People in the theater actually fainted at the sight of Dracula's face. Many who'd seen the film made sure that their doors and windows were locked every night and church attendance increased. That's how good of a job Lugosi did.

@douglasfreeman3229

Жыл бұрын

I fainted at the prospect of Bela Lugosi's acting.

@navydad8916

Жыл бұрын

@@douglasfreeman3229 how ignorant are you ?

@Joker_adrian6996

9 ай бұрын

Who told you that?

@davidwagstaff47

8 ай бұрын

I can't think of a single person that would be scared by this poor excuse of a film

@davidwagstaff47

7 ай бұрын

@SaleemFrazer I'm 86!

That final death scream of Renfield's -- "I CAN'T DIE WITH ALL THOSE LIVES ON MY HEAD!" -- is truly bone-chilling. This is a terror of the soul that millions of people have felt through history in the all-too-real world. We don't need vampires for this sort of darkness.

@TheUnseenPath

2 жыл бұрын

No but they help.

@libertubey2199

2 жыл бұрын

The worst part about it is that Renfield tries to flee and Dracula angrily screams to him "WAIT!" Dracula was going to kill him for his "betrayal." No amount of pleading or begging would save him at that point.

@douglasfreeman3229

Жыл бұрын

Yes. That was pretty good. Quite horrific. I didn't remember it being that "modern" in it's execution. Kudos to Dwight Frye, legend.

@navydad8916

9 ай бұрын

@@libertubey2199he snapped his neck with one hand !

@user-lw9ld9ze7p

2 ай бұрын

That is Dracula has twice the strength of a normal human being. Bone braking is easy to him. Only takes 8lbs of pressure to break any bones in the human body.

If I'd been in the cast of "Dracula", I'd have been far more terrified of having to play a scene on that hideously high, banister-less staircase than I could ever have been of a vampire.

@GreenGlo1991

3 жыл бұрын

Seriously. No wonder Bela looks like he’s just about ready to hug the wall.

@eq1373

3 жыл бұрын

What's a banister?

@mrwerewolf1031

2 жыл бұрын

@@eq1373 it’s like a handrail to help you upstairs

@cautionTosser

2 жыл бұрын

right? that immediately made my knees wobbly. I also thought that guy that did the tumble down the stairs was great.

@TheUnseenPath

2 жыл бұрын

The vampire through him off so yeah be afraid of the Vampire.

Bela Lugosi was a lieutenant in WW1. That's probably why his death gasp sounds so real.

@cartoondude6944

2 жыл бұрын

What? This movie came out in 1931. Long after WW1. How could Bela Lugosi have died then if he was in this movie?

@TooCooFoYou

2 жыл бұрын

I believe OP meant that his experiences in WWI, seeing people die horrible, allowed him to make his death sound terrifying.

@cartoondude6944

2 жыл бұрын

@@TooCooFoYou Who is OP?

@diablito2341

2 жыл бұрын

@@cartoondude6944 OP = original poster

@josetteandres

6 ай бұрын

Yeah, he probably heard a lot of people die in battle. There've been no reports of him having PTSD from being in WWI, but he probably hid it.

Hearing him get staked was kinda sad

@bigdick3228

3 жыл бұрын

Vlad the impaler got imapled.

@Kiiieeechiii

3 жыл бұрын

In some ways they probably did him a favor though because I’m sure he was tired of living for centuries like he said in nosferatu 1979

@slipstreamxr3763

2 жыл бұрын

@@bigdick3228 At least he got to keep his head attached to his shoulders this time.

@KaosNova2

Жыл бұрын

@@bigdick3228 Call the Doctor, Not Seward, because Vlad the Impaler has just been skewered!

@TheDylandProductions

Жыл бұрын

In the words of Dracula (from earlier in the same film): "To be really dead... that must be glorious." His soul was freed from his evil, captured vampire form. And Mina was freed.

I feel so bad for Renfield in the movie

@groofoot

Жыл бұрын

He never got to sleep in that comfy bed Dracula prepared for him!

Bela Lugosi was, is and always will be Dracula. Remakes can not capture the time period of filmmaking in which this masterpiece was made. Compared to today's versions, this one just gets better and better!!!

@wolterzz3267

Жыл бұрын

Christopher Lee did a great job too as Dracula.

@logancomics

Жыл бұрын

@@wolterzz3267 that may be, but he’s no Bela Lugosi

@wolterzz3267

Жыл бұрын

@@logancomics It's pronounced Bela, not Bella.

@logancomics

Жыл бұрын

Also sorry for the autocorrect on his first name

@groofoot

Жыл бұрын

I agree ... they had an opportunity with the Stoker version of ... was it 1992? .... Keanu and Gary Oldman ... and, in fact, the opening scene where Reeves first visits the castle is fantastic, but then that film sort of descends into the realm of the ridiculous ...

The performance from Dwight Frye was phenomenal for it's time.

@scombs6543

4 жыл бұрын

Really, he had so much potential. It's too bad that he died so young, imagine the things he could've done.

@tvc515

2 жыл бұрын

The Ballad of Dwight Frye by the original Alice Cooper group on their LP, Love it to Death, 1971.

@odietamo9376

2 жыл бұрын

What do you mean, “for its time”? It was phenomenal, period, for any time.

@TheDylandProductions

Жыл бұрын

@@odietamo9376 Agreed. "For it's time" nothing. It's a performance that will remain iconic forever like Mozart's music and DaVinci's art.

Poor Renfield he didn't deserved to die, he's always been loyal to Dracula.

Great movie. I like the lack of dialogue. The tomb was scary and so real.Lugosi is Dracula.

1:39 Count Dracula: "You have failed me for the last time, Renfield." 🩸🧛🩸

FUN FACT: In the original movie renfield was screaming when he was getting tumbled down the stairs but they had to to silence it because they thought it was too violent.

@Spiffyo

7 ай бұрын

It actually makes the death more terrifying as its his near lifeless body rolling down the stairs.

Bela lugosi was actually buried in his dracula costume when he died

@erintwomey3846

Жыл бұрын

Mad respect for the man,

@birchwood5889

5 ай бұрын

Except for the cape which was a replica the original was handed down to his kids

I have to say, this new remaster of dracula is simply stunning. Hopefully the release it on 4K UHD to enjoy in its full glory.

What a great movie.Great music & no extra duologue.Bela Lugosi is the one & only Dracula.

For 5 minutes "Mina!" Mina!" Mina!"

@sammontanez6908

3 жыл бұрын

This calls for a drinking game. Take a shot every time Jonathan Harker yells Mina!

@stewiegriffin12341

3 жыл бұрын

@@sammontanez6908 I’m not trying to die bro

@aaronl221

3 жыл бұрын

@@stewiegriffin12341 lol

The sound that Dracula makes when he’s getting a stake driven through his heart is very Unsettling to say the least it sure sounded painful !

@martyemmons1859

2 жыл бұрын

I would say it sounded more than painful, it sounded fatal.

@mackiemesser9319

2 жыл бұрын

When they revived the play in the 1970's with Frank Langella starring as Dracula on Broadway, the sound effect when Dracula is staked was very much like this, but much louder. The entire audience was shocked!

1:47 : me when I say I won’t fall for someone

@tomy.1846

2 жыл бұрын

Underrated comment! LOL!

Anyone else notice how she grabbed her chest in pain, like she was getting stabbed too?

@livclark8154

4 жыл бұрын

In the book it's said Mina and Dracula share a pyshic connection after he fed her his blood (in the book from his chest, this movie from his arm) The whole reason they go after Dracula is to stop Mina from turning into a vampire. Great attention to detail there, Universal. Well played.

@MrIMBECILE1

3 жыл бұрын

wasn't that the idea ?

Best Dracula.

"A Beautiful Monster Movie!" An Absolute Masterpiece!! "Dracula is the King!!!" 👑👑🧛‍♂️🧛‍♂️🦇🦇

After the premier in 1931, they edited-out most of Dracula's moans when he got staked. Making it much shorter than it is shown here. It was considered too upsetting for audiences of the time. For many years prints of the film only had a slight grunt in the soundtrack. When Universal restored the film, they re-inserted the original "extended" soundtrack.

@DericMyersYT

2 жыл бұрын

I remember seeing it on the SciFi Channel when I was a kid (maybe 94/95) and they didn’t have the moans at all and I don’t remember it implying at all he got staked. I don’t think they had the part where they find the coffins. I legit thought he had got killed by the sun because of what Mina says.

@SB992REBORN

2 жыл бұрын

there IS a version with those on vhs that i have only ever watched.... its on dvd but not in legacy dvds just the other dvds.

@martyemmons1859

2 жыл бұрын

That's why I'm watching this. At 4:24 of this video; without modern special effects, director Tod Browning left the driving of the stake into Dracula's heart to our imagination. Which in my case, is much more graphic and horrifying than any recent remake could ever be.

Bella Lugosi and Christopher Lee were the 2 best at playing Dracula.

@ThePowellStar2009

9 ай бұрын

Agreed 💯

It Deserves a Academy Award... Best Picture... Best Actor... Best Actress....

Legend...

Hard to believe this film is almost 100 years old.

Lugosi did not need fangs to frighten, besides he is not the only one who did not use fangs. There is also Frank Langella and also Carlos Villarias

@lilymoss-yerg9666

5 жыл бұрын

Nelia Romero Bela Lugosi is my fave Dracula but I find Frank Langella’s interpretation to be the sexiest

@barbkhan2323

4 жыл бұрын

Lol Frank was so sexy, i totally didnt even notice he didnt have fangs!

@minassecondarychannel5903

4 жыл бұрын

Because the ONLY one who played Dracula that USED THE fangs was Christopher Lee.

@aniseadhikari1667

2 жыл бұрын

@@minassecondarychannel5903 He was not the only one. Jack Palance and Gary Oldman also used fangs.

@aniseadhikari1667

2 жыл бұрын

@@barbkhan2323 Also why doesn’t Dracula haves fangs but Lucy (role is Mina) has fangs.

For anyone wondering what happened to Lucy, I’m pretty sure it happened right before this scene. Also the Spanish version confirms it with just a scream and a talk.

Is it just me or does anyone else realize the fact that they would have an Actress playing the part of Mina, walk down a flight of stairs on High Heel shoes with no guard rail or Hand rail attached to the wall. Forget about Dracula, that is some Scary Sh@t right there.🙄

@robbieirlam414

4 жыл бұрын

Haha! The thought also crossed my mind. She looked a little unsure!

@porflepopnecker4376

4 жыл бұрын

That's a very dangerous stairway.

@muse7746

4 жыл бұрын

💋Only a woman would notice that! 👏👏

@dennisjump8655

4 жыл бұрын

I noticed that too. She only took like 2 steps so they must have known how risky that was.

@StealthMode3924

4 жыл бұрын

The camera was also far away, so it’s very likely that they allowed her to remove the heels for the stair scene. We don’t see her feet at all as she’s walking down the stairs. But that would be a scary thought for sure! Haha

Dwight Frye was the scene stealer in Dracula.

Dwight is so genius !

I’m 102 years old, what a movie it was😊

My dog Duke when he gets restless and can't fall a sleep Steve always put this movie in and he will dose off every time❤❤❤

If I had a hundred dollar bill like for every time Jonathan says mina id probably be rich

Dwight Frye! Now there was an actor. No one quite like ol' Dwighty. I often wonder what these actors would think if they knew how much their work was being enjoyed nearly 100 years later. I'd love to let them know somehow, but alas...

1) Max Schreck 2) Bela Lugosi 3) Christopher Lee

I dont understand. Why would he put himself into such a vulnerable state knowing that Van Helsing was at his heels?

@xrendezv0usx

4 жыл бұрын

@dark_lord05 didnt he kill a man with his bare hands like 2 seconds earlier?

@xrendezv0usx

4 жыл бұрын

@dark_lord05 okay... so instead of ordering his servant to attack, he kills him with his bare hands. Then with van helsing hot on his heels, he climbs into his coffin to be executed. Like I said, it makes no sense

@Richard-vu7kh

4 жыл бұрын

dark_lord05 - earlier, when Van Helsing is describing Dracula, he states : he has the strength of 10 men....also, in the book, Dracula tears steel bars out of the sanitarium to kill Renfield - different in the movie. Another difference in the novel - Dracula could move about in daylight, but his powers were max during nightime. Resting in the soil of his native land was how he regenerated himself.....like charging the batteries, so to speak. Dracula movies have tended to underplay the supernatural qualities of the “undead”. A Vampire is really only scary when it represents a force outside the laws of the “real” world. Personally, I’d love to see Stephen King tackle the Dracula novel.....his Vampires in Salem’s Lot were truly weird and fantastical.

@johnnypacheco6526

4 жыл бұрын

BECAUSE IT WAS GOING TO BE SUNRICE AND VAMPIRES CAN NO TO SEE THE SUN..THE SUN BURN THEY..!!

@ashclassics9181

4 жыл бұрын

Paradox vail must I remind you that the book and the movie are different things with the same plot but changes were made and the vampire rules were different in each

Dracula didn’t even put up a fight. What a wuss!

Although depicted as a sophisticated,eccentric gentleman,we see a glimpse of Draculas true inner savage monster ,they didn’t show what he liked doing to his enemies and victims .Snapping Renfields neck was tame for Dracula .

MASTAAAA PLEEEASE DON KIIILL MEEEEE PLEEEASE

magnifico!!!

great scenography

We must keep our home beautiful beautiful work 1931 is the year master

I got up to get a soda and the movie was over. I came here to see if my movie was broken or if this was really the end.

Dracula 1931

4:29 FATALITY

I will say what the original has in spades is the amount of atmosphere in the shots

i would like to see the other version driving the stake

Normally I was expecting a long fight like a stall before they impaled him.

It did kinda irk me that Dracula had a rather lame death

Note there is no music in most movies of this era, because when they were originally showed in theaters, the audience would get confused wondering where the orchestra was - like when The Count Basie big band was playing the soundtrack in the desert in Blazing Saddles! 😂😂😂

Professor drove that stake into Dracula’s happenis ahhhh

4:29

Has anyone ever counted the number of "Mina"'s in this scene?"

@theregulator6214

2 жыл бұрын

Lol. 254.

When you try not faint from someone farting in room but you fall down anyway 1:47

Oh so that’s how you defeat Kenneth Copeland.

Me gusta muchusimo la peli de vampiro pero ya hay peli buena de vampiro y lo q hay no esta traducido en español que lastima ya no hay pali buena de terror.

Now that Dracula is dead his wives who are still at his castle will probably turn in to old hags and die.

@aaronl221

3 жыл бұрын

I’m pretty sure van helsing kills them early on in the novel

Even with Dracula carrying Mina Jonathan Harker still couldn't outrun him. As a kid I wondered why in Dracula's Daughter none of Dr. Van Helsing's friends including Jonathan and Mina who had just left the abbey moments before didn't come to defend him. Of course now I know David Manners had left Hollywood and Helen Chandler's career was practically over and Herbert Bunston was dead.

@dangeroreilly2028

Жыл бұрын

How about Helen's famous hubby?

@peterraymond8470

Жыл бұрын

@@dangeroreilly2028 Oh, my God, He was Billee in Svengali. I never knew they were married. That's another favorite of mine.

@dangeroreilly2028

Жыл бұрын

@@peterraymond8470 Yes he was. But I think of him as Ralph Norton in The Mummy.

Mina looks just like Helen Skelton in this movie.

Ending isn't great. Dracula's death for whatever reason is off camera.

@lilymoss-yerg9666

4 жыл бұрын

bertmustin well this movie was made in 1931 so a death like Dracula’s wouldn’t be allowed to be again on screen

@oliver91ist

4 жыл бұрын

The film was made in a time of a Censorship Code physically seeing Dracula death was too graphic.

@porflepopnecker4376

4 жыл бұрын

Great ending. We don't need to see splattering blood, which you weren't going to get in 1931 anyway.

@StevenFarmerComedy

4 жыл бұрын

He runs away and falls asleep in a coffin. Dracula’s a real threat

@charles1203

4 жыл бұрын

bertmustin too graphic for an audience then.

4:29 I don't know why (something wrong with me I guess) but I just find Dracula's death yell funny.

3:32 You don't mean Mina's already been bitte, do you?

@samkresil6011

2 жыл бұрын

4:08 She's not in the crate?

They don't make films like this anymore

Final sem noção. O vampiro deveria enfrentar os dois

WHY did Dracula decide to go to sleep 30 seconds after entering the burial chamber with van helsing hot on his heels? Not very clever. The filmakers should've had them sneak into the castle or something

Professor Van Helsing steak Count Dracula in his heart during finding Mina. 4:28

Geez, I get the same reaction from myself when I look in the mirror!

Bom

This whole scene would have been so much more dramatic with music.

@Bigbuddyandblue

Жыл бұрын

Yes, but there was no music in most movies of this era, because when they were originally showed in theaters, the audience would get confused wondering where the orchestra was - like when The Count Basie big band was playing the soundtrack in the deset in Blazing Saddles! 😂😂😂

@erintwomey3846

Жыл бұрын

@@Bigbuddyandblue LOL

can we please talk about how fucking funny renfield falling down the stairs is

@erintwomey3846

Жыл бұрын

I guess, but I kinda felt bad for him

@somewhatdubz

9 ай бұрын

Put some goofy music over it and its fucking hilarious

This is what Big Boss was scared of in Metal Gear Solid 3? I expected something a bit more grim.

What were they implying when they had Helsing stay behind? They couldn't have known at the time that they'd later make a sequel in which he's caught alone and thought to be a murderer. So what was the original intent?

@jokkemursula8731

2 жыл бұрын

As far as I know, there was a part that was cut from the conversation with Renfield. Van Helsing promised to save his soul and that's why he stays behind. It was kept in the Spanish version.

@d-manthecaptain1382

2 жыл бұрын

@@jokkemursula8731 Thanks

@fritz9830

8 ай бұрын

Maybe to do some scientific experiments

Gaslight theater part of the same time years before New show before

How do you know she is safe? She could be infected. Or, she could of been dead all along.

@porflepopnecker4376

4 жыл бұрын

If she were, then the dawn's rays which drove Dracula into his coffin would kill her.

@isaacthedragon2271

4 жыл бұрын

I've just been taught the hard way that things aren't always what they seem. *People* aren't always what they seem.

Almost anti climatic compared to the book.

This film was slow obane and as dull as watching paint dry. Lugosi wasnt a patch on Christopher Lee im afraid. Lugosi took half an hour to say a basic line especially at the start of the film and the OTT acting borders on camp. Christopher Lee truly understood the charisma and noble charm as well as the raging beast when it came to playing the vampire Count. I truly believed in him as Dracula... i have to say Lugosi is just playing the pathos and the lines without understanding any of the Counts inner monologues or motivations or more dangerous bestile qualities. This film has definately NOT aged well at all. However the castle interior sets and Dwight Frye as Renfield were the best thing about the film.

Id like to know why bela lugosi didnt have fangs? Not very scary if he can't bite people....

@BadGuyRants

5 жыл бұрын

He does bite them we just don't see it.

@barbkhan2323

5 жыл бұрын

@@BadGuyRants so i see all movie vampires are supposed to show their fangs just before biting....even when bela lugosi smiles, or grimaces , whatever that expression is called....alas no fangs.....im thinking that he didnt want to wear them...not comfortable, im guessing

@juantarango5142

5 жыл бұрын

In the Spanish version you can see the fangs and the bite marks

@abigail-8704

5 жыл бұрын

No fangs, just bite marks

@barbkhan2323

5 жыл бұрын

@@abigail-8704 well that sort of takes the fun out of being a vampire, dont it. LoL

Dracula's death was anticlimactic. Thought he would fight Van Helsing.

How anticlimactic.

@TOFKAS01

Жыл бұрын

Differend times, differend standards...

I'm glad Dracula is dead

Second

Skit skit skit 🦇💦

Sorry, but Christopher Lee is the best Dracula.

@Kiiieeechiii

4 жыл бұрын

Frank langella and Bela Lugosi were better

@ashclassics9181

4 жыл бұрын

The laughing man I second that statement

@nelifl.9756

4 жыл бұрын

That will be for you

@scombs6543

3 жыл бұрын

Christopher Lee is a very close second to Mr. Lugosi

First!

@Glowing_Gamer

5 жыл бұрын

Is sixth any good?

This scene is pure bullshit Drakula returning to his kasket to sleep while being chased

Shitty ending

Dr. Fauci

Worst ending in hx

Their Acting Was Not The Greatest Back Then , Its Ok For a Movie Back Then I Guess .. But Today Acting Kinda Bad

@JohnDoe-yi4xd

4 жыл бұрын

Its a classic. The initial confrontation between Van Helsing and Belagosi is classic.

@FlavinMR

4 жыл бұрын

@@JohnDoe-yi4xd agreed, bud

@alfredstjohn

3 жыл бұрын

Old movie does not equal inferior acting compared to today. Actors back then were just as (in my opinion more so) capable and talented as actors today.

@slipstreamxr3763

2 жыл бұрын

Shut up.

Imagine sitting through a full film, and that being the ending. Utter garbage

Here Edward killed Bela.

4:29