Frank Langella was truly a phenomenal Dracula. He had the perfect voice, amazing acting and he’s drop dead handsome.

RIP and long live Sir Laurence Olivier (May 22, 1907 - July 11, 1989), aged 82 You will always be remembered as a legend.

Frank Langella may not be as well known as Bela Lugosi for playing the role of Dracula. But, I still think Frank Langella did an excellent job playing the role. Well done Mr. Langella 👏👏

@tmage7042

Жыл бұрын

my favorite dracula performance.

@jb-vb8un

Жыл бұрын

marvelled al Langella in 1979 DRACULA, now enjoying again in 2006 DRAFT DAY, with Kevhn Kostner

@TriciaSenior25557

10 ай бұрын

Absolutely!

@caseyhafer2550

6 ай бұрын

The eyes and dat widows peak...perfect for the Count

@mark_beastpriest5539

2 ай бұрын

Gary Oldman was the most accurate, but Langella gave Dracula an almost "likeable" quality.

As iconic as Lugosi is, and for damn good reason, this is my favorite Universal Dracula film. Mostly for the production values.

That voice made him a good Dracula.

Two killer actors in a killer scene. I could watch this over and over.

@loushavkey5982

Жыл бұрын

I do watch it over and over

@cindy5975

Жыл бұрын

Me to over and over what a vampire he is the best I am obsessed

"I am often told I have a light footstep"

"You are a wise man, professor, for one who has yet to live a single lifetime". What an AMAZING line!

@panzerriff

5 жыл бұрын

I think Bela Lugosi said it better in the original 1931 film-"For one who has not lived even a single lifetime, you're a wise man...Van Helsing."

@johnsiebelink8790

5 жыл бұрын

Eh. Lugosi said it better

@Titan52berg

5 жыл бұрын

Yes! Both that memorable quote and this one: "Listen to them! The 'Children of the Night!' What music they make!"

@spencerobrien1233

4 жыл бұрын

Believe it or not, even Leslie Nielsen delivers the line quite menacingly in Mel Brooks' parody film Dracula: Dead and Loving It

@OldFartFilms

4 жыл бұрын

@@Titan52berg That line occurs early in Bram Stoker’s novel 😊 (Chapter 2; Jonathan Harker’s journal)

People talk a lot about the versions with Bela Lugosi and Gary Oldman but for me this movie will always be the best version of Dracula.

@filthycasual8187

Жыл бұрын

They adapted and expanded on the stage play version very well with this one. It's hard to top. I hope eventually someone does a better novel adaptation than Coppola's; Coppola's took too many liberties with the source material.

@akhnatenra2439

Жыл бұрын

I thought I was alone in that opinion. The Personality and Voice of Frank Langella made this version of Dracula a very Classy one. Without taking anything from the other actors Langella was the Best.

@richardlahan7068

Жыл бұрын

I don't understand why they switched the character relationships around (Mina being Van Helsing's daughter) and changing key events in the novel (Mina becoming a vampire) when in the book, Lucy became a vampire and Mina was under Dracula's control.

@lemorab1

5 ай бұрын

@@richardlahan7068 I don't understand this either. Lucy Westenra was Dracula's first victim in England, made a vampire, and Mina Murray almost became one, but was ultimately saved with Dracula's death. I haven't seen the Langella film since it first came out in 1978, and I don't remember if Arthur Holmwood, Quincy Morris, and Jack Seward were in it or not. I assumed they didn't film the Transylvania sequence due to budget constraints. I thought bringing the timeframe forward to about 1910, with its fashions and motor cars, was interesting. I liked this movie, Langella was a great Dracula, but I liked the Coppola film better, even though the special effects were sometimes a bit too much. Gary Oldman was also a great Dracula and so was Louis Jourdan, in a much less well known film, made in the 1970's, I think.

Love Frank Langella as Dracula. He was handsome and charismatic...and had a delicious voice. I have friends who saw him on Broadway as Dracula and said he was magnificent then too!

Dracula takes his hatred for mirrors to the next level.😅

@jasminnemcdonald94A

3 жыл бұрын

Too bad he has a "vein" personality. He's a "bloody" "pain in the neck."

"Sacrilege! SACRILEGE!!!"

I would have to say that Laurence Olivier deserves most credit for being a part of this film since it was said that he was very, very ill at the time that most of the cast & crew were concerned that he wouldn't live long. Yet he was able to live another decade after finishing Dracula. And some would call this ironic that since this was a vampire movie, Laurence Olivier had a disease in which he would bled continuously by a slight 'nick' or scratch.

@AlimonyCheck

6 жыл бұрын

Douglas Snyder Are you doing a copy and paste from IMDb? Lol.

@douglassnyder9206

5 жыл бұрын

No, it's something I heard from the featurette about the making of the movie.

@williamphillips6049

Жыл бұрын

If only he hadn't turned that nice old man's sweet, beautiful daughter into a vampire, then Dracula could've "non-lived" another five hundred years.

I think that this was one of the best movies of Dracula I really love it

@michaeldavies9533

3 жыл бұрын

My wife every time she sees Frank Langella she says he can come and bite me anytime, please

I love how the majority of this scene is verbatim from Lugosi’s version

@LordZontar

5 жыл бұрын

This movie and the 1931 movie were both derived not from the actual Stoker novel but rather from the Balderston/Dean stage play adaptation of the book. Both Lugosi and Langella in their times toured the country performing the play for more than a year or so before doing their respective film performances.

@TorontoJediMaster

3 жыл бұрын

It's verbatim from the stage play.

@Reichthoff

3 жыл бұрын

Both also played the 'debonair Dracula' type.

@ricardodavis4730

3 жыл бұрын

While every stage play has multiple actors for a single role, Lugosi and Langella got their parts for the stage and film (both had different circumstances). In a way, Langella was Lugosi's successor, and owns every scene he's in. Both Dracula films are great!

Masterful acting. Masterful directing. Masterful scene.

@resplndnt

4 жыл бұрын

The use of shadows

Why is this film so underrated?

@resplndnt

4 жыл бұрын

It tends to be a problem with movies that share the same source material, they can blend together

He is sooo handsome!

- I was looking through the mirror, yet I cannot see.. * Dracula breaks mirror* - My good Count, you sure has anger management issues.

This 1979 version of Dracula never showed his fangs...Just like the 1931 original Dracula Bela Lugosi...No fangs during Bite mode...

John Williams awesome score accents this so well!

So beautifully done, so beautifully acted.

Great movie and very under appreciated.

Frank Langella, Bella Lugosi, and Christopher Lee are probably the best actors to play Vampires.

@wildforthecats661

4 жыл бұрын

Aaron The Aguanga Cowboy don’t forget Jonathan Frid.

@michaeltruthson6262

4 жыл бұрын

William Marshall and Chris Sarandon

@bernardm.3205

4 жыл бұрын

@@michaeltruthson6262 I'm proud of you including Mr. Marshall I love blacula and fright night is in my top 25 movies of all time as well!❤

@sandmanzcommin08

3 жыл бұрын

Umm...Gary Oldman?

@Aguanga_cowboy007

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaeltruthson6262 I forgot about Blacula. 🤦‍♂️. And he was a very good singer.

You need a strong will against Dracula! The Force is strong with the professor.

For me the best Dracula.

I remember seeing this on network tv late at night sometime in the early 80's. I think I could live eternally in June of 1984 and be happy forever.

This dracula is the most handsome, the voice 👌. The abilities. My favourite

That voice...frank langella you fox

@debragainey8109

5 жыл бұрын

walsallmatt I COULDN'T BE IN THE FILM BUT WOULD WANT TO. DRACULA WOULD NEVER BITE ME CAUSE I HAVE A HALO OVER MY HEAD WHICH COSECRATES ME TO GOD. ALSO MY CHAKRA'S ARE VIOLET AND BEAUTIFUL ITS BLINDING. I COULD DESTROY DRACULA WITH THESE TWO ITEMS AS I MENTIONED ABOVE. TO DRACULA I'M UNTOUCHABLE.

Beautifully made scene represented by two great actors. The best roles for the biggest. Loved the performances and want to see the movie again. Memorable effects, script and photography.

‘You just threw a heavy object at my mirror and I cannot see you in it, can I help you?’

@josephmanno4514

5 ай бұрын

What should he have done? Shown fear? Gotten angry? The fact that he remained frosty and even bantered with Dracula had a great deal to do with him surviving that encounter.

That shot where Drac flies thru the window and turns into a wolf is awesome

drac is no match for the power of CHRIST

By Far in My Opinion The Best Portrayal of Count Dracula I've Ever Seen , He's Smooth - Poised & Class and a Lover ! 👍🏼!

I never understood what he meant by "SACRILEGE!" He himself was the very embodiment of sacrilege.

@TorontoJediMaster

3 жыл бұрын

Because Van Helsing was using the Host.

@MasterJediDude

2 жыл бұрын

It may have something to do with his origins. In a few versions of the story, Count Dracula was once a religious man, but renounced God when he was changed (like when he was linked to Vlad the Impaler in the 1992 movie). So, it could be that he was incensed that a cross was being used against him with great effect.

@Guitcad1

2 жыл бұрын

@@MasterJediDude Seeing as how they never explored that in this movie (or any of his history at all, that I remember) I think that's a bit of a stretch.

@MasterJediDude

2 жыл бұрын

@@Guitcad1 well, I’m waiting for your explanation…. 😴

@ArmyJames

Жыл бұрын

@@MasterJediDude The worst aspect of Dracula was his hypocrisy.

Evil is defeated in the presence of the consecrated Host. The Eucharist foils sin. Very dramatic scene.

You see, everyone has an Achilles' heel.

@ArmyJames

Жыл бұрын

As explained in “Blade” vampires have at least 3 Achilles heels: 1. Silver 2. Sulfur (garlic used here) 3. Ultraviolet light (the sun) Crosses and other religious symbols are useless against them (and Dracula here had no problem looking at the cross), so that Eucharist container was probably made out of pure silver.

@josephmanno4514

5 ай бұрын

@@ArmyJames That's completely wrong. Vampires are ABSOLUTELY vulnerable to the symbols of Holy Mother Church. Other religions' tokens are useless, but since the Cross and Crucifix (in Stoker's chosen mythology) represent the truth of God's Power and Authority, they CAN repel a vampire. Blade is meaningless Marvel crap. Stoker's Dracula takes priority. Oh, and ... in Marvel comics, crosses and crucifixes do have power over the undead.

Great Dracula movie from 1979 with Frank Langella, Sir Lawrence Oliver and Donald Pleasence. One of my favourite Dracula movie, near to the topic of Stokers book, even the characters of Lucy and Mina Was changed. Thanks alot for uploading 🧛‍♀️

I can remember watching this film at a friend's house. We thought the actors in it were really good. Frank Langella was outstanding as count Dracula

Using the Eucharist to ward evil off is a nice touch.

I wish they would have adhered to the original story but it's still a really good movie.

pour moi une des meilleures versions de Dracula avec Franck langela et Laurence ollivier Un petit joyau .

1:33 when he was vlad the impaler

Its' A Excellent Movie The Part Where Dracula Says' COME HERE! His Eyes Sparkle & Twinkle While Johnny Williams Music Score Plays Is Excellent Indeed! I Dont' Why The Movie Bombed At The Box-Office. Its' Very Good!

@andrewforte3852

4 жыл бұрын

They said that Frank Langella had a condition of the eye called astigmatism that caused his eyes to literally dilate it was used by the Italian actor to its optimum effect.

@edydon

3 жыл бұрын

@@andrewforte3852 Astigmatism is simply bad vision due to the eyes focusing improperly. I think Frank Langella's eye problem was (is?) nystagmus. It's where his eyes constantly shake.

@debradorfman7940

2 жыл бұрын

@@edydon Correct.

That is a perfectly natural reaction to the vile stuff that is garlic. Nothing unusual about it. Sensible even.

I love that despite being unable to be in the presence of the communion wafer, he was still angry and insulted that it was being used in that way. The bit of the Catholic from his time as Vlad the Impaler seemed to come out.

Frank Langella e Lawrence Olivier em interpretações magistrais de Drácula e Van Helsing em uma das mais icônicas versões cinematográficas para o romance gótico de Bram Stoker!

I like Frank the best at Dracula.

“I prefer to remain”... Dracula just murdered this man’s daughter, did he really think papa was going to just let that go like a case of indigestion? 🙄😥😥

@josephmanno4514

5 ай бұрын

Dracula very likely thought he'd either cow Van Helsing into a hasty departure, or actually believed himself demonstrating respect and magnanimousness by allowing the doctor to retain his life despite having interfered in the Count's plans-that turning his daughter would prove sufficient price for having offended him. Such arrogance knows no bounds.

At least this dracula doesn't take off instantly he See's the cross at least he makes a couple attempt's to attack van Helsing before leaving and this version leaves in a more badass manor

Dracula was confused from left to right

Thx for posting

Either the original photography or the reediting was very good

I hope your insurance will cover the damage, count Dracula. Sacrilege ! Sacrilege !🦇

I sat thru this twice when it first came out in theaters.

frank was in a dracula play before this film, he had such power and charisma, he said on the dvd extras, men told him their wife's really made love to them after seeing the film that night... how cool is that...👍

Fantastic acting. Also fantastic music score.

Did not need the howl at the very end

Always enjoyed Frank Bela and Chris. Those were my favorites.

2 legends

So this is Frank Langella's Dracula performance that Angel the vampire with a soul believed in. Angel, Season 1, Ep 17.

That's a beautiful bunch of garlic.

Dracula better pay for the broken mirror, vase and end table or it's small claims court for duh Count.

One of the best.

With supreme irony, it is Dracula who denounces Van Helsing's use of the Host against him as "Sacrilege!". Which it would be in real life; no lay person is allowed access to the Eucharist for any reason, except to consume it as a communicant. (In the novel, Van Helsing claims that he has a dispensation to use the Host in this manner; but, in reality, no such dispensation would ever be granted.) Dracula's reaction has a fascinating subtext. The real Dracula (Vlad Tepes, 1431-1476) is remembered as a Christian warrior-prince, who defended southeastern Europe from the invading Muslims; when Bram Stoker's fictional avatar tells Jonathan Harker the history of his region, he takes great pride in recounting these events. It would be delightfully ironic -- and more than a little tragic -- if Dracula, even in his undead state, which forces him to flee from the Sacrament, were still trying to cling to some shred of the eminence as a warrior for Christ which he had earned in life.

@Electroman-xk6dc

2 жыл бұрын

Thats really interesting....thank you!

@williamphillips6049

Жыл бұрын

So you're saying that Frank Langella's/Dracula's choice in his use of the word; "Sacriledge" is a nod to his former role as a defender of Christianity as Vlad Tepes? I thought it was because that Langella's Dracula literally believed himself to be some kind God. In other words; "How dare this mere mortal attack me!"

@josephmanno4514

5 ай бұрын

"...but, in reality, no such dispensation would ever be granted." Actually, you have no idea how the Church would react if vampires did, indeed, exist.

@MalachiWhite-tw7hl

8 күн бұрын

I had a co-worker who, at some Roman Catholic service, asked to ingest the communion wafer later for some odd reason--the priest absolutely refused to permit that. It was there and then, or not at all.

Raw garlic is pretty damn spicy, I understand why the count don’t like it.

Sir Laurence Olivier, ladies and gentlemen (my boi still got it)

Dracula looks like Herb Alpert.

All of these Vampire movies come from a single movie Drakula 1931

@acmarston

3 жыл бұрын

Nosferatu 1922?

@ricksuddarth7200

2 жыл бұрын

How about the book. None of the movies would have existed without it

When he appeared outside her window😲😲😲😱😱😱😳😳😳

Beautiful Larry ❤

Bela Lugosi, Christopher Lee and Frank Langella are the best Draculas. Change my mind. With an honorable mention for Klaus Kinski for his role in the Nosferatu remake.

Great stuff! Frank absolutely adorable.

What a "bloody pain in the neck." He obviously has a "vein" personality.

2:38 Sacrilege!

amo esse filme

Langella is better than Lugosi. 'Better than Oldman too. He didn't rely on prosthetics. Just pure presence, skill, voice and intensity.

@josephmanno4514

5 ай бұрын

Oldman was competent. It's actually one of his weaker performances. Both Lugosi and Langella surpass him.

@williamphillips6049

5 ай бұрын

@josephmanno4514 I'd say Langella first, Oldman a close second, Christopher Lee maybe even a closer second and Lugosi last.

I have seen this version of dracula With frank langella Is quite good i must say even though its an old movie 🦇🦇🦇

Romántica y tierna...

Hermosa escena

Is that a monstrance he uses to keep Dracula at bay?

Interesting early line in this great scene when Van Helsing murmurs something about the Devil and Dracula replies with something along the lines of it's not as bad as that. Interesting b/c I've always thought that Dracula either was a hand of Satan or at least one of his stronger underlings. The line is well done and open to interpretation. Great movie and scared me big time as a kid.

No+ My heart would have stopped when I heard Dracula voice an no image in the mirror point blank

There are three good Dráculas Reeve,Oldman and Langella even this version is perfect Langella is a charming Drácula

Underrated and great movie. Shame about the stock library wolf howls though.

I think christefer lee and frank were the best vampires

Frank is a solid actor but, lugosi was born to play the count.

@josephmanno4514

5 ай бұрын

And yet Langella surpasses him.

He (Count Drac) looks like Beethoven.

COME HERE!!!!

I agree

Why did Dracula yell “sacrilege” when he saw the crucifix?

@bondrafabaond

5 жыл бұрын

My theory it´s that he claims that using the crucific as a weapong turn it into an unsacred item and so it should not have power against him.

@Gcurtis126

5 жыл бұрын

Its not a Crucifix it's a Monstrance : A Small transparent receptacle in which the consecrated Host is exposed for veneration. Because the professor uses it in such a way , Dracula considers it Sacrilege , ( Not right or not how the object is ment to be used )

@debragainey8109

5 жыл бұрын

wcw2793 CAUSE THAT CROSS LINKS HIM TO HELL TO BURN FOR ALL ETERNITY. GOD NEVER INTENDS FOR SUCH CREATURES TO EXIST ON EARTH. DRINKING BLOOD IS ANIMALISTIC. BARBARIAN. UNTHINKABLE IN HUMANITY. GOD IS FOR MANKIND FAMILY LIFE NOT GHOULS.

@luqas99

5 жыл бұрын

@@debragainey8109 Shut up.

@momichaux5054

5 жыл бұрын

He would be ok with a crucifix tho, anything evil would love to gaze at a crucifix... God dead on a cross would be a delightful sight to anything that is pure evil

Vampires have a hard time shaving.

a wolf howling as its running?

I must be part Vampire- I absolutely HATE garlic !!!

@Titan52berg

5 жыл бұрын

Man! That really.... sucks!

@patrickdumas224

5 жыл бұрын

I know somebody who has a similar experience. This guy I used to work with was allergic to garlic. He also didn't like being out in the sun very much. he told me putting sunblock on wouldn't matter. He'd still get sunburned.

@Maryam_aam

4 жыл бұрын

I love garlic!! It has so much flavor and it adds to flavor with other food as well

@acmarston

3 жыл бұрын

How can you hate garlic? It adds so much flavour to meals and is also really good for you.

Dracula hates the holy thing

He could have pulled out a Garlic 🍕 Pizza.💛⚰️✝️😁

Your will is strong 2:09

Best Van Helsing ever.

@bernardm.3205

4 жыл бұрын

Washington Consultants That would be Edward Van Sloan but Mr. Olivier was great also!

@rc59191

2 жыл бұрын

I'm kind of partial to Hugh Jackman's Van Helsing.

"Sacrilege!" he says of a cross being held before him. I believe in another episode of this mini-series, he told Van Helsing something like "Satan and I are partners and together we will destroy you." Yeah, a little hypocritical there, drac. Frankly Van Helsing should have just left the door to a blood bank unlocked and *tainted* all the blood with holy water. Hhehehehe......🧛🏻‍♂️💉💧😵⚰️

@debragainey8109

4 жыл бұрын

BECAUSE GODS PEOPLE WAS OUT TO DESTROY HIM. DEMONS, DEVIL'S, AND VAMPIRES ARE NOT GOD'S. TOYS OR THING. HE LIKES. BUT TO DESTROY THEM IS GODS WAY TO PREVENT THEM FROM MULTIPLYING.

@christosvoskresye

4 жыл бұрын

That was not just a cross: that was supposed to be the Consecrated Host, which, as every Christian still new during the lifetime of Vlad Tepes, is the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus Christ. Frankly some of the ways Van Helsing uses the Host, even in the book, are indeed sacrilegious.

@Herioter

4 жыл бұрын

This wasn't a mini-series.

@GingerKraut

4 жыл бұрын

@@debragainey8109 For the love of all things holy, THIS IS A MOVIE NOT REALITY!!!!

@thomashogan16

3 жыл бұрын

@@christosvoskresye Not really. Stoker's wife was Catholic, and he knew Catholic dogma. In the novel he reports that he was given a dispensation to employ the Host in that way.

For such a scary monster Dracula is, he sure does have a lot of weaknesses. Crosses, holy water, sunlight, garlic, wooden stakes, can't enter houses he's not invited to, mirrors.

@reidmason2551

4 жыл бұрын

The sunlight weakness was added by NOSFERATU; in the original book he just had reduced powers in daylight. But every Dracula movie that followed NOSFERATU took their idea and ran with it. Hammer's HORROR OF DRACULA alone has one of the very best sunlight burning sequences of any vampire movie.

@jesseakers1511

3 жыл бұрын

When facing evil you do have weapons: truth mainly, exposing evil out of the dark and into the light of day for what it is and not tolerating it. Evil is always around us but how does evil get into your life? It is invited in. Evil can not and does not wish to see itself.