VHS . I watched it all the time as a kid too. I recently got a tattoo of the cover portrait. I was also Dracula multiple times for Halloween lol. Great list.
Sounds like we’re kindred spirits!! That tattoo sounds awesome. Thanks for watching.
Great list! Weirdly enough I don’t feel like there has really been a close enough adaptation of the original book. I appreciate the romance added to the character but I always wonder what a true villain Count would be like on film. He is a bad dude in the book.
For some reason, my favorite on screen Dracula happens to be the one from Monster Squad. I saw the actor at a convention and nearly froze! Haha
Interesting! I like The Monster Squad, but I didn’t put it on the list because I don’t love that version of Drac.
Glad you mentioned The Monster Squad. It's a nifty film which still doesn't get the love it should.
From what I remember reading it at school, Dracula's best film version of the book is Coppola's version, ok not bang on (what film is 100% faithful to the book?) We read the book in English class, then watched the film then wrote an essay on it.
Any truly faithful screen version of the Stoker novel would have a great first half hour and great last half hour.... but a hour of tedium in between.
The novel was 100 pages too long and full of repetitive superfluous melodramatic fluff.
Hammer was correct in binning most of the book and condensing the basic story down.
Swap out "Van Helsing" (2004) for "The Monster Squad" (1987) 😀, and don't forget "Count Dracula" (1970) starring Christopher Lee, "Dracula" (1974) TV Movie starring Jack Palance, and the BBC "Count Dracula" (1977) starring Louis Jourdan.
Thank You again for the GREAT Video.
You need to watch Louis Jourdan Dracula BBC 1977.
He was so sexy in that role...same with Frank Langella!
Jourdan had about as much presence as a wet teabag.
Thank you for doing all of these top movies in the horror genre. It is so nice to finally see someone who is into movies this way.
I'm a collector as well, I started VHS tapes then started replacing them with DVDs...I won't go into another source other than to catch some older films on utube. I'm a senior now and have spent years with a family who loved all horror films. I'm a huge Hammer and Universal films collector as well. As far as vampire movies, I really wish "The Hunger" would have made your list here.
I appreciate all you are doing.
I've had to laugh and kinda feel like hiding as you say your list and i find I have so many of those films. I have bought 3 since i started watching you lol.
Thank you again.
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Well, Lon Chenry Sr. didn't get the part of Dracula because he had died from cancer the year prior, kinda weird how you did say you're glad that didn't work out. That aside.
I loved Christopher Lee's hammer studios dracula, his stature and presence made the horror of dracula and risen from the grave so amazing. Let alone Peter Kuahing in van helsing role. They were a great pair and did amazing in frankenstein and mummy.
Good stuff. My favorite Dracula film is the 1979 version, with Frank Langella. It was the first Dracula movie that I recall seeing at a young age. Langella was Dracula to me. An atmospheric, creepy film with a hauntingly beautiful score. I like how he crawled down the side of buildings, and his death . Good effects. Scary female vampires.
The scene where Van Helsing stakes Mina & his reaction are heartbreaking. 😭
That Mina scene is amazing.
The washed-out look of the cinematography was very good as well.
@@MalachiWhite-tw7hl I like the look of it.
Frank Langella is the most gorgeous, romantic Dracula in the history of horror films.
I liked the cheesy "Dracula 2000", it had an interesting interpretation of the characters.
And a fun fact about Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau's "Nosferatu", the silent movie (1922): It is the original source of Vampires sunlight sensitivity! Before that Movie the Mythos of Vampires were all daywalkers! Another fun fact: It was the first Vampire Movie in the World and the first movie with a pre media marketing campaign, before release, with a mystrious ad series in the local newspapers and it inspired many other forms of Art of their time. There was an Exibition last Year 2022 (in Berlin, Germany) about it, since Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau's Nosferatu - A Symphony of Horror premiered in 1922 at the Marmorsaal (Marble Hall) at the Berlin Zoo.
I thought Gerard Butler made a very sexy Dracula. Not as gorgeous as Frank Langella, but he held his own.
Nice job. I think Guy Maddin's " Dracula: Pages From a Virgin's Diary " is a very-very interesting artistic version. I don't know if it counts as a Dracula film, but there it is.
How interesting! I hadn’t heard of that one.
Always love Daniel's lists - and not just because his top 3 is my top 3. I might even put Dracula Has Risen From the Grave a little higher. Love that movie. The story and characterization is much deeper than most Dracula movies. There are no wasted characters. Everyone has a purpose and is fleshed out perfectly.
Thanks man, and I love this opinion on that movie!
For me the Hammer Dracula films are a fun and easy watch. Similar to most Bond films, i could happily stick on any of the 7 Christopher Lee starred in and just relax for about 90 minutes.
Totally agree. So rewatchable, and the ensemble characters are always enjoyable and never boring.
I saw Bram Stoker's Dracula 9 times in the theaters. Nuff said.
That is so awesome!
This might sound weird, but my favorite Dracula movie is Count Dracula 1970 by Jesus Franco. The music and zoomy cinematography sell it for me! Also, Dracula actually looks like how he's described in the book!
Another one I love is Count Dracula 1977, which is the most faithful adaptation to date!
Nothing weird at all - it's a pretty good adaptation.
Prince of Darkness is certainly one of the best hammer Dracula resurrections -- but I have a real, unrepentent soft spot for Dracula A.D.!
Taste the Blood of Dracula feels good because they were sort of realising it was time to shake up the formula a little. Dracula was upset that the ceremony didn't go according to plan I guess -- they were all supposed to drink the blood concoction, and I don't know if the servant would have died if they had or not. Still, it doesn't make sense in terms of continuity with the other filnmms at least, because in every single one of them it's made pretty clear that Dracula doesn't give a damn about any of his servants. Oh well, the Hammer movies weren't big on continuity anyway.
Lugosi has one of my favourite Dracula lines: "To die! To truly be dead! that would be glorious!" While I might prefer hammer in general Bela is the iconic Dracula for a reason. And he's the only one with a somewaht correct accent, too!
The jesus Franco version of Dracula is interesting. Maybe not a great film exactly, but interesting. He managed to get Christopher lee to play the role again by convincing him that he would stick close to Stoker's novel. it has one or two other actors you might've seen in hammer movies, too, from what I remember. Ah yes, Herbert Lon is in it as Van helsing...and Klaus Kinski as Renfield! If you haven't watched it, I wouldn't necessarily set my expectations too high, but it's totally worth a watch.
Loved Dracula A.D.
Agree that Bram Stoker's Dracula is an amazing film, and it still thrills me! I weep at the end every time. Oldman is astonishing, and love the whole cast. Adore Lee, but his best work can be found later in his career. A BBC television version with Louis Jourdan is also wonderful.
I agree with you regarding the BBC film, "Count Dracula" with Louis Jordan as "Dracula." It's very faithful to Stoker's novel.
I to this day don't understand how Coppola's Dracula gets so much love. First half is amazing. Second half is a sappy love story snd Dracula's hissy fit with God. Nothing like Stokers novel.
Agreed. I think it's a bloated, self indulgent extravagant mess. Much like Jackson's King Kong.
my most favorite Vampire movie is Lost Boys, for e-v-e-r! I also loved Dracula Untold and Dracula with Gary Oldman. Fright Night was good too (the original).
Dracula A.D. 1972
That one has Caroline Monroe in It.
Liked this one, too
Everything on this list made before the year 2000 is a solid choice.
The best two Dracula movies ever are (Horror of) Dracula (1958) and Dracula Has Risen From The Grave (1968) both Hammer films with Christopher Lee as Dracula. The latter is actually a lot scarier as Christopher Lee is a lot more menacing and frightening.
I would agree with that. And Risen is my favourite Dracula, and vampire, film ever.
I can't imagine a better portrayel
of Dracula than the one given by
Christopher Lee.
There isn't. Lee is the ultimate Dracula, even in the Jess Franco film.
If I were to make a Dracula movie ranking, 1931 would be at #1 for sure.
For me your No 2 should have been the No 1 by far!! Coppola’s Dracula film was good, but it was more like a Romantic Opera, and actually its not as faithful to the Stoker Novel as you would expect, it’s also let down by a few rather Hammy performances that hamstring the film overall. No denying Gary Oldman was great in the role, but for me it’s a Top 5 movie, but Hammer’s 1958 classic “ Dracula” would be my clear No 1 choice!
I can name 4 Hammer Dracula films ahead of the Coppola film. My personal favourite being Risen.
I agree Bram Stokers Dracula is the best one. Enjoyed the video!
Thank you!
Ok I'm going to throw this recommendation out. It's not a movie but from a TV show. Ok here it is "Space Vampire" episode 12 season 1 from the TV show Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. If you haven't seen it I think you will dig it
Abbott and Costello meets Frankenstein is my favourite film of all time, I first watched it with my family when I was 3 . I did nothing but giggle, Great choice 👍😊💜🐾
I watched it with my Father. Such a funny and great movie. It brings back memories. That may seem messed up but...smile
@@crystalshaw8744 doesn't sound messed up at all 😊💜🐾👍
Dan Curtis Dracula should be on the list in my opinion. Coppola's version borrowed 2 very important elements from Richard Matheson's screenplay. Without Dan Curtis's Dracula Coppola's version wouldn't be what it was.
Dan Curtis'Dracula nr1.Universal's from 1979 second.Nr three Bela Lugosi, nr four Count Dracula 1970 and nr 5 Dracula 1958.
great jobb , i loved the 73 version with jack pallance by dan curtis .
It's a classic, yes.
In terms of fright and eerie atmosphere, Horror of Dracula would be my #1 choice. In the 1931 film with Bela Lugosi, the producers intended to make a version completely faithful to the novel by Bram Stoker but didn't have the budget because of the great depression.
Great list, only one I'd add would be The Monster Squad, which like Van Helsing, is not strictly a Dracula movie but goddamn Duncan Regehr is one of the most frightening Draculas ever, dude was straight pure evil.
Great list! I haven't really any movies to add, although I enjoyed "Renfield" (2023). I also like the Netflix cartoon series "Castlevania" a lot.
But if I have to add something, I would recommend "Dracula" (2020). It's not a movie, but a miniseries, but I think it is very good.
My favorite is "Bram Stoker's: Dracula" (1992) too.
Nosferatu is by far my favorite Dracula movie. Its creepy, and at points very terrifying. Not to mention the makeup effects in costumes we're very good for a film that was made in 1922.
When I was a teenager in the 70's I saw Dan Curtis " Bram Stocker's Dracula" on tv and since I had read the book shortly before, in my opinion it was the most fateful version, I saw it dubbed in french and I thought Jack Palance was fantastic. I used to detest him before I saw him in the vampire role, I always loved Christopher Lee, but Palance gave it a different dimention in a beastly manner. Years later I found it on DVD, I couln't believe my luck, so I bought it and took it home like a relic, and when I was watching it I was horrified when I realised that Palance spoke with a HEAVY american accent it was unbearable, I didn't even finish watching it and gave it to my brother who has a very extensive "B" movies collection.
Of course the Francis Ford Coppola's version is amazing and since I already was a Gary Oldman fan I just couldn't wait to see it, Tom Waits was so good too, the only bad note I give it is casting Keanu Reeves in the role of (british)Jonathan Harker that was a huge miss.
Hello from Québec ⚜ 🇨🇦
Amazing list, Daniel! As a fellow Hammer fan, I appreciate hearing your love for them.
Thank you!
Another very solid list, with lots of same movies I'd put on my list:
1. Nosferatu (1922)
2. Dracula (1958)
3. Dracula (1931)
4. Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
5. Count Dracula (1977) a BBC TV production
6. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) love everything else except the Dracula/Mina love story
7. Dracula (1979)
8. Blood for Dracula (1974)
9. Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)
10. Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary (2002) title sounds like a porn parody but it's not
11. The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023)
12. Dracula (1974) a Dan "Dark Shadows" Curtis TV production
13. Love at First Bite (1979)
14. Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
15. Renfield (2023)
Any plans of doing a best Jekyll & Hyde movies list? It is probably the only other classic horror story to have as many movie adaptations as Dracula and Frankenstein.
Absolutely going to do Jekyll & Hyde. Thanks for sharing your list!
Saw The Invitation recently! I thought it was.good! I wish the films get into more gothic themes. You just can't beats the 70s horror genre. Paul Nashy, grew up watching him! A favorite.
House Of Dark Shadows 1971, an The Night Stalker 1972 were two of the best vampire movies ever.
Blood for Dracula is underrated, usually dismissed as a campy but there's to more to it than that. A reason the acting may seem off is that many in the cast didn't speak English. For those that did, Paul Morrissey encouraged them to improvise.
Ask 10 people to give their best Dracula impression. You will hear 10 Lugosi imitations. That's the impact Lugosi has on the character. One might have a different favorite Dracula. Mine is Christopher Lee. But Lugosi defines the role for the generations.
Nobody was able to depict the
inhuman creature that was Dracula better than Lee. He
made you believe that he was
something completely other
than human and that he had
nothing but contempt for
humanity. Once he separated
himself from Human nature,
you became a captive of fear.
When he glared at you with those
soulless red eyes, it was complete
terror time.
One of my favorites, is the 1974 tv movie starring Jack Palance. I saw it when it first aired, and he was one of the scariest versions I've ever seen - I still hold to that opinion to this day.
Can’t wait for these comments. Wonder what the Dog Soldiers of Dracula movies is
My guess is Blade: Trinity.
Dog Soldiers was my favorite werewolf movie.
Andy Warhol Dracula is sublime that soundtrack! that opening sequence! iconic! I like both Warhol movies
One guilty pleasure of mine is a thoroughly campy typical 80's romantic Dracula movie, "Love at first Bite". It has some great humour, though regrettably also some racism, but you really root for mr. D. here as he has great difficulty in adjusting to his exiled location.
I would be interested in your top twenty Boris Karloff performances, his work is VAST from Frankie, to the Grinch to the THRILLER tv series, to audio stories on radio and LP Record, perhaps it would be better to do it in chronological order, my own three suggestions would be THE BELLS 1926, THE STRANGE DOOR 1951, and THE BODYSNATCHER with Bela Lugosi, best of luck defining the best !!
Thank goodness that one copy of Nosferatu 1922 was saved because it is a true masterpiece. A firm fav or mine.
A note on Son of Dracula: Alucard is explicitly a descendant of the original Count. Yes, that means he's the Son - at least metaphorically.
I've not seen all the "newer" Dracula movies that you have, Daniel, but the originally titled "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (before Coppola purchased the rights to the title in the 1990's) from 1974 is easily in my top 5. Jack Palance has his menacing level turned to 11 and is quite frightening as Dracula! Directed and produced by Dan Curtis (TV's Dark Shadows; The Night Stalker; Trilogy of Terror) and written by Richard Matheson (I am Legend; Duel; The Incredible Shrinking Man; etc...). This one really spooked me as a 10 year old when it first aired on network TV in 1974.
We stand apart there, because I really did not like Palance as Dracula. But I did find out recently that Dan Curtis also had a Jekyll & Hyde production in which Palance played the title roles. I feel like I can see him doing better in that. Have you seen it?
@@cobwebschannel I saw the jack palance version as a kid, i really liked it then but i dont know if i would like it now, my favourite dracula movie is probably the langella one although mr lee is my favourite dracula, bram stokers dracula falls apart in the final act in my opinion, and the ending makes no sense
A very good one is Count Dracula 1977, with Louis Jordan.
There is also an interesting one Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula 2000, it's a TV Movie and tries to tell the true story with some myth.
Know i'll never see a real adaptation of the novel so i have to pick my favorites. No idea how many times i've read the novel in my 73 years but still one of my favorite characters.
Count Dracula 1977 is the most faithful version to me. May not be the best but it's definitely the most faithful
In basic plot yes but nowhere close to it in the representation of Dracula himself. Jourdan is mediocre.
Udo Kier(Blood For Dracula) Also played a Vampire in Blade.
Klaus Kinski played Renfield in an Earlier Version of Dracula before Appearing in Nosferatu.
Christopher Lee Appeared in All the Hammer Draculas except for The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires where he was Replaced by John Forbes Robertson.
Universal was very Protective of their Dracula IP. They didn't own the Character but they did make a Deal with Hammer Films to Distribute Their Version of the Count as long as they followed a few Rules they came up with: One-Dracula Couldn't Turn into a Bat, That was theirs.
Two-Dracula Couldn't Turn Into a Mist, That was also theirs.
Lastly-Dracula Couldn't Team Up with Other Versions of Universal Monsters, Namely Dracula and The Wolfman, Because that was also their Thing.
Needless to say they eventually Relaxed and allowed Hammer more Creativity once the films became successful.
I suppose it is technically not a Dracula movie, but the best vampire movie of all time is Dracula's Daughter (1936), period, full stop. It is amazing and Gloria Holden is perfect.
I would have to switch #1 and #2. The horror of Dracula is the best of the combo of Crushing and Lee!
I love Dracula: Dead and Loving It hehe
It’s fun! I think it’s the only Dracula movie where Harker is the best part. He’s so funny.
I watched Klaus Kinski and I really liked it. He was what I thought was real vampire behavior. Give it a try.
You mean Nosferatu 1979? It’s on the list!
Shadow of the vampire was a creepy demented movie the plot was definitely ambitious but I have to agree with your number one pick it is an absolutely beautiful movie to watch especially on Blu-ray (would definitely love a 4k transfer).
The idea that Lon Chaney was considered for "Dracula" (1931) came from Forest Ackerman, publisher of "Famous Monsters" magazine. According to film Historian Michael Blake. By 1930, Lon Chaney was done with Universal Studios, and would have refused to appear in the film. When Universal wanted to re-release "Phantom of the Opera" with new scenes shot to release the film with sound, Lon Chaney refused to do any new shots, despite being offered a good deal of money, for just a few additional scenes.
"Vampira" (1974) or as it was titled in it's US release "Old Dracula" (to cash in on the popularity of "Young Frankenstein"), get's a lot of hate. However, I genuinely liked David Niven as Dracula in that film.
Great list cushing rules as Van Helsing. I ❤ Hammer films. I recommend count yorga. I think you might like it. Salem’s lot is a good one as well
Yep, I own and have seen Count Yorga, but I do need to see the sequel! And Salem’s Lot is a classic.
Bram Stoker's Dracula- Dracula-Horror of Dracula-Dracula:Prince of Darkness-Dracula Has Risen from the Grave- Scars of Dracula- Taste the Blood of Dracula- The Last Voyage of the Demeter.
Nice to see you’re a big Hammer fan!
For vampire films (whenever you make the list) keep Let The Right One In and Let Me In in mind, love those films!
I sure will! Although I still need to see that American remake…
@@cobwebschannel It's fantastic!
Sadie Frost as Lucy absolutely blew Winona out the door!! Her scene in the crypt was one of the best scenes for me in an otherwise bland movie.
The PBS version with Louis Jordan might not have made this list because it wasn't a theatrical release but it is my favorite adaptation of the novel. Also, Duncan Reiger in THE MONSTER SQUAD was an excellent Dracula! And a totally fun movie, especially for Monster Kids.
It's funny, the guy who plays Drac in The Invitation looks a helluva lot like Udo Kier's Dracula - which I doubt is a coincidence.
Good call!
The plague rats scene in Nosferatu 2.0 is epic surrealism
Cool video! Tkanks for recomendations, i was not knowing about some of them
I was waiting to see where you would have Bram Stoker's Dracula on your list. I completely agree that is should be #1. In my opinion it's the best one.
I liked the low budget "Count Yorga, vampire" where the vampires are vicious mindless animals. Less talk, more biting. 30:35