In the book Dracula and the solicitor spend hours talking with Dracula delighting in the man's company and being in every sense the affable and charming host. Not austere like Lee is playing it. I suppose it would not have been as scary if they had done it like the book.
@EloiseDecember Ya, in the book he is anxious to talk because he wants to improve his English and enjoys talking into the night about his past. . when he is finally done with Harker his demeanor changes from cultured nobleman to hungry animal. Louis Jourdan's tv version accomplishes this somewhat. I don't think I've seen Dracula performed entirely to my satisfaction, quite frankly.
@gribbleparts no, it is a project for someone to do it properly. I love Christopher Lee. It is nothing to do with him. It would be nice to see someone with vision do it but add something because though the start with the Borgo Pass and all that is excellent I think the book loses pace when Harker gets back to England. For me the Omen was one of the scariest movies made and it shows what you can do with a demonic protagonist.
@EloiseDecember The writing can be ponderous. Van Helsing's a ham. The other men are dull and insufferable romantics. The only character I like in it is Dracula! I liked the Omen.. The Haunting of Julia/Full Circle .. that's under-rated. I think it's on here somewhere. A book that made an impression on me lately John Shirley's Demons ...
@gribbleparts ol you are right about the male characters! Haunting of Julia and Full Circle..thanks for the tip. Love discovering forgotten/underrated gems. Here is one for you: "Dark Places" with Joan Collins and Christopher Lee and another leading actor who is really good, avail on here. So easy to build tension, done so many times in so many movies. Pity it's not done here esp. when you have the brilliant Christopher Lee at your disposal! Will look up that book, sounds good..
@EloiseDecember Dark Places... I'll check it out. I watched 'Legend of Hell House' last night, a somewhat obscure haunted house flick. Very good, but the ending was botched. Book is better. Big fan of the book. Matheson, the author, also wrote the screen play, but in transferring his story to screen he was very limited by the censorship of the time.
Stoker's Count spoke perfect English without an accent. Harker even comments on it in the book and compliments the Count on his English. It could be that he deliberately trained himself to do away with his accent as part of his grand plan to infiltrate English society. It was Lugosi who gave the Count an accent.
Lee is giving his all and clearly relishing the chance to do something more than stand around aloofly and snarling, but the cheap tacky nature of Franco's film lets him down. The meanest hammer sequel has better production values.
Given that he can speak five languages, why on earth Lee never attempted to play Draxula with an accent.... He did in one scene in his last Hammer Dracula but he could have made an effort in this european production..
@randomdave30 I could be wrong but I think he didn't do the accent for his first Dracula film because people mainly associated Dracula with Bela Lugosi, and he wanted to be different. And after all those films in Hammer he probably figured when doing this "why change tactics now?" I think it's only great that he went to a totally different way than Lugosi, because the only person who can play the famous Lugosi Dracula is Bela Lugosi.
@randomdave30 Actually, the book describes Dracula as being able to speak English almost perfectly and without an accent. Considering the fact most of the characters are British, the accent is actually more accurate than Bela Lugosi's. Note that I never said that it's better than Bela Lugosi. Just closer to the book.
@randomdave30 In the novel, Dracula speaks English with an English accent, only his intonation is unique. Lugosi's accent is as ''foreign'' )more so, technically) as Christopher Lee's. Lugosi is Hungarian and speaks with a Hungarian, not Romanian accent. Hungarian is Finno-Ugric, English and Romanian are Indo-European.
@kingbilgames In this scene in the film and the novel, Dracula refers to himself as a ''Szekely'' (a Magyar, like Hungarians), Dracula is a Romanian by nationality and the fact that he identifies as a type of Magyar is a raer instance of bad research on Stoker's part, as Wlach would be more accurate; though voivode Vlad III Dracula was also a Cuman Turk by blood, being descended from Basarab.
@randomdave30 This movie was attempting to follow the book more closely than the Lugosi version, and Dracula does not have the heavy accent in the book. Then again, he was also able to walk in sunlight...
Lee is excellent in this, and early in the movie it feels very atmospheric and is more or less accurate to Stoker's text. Unfortunately, matters go downhill from here as Franco loses his budget and his vision. His original intent to shoot the novel as closely as possible gives way to a series of artistic compromises, culminating in the laughable taxidermy animals sequence, and the nonsensical climax. But these early, creepy scenes at the Castle really are superb.
"Within, stood a tall old man, clean shaven save for a long white
moustache, and clad in black from head to foot, without a single speck
of colour about him anywhere."
Though this movie certainly had its flaws, Lee is just magnificent here. I think this is the best performance of a book-canon Dracula I have ever seen, both in physical appearance and his commanding, intense screen presence. As entertaining as the Hammer films are, THIS is the Dracula of Stoker's novel in the flesh.
i respect all opinions, and i admire cristopher lee, but for me, there will be none like max shreck (nosferatu 1922), then comes Bela lugosi and after them comes cristopher lee, among them, all others in the role of dracula are not worthing, thought there are two great movies more, an old and a new, carl dreyer's vampyr and interview with a vampire. Anything else with vampires on films are worthless!!!
Ultimate Count Dracula = Christopher Lee. I have also seen Ford's Dracula twice, Oldman is nothing when compared to Lee. In fact, Ford ruined the beauty of the novel. But they still praised it!
Well these zooms are still MUCH better than the ones in Oasis of the Zombies another Franco movie and possibly one of the most boring and lousy movies I've ever seen. The camerawork in that is atrocious to say the least. It's so weird because while Franco has made alot of bad movies he actually did a good job here. Of course then he made Dracula prisoner of Frankenstein afterwards...
You can really see how much Lee is loving playing this novel-canon Dracula.
He's openly expressed his dissatisfaction with the Hammer films before. This one gives him the freedom to embody the character of Stoker's novel and hoo boy does he nail it. THAT VOICE reading Stoker's dialogue, and his visual look, the perfect Dracula.
The nice thing about this movie, is that it realy manages to copy the scary gothic athmosphere of the Hammer movies, with the charm of the Bella Lugosi movies and the sadness of the Nosferato movie.
Lee still plays the same count, but he shows it from a slightly different angle. a great Dracula movie but unfortunatly a bit underrated in my opinion.
I love christopher Lee as Dracula but think that if Bela Lugosi was given the budgets and scripts he would have by far superceeded Christopher Lee. Lee's English Tones always let him Down. Ferdy Mayne was brilliant for this reason when he played count von Krolok in Fearless vampire killers !
At first I thought Lee was abit stiff & wooden but it's just him as the old Count, but it's great to see him act those lines near the end at the fire place, but boy the set was cheap looking! way too many cobwebs, I love Lee's Hammer Drac's but they were mad too not give him lines with that deep rich voice of his, it sounds pure evil!
Such delivery, such prescence and those fangs. What devil or witch was ever so great as Attilla whose blood flows in these veins. And the unforgettable 'children of the night' lines. I must see this in its entirety. Is it available on dvd?
I would say that Christopher Lee was perhaps the "Ultimate" Count.The early Hammers where Dracula never spoke were good,however I reckon it's more plausable when he does speak.Lee certainly had got this Part down to a Tee by the time he become wanted for bigger and better things.He jumped straight from this then onto the Bond franchise "Live and Let Die".
@kriitikko Christopher Lee did star in the man with the Golden Gun.However the first
"Bond" Movie was the Voodoo/Heroin plot of "Live and let Die" TMWIGG came in two
years later. The man with the Golden Gun was one of the very best Bond movies ever made,and for me it's Roger Moore's "Goldfinger",as Roger never did get any
better than his superb performance as the Killers Killer.
R@flanneryged Sir Christopher Lee is the greatest horror actor of all time along with Peter Cushing. Christopher is the definitive Dracula. Peter is much missed by all horror movie fans.
Good to see this. This is exactly what Dracula should be like. Christopher Lee never got a chance to nail it in those Hammer films because all they let him do was hiss, snarl and look scary - which he did do brilliantly, admittedly.
I cannot get over how awesome this is. **This** is the version I've been looking for all these years! So close to Stoker, the words of the novel come alive at last! Moody and artful, and punctuated with Lee's best performance in his iconic role. Superb.
This is awesome -- closer to Stoker than ANY other version (even the 1977 BBC), and pulsating with intrigue. Here is Lee's best performance as the character for which he is best known! Here is Count Dracula **exactly** as described in the novel! Color me an instant fan.
Lee obviously wanted to be in this Jess Franco movie. His acting seems to be much more inspiring in this one compared to many of the later Hammer studios movies. Even though i am a big fan of those aswell.
Although I love Herzog's and Coppola's adaptations, it is refreshing to see the more self assured, confident Dracula Lee portrayed, as opposed to Kinski's emo Dracula, or Oldman's lovesick one.
I love Herzog's remake of "Nosferatu", one of the best Dracula films made, even when it has nothing really to do with Stoker's book. Kinski was excellent, but Lee will always be THE Dracula to me.
@kriitikko Oh I think the Herzog version is terrible. I love the original Murnau-film because despite it lacking in sound, Murnau was so great at using shadows and light to his advantage and Shrek was truly frightening. Herzog tried too hard to make an art film, and even though the photography is beautiful, it becomes too much art and too little horror. Also I think Kinski was overdone and Adjani to be whiny.
Although his first Dracula movie, Hammer Films' "Horror of Dracula" (1958), remains as one of my alltime favourite Dracula films, it is true that this is the film in which Lee seems to really be into it.
Oh, yes. I recently saw the DVD extra where Jess Fanco said that Christopher Lee actually called him up while he was filming another Hammer Dracula to thank him for the work they did together in this film. Lee disliked playing in campy Hammer flicks as Dracula with no lines and top heavy actresses stealing the show. But his Hammer stuff is why people love him. He had some good dialogue in this film and Franco said they became good friends after this collaboration.
Oh that is just glorious! The problems with the film are evident and I think sitting through the whole thing might be a bit of an endeavour, but Lee speaking the count's dialogue makes it all worthwhile!
Yeah, it's not the best Dracula film, low budget, horrible actors, too many close ups. On the other hand it has good music, Lee is great once more, Herbert Lom does also great as Van Helsing and Soledad Miranda is just beautiful as Lucy.
This is like the scene in the Bram Stokers dracula movie with Gary Oldman
bowler8 2 days ago
ha um erro ai na epoca do filme nao percebemos DRACULA NAO ENVELHECE ELE É IMORTAL kkkkkkkkkkk
zcarluz 2 weeks ago
In the book Dracula and the solicitor spend hours talking with Dracula delighting in the man's company and being in every sense the affable and charming host. Not austere like Lee is playing it. I suppose it would not have been as scary if they had done it like the book.
EloiseDecember 4 weeks ago
@EloiseDecember Ya, in the book he is anxious to talk because he wants to improve his English and enjoys talking into the night about his past. . when he is finally done with Harker his demeanor changes from cultured nobleman to hungry animal. Louis Jourdan's tv version accomplishes this somewhat. I don't think I've seen Dracula performed entirely to my satisfaction, quite frankly.
gribbleparts 2 weeks ago
@gribbleparts no, it is a project for someone to do it properly. I love Christopher Lee. It is nothing to do with him. It would be nice to see someone with vision do it but add something because though the start with the Borgo Pass and all that is excellent I think the book loses pace when Harker gets back to England. For me the Omen was one of the scariest movies made and it shows what you can do with a demonic protagonist.
EloiseDecember 2 weeks ago
@EloiseDecember The writing can be ponderous. Van Helsing's a ham. The other men are dull and insufferable romantics. The only character I like in it is Dracula! I liked the Omen.. The Haunting of Julia/Full Circle .. that's under-rated. I think it's on here somewhere. A book that made an impression on me lately John Shirley's Demons ...
gribbleparts 2 weeks ago
@gribbleparts ol you are right about the male characters! Haunting of Julia and Full Circle..thanks for the tip. Love discovering forgotten/underrated gems. Here is one for you: "Dark Places" with Joan Collins and Christopher Lee and another leading actor who is really good, avail on here. So easy to build tension, done so many times in so many movies. Pity it's not done here esp. when you have the brilliant Christopher Lee at your disposal! Will look up that book, sounds good..
EloiseDecember 2 weeks ago
@EloiseDecember Dark Places... I'll check it out. I watched 'Legend of Hell House' last night, a somewhat obscure haunted house flick. Very good, but the ending was botched. Book is better. Big fan of the book. Matheson, the author, also wrote the screen play, but in transferring his story to screen he was very limited by the censorship of the time.
gribbleparts 2 weeks ago
WHY THE HELL WOULD ANYONE ENTER THAT HOUSE/CASTLE! Did he not look at his face and hear the tone of his voice
drwhomasterfan 2 months ago
Man! Since when was Count Dooku Count DRACULA????
MeenyMcSweeny 2 months ago
He doesnt sparkle?!
theunraveler 3 months ago
Is this like a remake of the hammer film "Horror of Dracula"?
DanNZ4 3 months ago
@DanNZ4 Nah, just another of many adaptations of Dracula. Just happens to have the same actor in it.
kriitikko 3 months ago
@kriitikko But the story is like the horror of Dracula so far. But Chris looked more different then the Dracula he originally played.
DanNZ4 3 months ago
@DanNZ4 This was supposed to be the first adaptation accurate to Stoker's novel. It was...more or less.
secondmrswatson 4 days ago
@secondmrswatson perhapes
DanNZ4 1 day ago
I think these close up s are freaking amazing.
gemsbokapii 3 months ago
Could you find a more boring scene?
FudgePackProductions 3 months ago
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lotten1992 4 months ago
@lotten1992 Lee wasn't quite a legend yet. Up until this movie he was mostly known as a Hammer Horror star, with a few appearances elsewhere.
VideoMask93 3 months ago
we owe a lot to bram stoker
jhibbitt1 4 months ago
Count Dracula=Count Dooku
GalenMarek20101 4 months ago
Stoker's Count spoke perfect English without an accent. Harker even comments on it in the book and compliments the Count on his English. It could be that he deliberately trained himself to do away with his accent as part of his grand plan to infiltrate English society. It was Lugosi who gave the Count an accent.
normanby100 5 months ago
Lee is giving his all and clearly relishing the chance to do something more than stand around aloofly and snarling, but the cheap tacky nature of Franco's film lets him down. The meanest hammer sequel has better production values.
normanby100 5 months ago
Given that he can speak five languages, why on earth Lee never attempted to play Draxula with an accent.... He did in one scene in his last Hammer Dracula but he could have made an effort in this european production..
randomdave30 5 months ago
@randomdave30 I could be wrong but I think he didn't do the accent for his first Dracula film because people mainly associated Dracula with Bela Lugosi, and he wanted to be different. And after all those films in Hammer he probably figured when doing this "why change tactics now?" I think it's only great that he went to a totally different way than Lugosi, because the only person who can play the famous Lugosi Dracula is Bela Lugosi.
kriitikko 5 months ago
@randomdave30 Actually, the book describes Dracula as being able to speak English almost perfectly and without an accent. Considering the fact most of the characters are British, the accent is actually more accurate than Bela Lugosi's. Note that I never said that it's better than Bela Lugosi. Just closer to the book.
sslfsociety 4 months ago
@randomdave30 In the novel, Dracula speaks English with an English accent, only his intonation is unique. Lugosi's accent is as ''foreign'' )more so, technically) as Christopher Lee's. Lugosi is Hungarian and speaks with a Hungarian, not Romanian accent. Hungarian is Finno-Ugric, English and Romanian are Indo-European.
kingbilgames 4 months ago
@kingbilgames In this scene in the film and the novel, Dracula refers to himself as a ''Szekely'' (a Magyar, like Hungarians), Dracula is a Romanian by nationality and the fact that he identifies as a type of Magyar is a raer instance of bad research on Stoker's part, as Wlach would be more accurate; though voivode Vlad III Dracula was also a Cuman Turk by blood, being descended from Basarab.
kingbilgames 4 months ago
@randomdave30 This movie was attempting to follow the book more closely than the Lugosi version, and Dracula does not have the heavy accent in the book. Then again, he was also able to walk in sunlight...
VideoMask93 3 months ago
3:16...selena gomez? lol
xPatDxRockSx 5 months ago
Lee is excellent in this, and early in the movie it feels very atmospheric and is more or less accurate to Stoker's text. Unfortunately, matters go downhill from here as Franco loses his budget and his vision. His original intent to shoot the novel as closely as possible gives way to a series of artistic compromises, culminating in the laughable taxidermy animals sequence, and the nonsensical climax. But these early, creepy scenes at the Castle really are superb.
Vortigern99 6 months ago
What I dislike is that Dracula claims to be Magyar when the historical Dracula was Romanian (well, Wallachian, but same thing).
DrStrangebomb1993 6 months ago
Chris Lee has managed to play two counts, both evil, both old, both badass.
heresthadude1080 7 months ago
Why can't people talk like this anymore?
ekord24 7 months ago
4:15-5:02
God, it's like he's staring deeply into your soul, while being awesomely badass
lotten16 8 months ago
"Within, stood a tall old man, clean shaven save for a long white
moustache, and clad in black from head to foot, without a single speck
of colour about him anywhere."
Though this movie certainly had its flaws, Lee is just magnificent here. I think this is the best performance of a book-canon Dracula I have ever seen, both in physical appearance and his commanding, intense screen presence. As entertaining as the Hammer films are, THIS is the Dracula of Stoker's novel in the flesh.
WandersNowherre 9 months ago
Christopher Lee is the best Dracula ever
92af 9 months ago
This is the real Dracula
itzjoeymac 10 months ago
whether Dracula or Saruman.. christopher lee
maris2ish 10 months ago
i miss these kinda movies..those were the days!
maris2ish 10 months ago
BEST VOICE EVER
timpenfield5 10 months ago
i respect all opinions, and i admire cristopher lee, but for me, there will be none like max shreck (nosferatu 1922), then comes Bela lugosi and after them comes cristopher lee, among them, all others in the role of dracula are not worthing, thought there are two great movies more, an old and a new, carl dreyer's vampyr and interview with a vampire. Anything else with vampires on films are worthless!!!
eosfygos 11 months ago
GREAT opening scene.
Ghoopty 1 year ago
Ultimate Count Dracula = Christopher Lee. I have also seen Ford's Dracula twice, Oldman is nothing when compared to Lee. In fact, Ford ruined the beauty of the novel. But they still praised it!
rahulkhanna0091 1 year ago
Christopher Lee= All time favorite actor!!!
But technically this wasnt a low budget movie. I mean, this was the 70's. I dont think low budgets existed back then LOL
GronHatchat 1 year ago
This zooms are soooooo awful!
Phosonell 1 year ago
@Phosonell lol They are! XD
kriitikko 1 year ago
@Phosonell
Well these zooms are still MUCH better than the ones in Oasis of the Zombies another Franco movie and possibly one of the most boring and lousy movies I've ever seen. The camerawork in that is atrocious to say the least. It's so weird because while Franco has made alot of bad movies he actually did a good job here. Of course then he made Dracula prisoner of Frankenstein afterwards...
themovieguy364 1 year ago
Não existe "Drácula" melhor que o grande(literalmente) Christopher Lee. Desculpe os fãs de Bela Lugosi.Lee "encarna" muito bem o personagem.
TheMarcio2014 1 year ago
The lombards never invaded transylvania and the szekelys never fought the bulgars. Stoker was rather ignorant.
CountKarloff 1 year ago
You can really see how much Lee is loving playing this novel-canon Dracula.
He's openly expressed his dissatisfaction with the Hammer films before. This one gives him the freedom to embody the character of Stoker's novel and hoo boy does he nail it. THAT VOICE reading Stoker's dialogue, and his visual look, the perfect Dracula.
WandersNowherre 1 year ago
The nice thing about this movie, is that it realy manages to copy the scary gothic athmosphere of the Hammer movies, with the charm of the Bella Lugosi movies and the sadness of the Nosferato movie.
Lee still plays the same count, but he shows it from a slightly different angle. a great Dracula movie but unfortunatly a bit underrated in my opinion.
FrightfulAccountant 1 year ago
Me again. Just finished watching this. Where the heck can I find the rest? Going mad!
twiwonder 1 year ago
Oh, man. I just can't choose. Each version of Dracula I see gets better and better. I definitely give Lee and Lugosi the best voice, though. :) d
twiwonder 1 year ago
A Dracula movie without Christopher Lee, is a mistake. Sir Christopher should be proud of all his Dracula films. Nobody could ever do him the act.
danielmajgren 1 year ago 3
This film could have been so much better if it had more budget and actually followed the storyline.
LordCyrillus 1 year ago
christopher lee is the untimate dracula....no doubt bout it.....like sean coneery is original james bond......
gokhale2000 1 year ago
I love christopher Lee as Dracula but think that if Bela Lugosi was given the budgets and scripts he would have by far superceeded Christopher Lee. Lee's English Tones always let him Down. Ferdy Mayne was brilliant for this reason when he played count von Krolok in Fearless vampire killers !
psychodamned 1 year ago
At first I thought Lee was abit stiff & wooden but it's just him as the old Count, but it's great to see him act those lines near the end at the fire place, but boy the set was cheap looking! way too many cobwebs, I love Lee's Hammer Drac's but they were mad too not give him lines with that deep rich voice of his, it sounds pure evil!
tehlia77 1 year ago
I wish this whole thing was online...
itzjoeymac 1 year ago
Too bad Lee hardly ever spoke in any of these films.
itzjoeymac 1 year ago
Lee is Dracula!!!!!
Luarrangel 1 year ago
Such delivery, such prescence and those fangs. What devil or witch was ever so great as Attilla whose blood flows in these veins. And the unforgettable 'children of the night' lines. I must see this in its entirety. Is it available on dvd?
18andreab 1 year ago
I would say that Christopher Lee was perhaps the "Ultimate" Count.The early Hammers where Dracula never spoke were good,however I reckon it's more plausable when he does speak.Lee certainly had got this Part down to a Tee by the time he become wanted for bigger and better things.He jumped straight from this then onto the Bond franchise "Live and Let Die".
flanneryged 1 year ago 9
@flanneryged "The Man with the Golden Gun" I'm sure you meant
kriitikko 1 year ago
@kriitikko Christopher Lee did star in the man with the Golden Gun.However the first
"Bond" Movie was the Voodoo/Heroin plot of "Live and let Die" TMWIGG came in two
years later. The man with the Golden Gun was one of the very best Bond movies ever made,and for me it's Roger Moore's "Goldfinger",as Roger never did get any
better than his superb performance as the Killers Killer.
flanneryged 1 year ago
R@flanneryged Sir Christopher Lee is the greatest horror actor of all time along with Peter Cushing. Christopher is the definitive Dracula. Peter is much missed by all horror movie fans.
madmike180250 7 months ago
Christopher Lee is Dracula. Simple as that.
CapNCorn 1 year ago
Good to see this. This is exactly what Dracula should be like. Christopher Lee never got a chance to nail it in those Hammer films because all they let him do was hiss, snarl and look scary - which he did do brilliantly, admittedly.
SimonFoston 1 year ago 2
This IS faithful to the book and Lee is doing STOKER'S "Dracula"...but Franco is not a good director.
"Horror of Dracula" is Lee's best "Dracula" film.
He has stated that MANY times.
forrykid 1 year ago
I cannot get over how awesome this is. **This** is the version I've been looking for all these years! So close to Stoker, the words of the novel come alive at last! Moody and artful, and punctuated with Lee's best performance in his iconic role. Superb.
Vortigern99 1 year ago 2
This is awesome -- closer to Stoker than ANY other version (even the 1977 BBC), and pulsating with intrigue. Here is Lee's best performance as the character for which he is best known! Here is Count Dracula **exactly** as described in the novel! Color me an instant fan.
Vortigern99 1 year ago
The Movie is not good, but I think this is the best Christopher Lee performance as Dracula (much better than the Hammer's carachter)
LordoftheTrapdoors 1 year ago
"I am Dracula"
yes you are, yes you are.
SUPERMEDIABROTHERS6 1 year ago 2
what is the name of the moive and what Rated is this too of this movie?
jkcrystal2 1 year ago
Lee obviously wanted to be in this Jess Franco movie. His acting seems to be much more inspiring in this one compared to many of the later Hammer studios movies. Even though i am a big fan of those aswell.
drumtum 1 year ago 3
In this Dracula Lee actually looks like the one in the book
Darthrazdrac 2 years ago 9
i agree. Unlike how from the start of other movies he is youthful, clean shaven, with black slicked back hair
LeafMonkey59 1 year ago
@Darthrazdrac yes,this is the one and only dracula movie where you can see dracula as described in bram stocker book when first meeting john harker
bregues 1 year ago
Although I love Herzog's and Coppola's adaptations, it is refreshing to see the more self assured, confident Dracula Lee portrayed, as opposed to Kinski's emo Dracula, or Oldman's lovesick one.
darkhyena 2 years ago 5
I love Herzog's remake of "Nosferatu", one of the best Dracula films made, even when it has nothing really to do with Stoker's book. Kinski was excellent, but Lee will always be THE Dracula to me.
kriitikko 2 years ago
@kriitikko Oh I think the Herzog version is terrible. I love the original Murnau-film because despite it lacking in sound, Murnau was so great at using shadows and light to his advantage and Shrek was truly frightening. Herzog tried too hard to make an art film, and even though the photography is beautiful, it becomes too much art and too little horror. Also I think Kinski was overdone and Adjani to be whiny.
MsSarjen 1 year ago
Christopher Lee said that this was the one time that he actually enjoyed playing Dracula.
A Dracula film without Christopher Lee is just plain wrong.
TenderTrap86 2 years ago 12
Although his first Dracula movie, Hammer Films' "Horror of Dracula" (1958), remains as one of my alltime favourite Dracula films, it is true that this is the film in which Lee seems to really be into it.
And Lee is the best Dracula on screen, ever.
kriitikko 2 years ago 4
Oh, yes. I recently saw the DVD extra where Jess Fanco said that Christopher Lee actually called him up while he was filming another Hammer Dracula to thank him for the work they did together in this film. Lee disliked playing in campy Hammer flicks as Dracula with no lines and top heavy actresses stealing the show. But his Hammer stuff is why people love him. He had some good dialogue in this film and Franco said they became good friends after this collaboration.
Thanks for posting.
TenderTrap86 2 years ago 2
@kriitikko canty u upload the full movie please?
comets00 2 years ago
@kriitikko Lee wanted to portray Dracula as Stoker depicted in the original book!!!.
theman2017inc 1 year ago
@kriitikko Lee is the best on screen “villain of noble blood and power”
gpanagak1 1 year ago
@TenderTrap86 I agree. It's the best one.
twiwonder 6 months ago
I actually really like this scene! Lee is great! His acting is so wonderful in this video, and he makes so much with his voice.
LorienGaladriel 2 years ago
Oh that is just glorious! The problems with the film are evident and I think sitting through the whole thing might be a bit of an endeavour, but Lee speaking the count's dialogue makes it all worthwhile!
Fpiet 2 years ago 3
Yeah, it's not the best Dracula film, low budget, horrible actors, too many close ups. On the other hand it has good music, Lee is great once more, Herbert Lom does also great as Van Helsing and Soledad Miranda is just beautiful as Lucy.
kriitikko 2 years ago
the dubbing is awful, but stil i have to watch it.
paudiemaguire1 2 years ago
Well, at least it has Christopher Lee's own voice, that counts (no pun intended).
kriitikko 2 years ago
true. its a pity i cant find it anywhere.
paudiemaguire1 2 years ago