Dracula

El Biffo

Tod Browning maintains the Silent Era aesthetic gloriously. Bela Lugosi's voice gives Talkies a reason to exist. A gorgeous, iconic film. See it in 35mm on the big screen if you get a chance, this one really deserves it.

Lights in the Dusk

Subsequent adaptations have robbed this of much of its power to provoke; it tends to stop where most vampire films get started, dedicating much of its run-time to scenes of characters sitting & talking in well-furnished living rooms. In this sense it's quite stagy & theatrical. Some scenes still demonstrate a style & atmosphere that suggests how the film took on its legacy, while Lugosi is exceptional in the lead.

msmichel

'99 re-scored by Philip Glass version. Universal took great liberties in adapting the Bram Stoker novel but succeeded none the less with this fine example of classic horror. The tone is perfect throughout and the casting of Lugosi inspired nightmares and dread (at the time). Perfectly paced and executed this timeless film braves the passing of decades much like its title character.

Black Irish

Perhaps not as 'accomplished' as Vampyr; but like it, it's strength is reliance on it's being a chamber drama-horror hybrid. Along with the players, the film exhibits paralysis of movement & action. Confined to limited settings and heightening the character's inability to contend with the events. Causing them to 'react' rather than 'act', with a seriousness as though it'd been subtitled 'Mina Gets a Headcold.'

Alcock Hitchfred

The lack of music made it kinda scarier, but it also took something away from the overall aesthetic. Bela Lugosi was born for this.

Doinel

If the film maintained the level of the scenes in Dracula's castle it would have been an all time great. "The creatures of the night. What music they make"

ceknklsn

77/100 (Frankenstein'ın ilk filmi ne kadar balon çıktıysa bu film de bir o kadar şaşırtıcı ve gotik. Bunun nedenini aramakta zorlanmıyoruz. Yönetmen koltuğunda efsane Tod Browning, başrolde ise muhteşem bir iş çıkaran Bela Lugosi var. Görüntü yönetimi değil 1931 yılı, bugüne göre bile çok fazla. Ancak senaryodaki boşluklar, Lugosi ile profesör dışındaki kötü oyunculuklar filmin puanını düşürmekte yeterli oluyor.)

Dan Kenneth Gigernes

This Hollywood "Dracula" movie based upon a stage play was the kick-start for decades of Hollywood films based upon the bloodsucker that has gone on till today. One of the reasons for it successes were Bela Lugosi who is magnetic as Dracula and the film's stylish sets and dialogue. But, I don't like Van Helsing and the other heroes here as they are boring. This is the villains' show.