dracula (1931 silent version)

I was absolutely had been wanting to see it for a long, long time. Richard Ouzounian Ian Case, $0.01M. Newspapers report that a woman in white is luring children from the park and biting them. Director: The intention is to create the most faithful adaptation of Dracula yet produced in a style consistent with the era in which the book was originally published. In the Stoker novel, he variously transformed into a bat or a wolf,[7] a mist or "elemental dust. [66] In September 2017, the film received a Best Buy-exclusive steelbook Blu-ray release with cover artwork by Alex Ross. The movie missed that mark. Helen Chandler, Hardy Krüger Jr., Stars: The actor wondered why the film version reduced the large mirror used in the play to the small cigarette box with a mirrored lid. John Badham TV-PG Werner Vielhaber, Renfield refuses to stay at the inn and asks his carriage driver to take him to the Borgo Pass. | Matt Davis, Murnau 49,359 members have started 21,294 topics with 1,067,614 posts since March 10, 2003. Hollis Witherspoon, 180 min Drama, Horror. "[37], On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 91% based on 46 reviews, with an average rating of 7.8/10. [7], In 1999, film critic Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film four out of four stars, praising Lugosi's performance and Freund's cinematography. His smile was not always sinister either". Dracula travels to the American West, intent on making a beautiful ranch owner his next victim. | Pablo Álvarez Rubio. | Darrell Roodt Unax Ugalde, Votes: Director: $82.52M. Stars: ", "Best Buy Getting Universal Monsters Steelbooks With Stunning Alex Ross Art", "Dracula: Complete Legacy Collection [Blu-ray]", "Dracula: Complete Legacy Collection Blu-ray", "Universal Classic Monsters: Complete 30-Film Collection [Blu-ray]", "Universal Classic Monsters: Complete 30-Film Collection Blu-ray", "Classic Monsters (Complete 30-Film Collection) [DVD]", The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dracula_(1931_English-language_film)&oldid=984659498, Films made before the MPAA Production Code, United States National Film Registry films, CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles needing additional references from August 2014, All articles needing additional references, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat-VIAF identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Audio of Dracula's off-camera "death groans" at the end of the film were shortened by partial muting, as were Renfield's screams as he is killed; these pieces of soundtrack were later restored by, Count Dracula: "Listen to them. The Deane-Balderston play and this film also introduced the now iconic images of Dracula entering his victims' bedrooms through French doors/windows, wrapping his satin-lined cape around victims, and more emphasis on Dracula transforming into a bat. | | Title: David Moroni, Owing to the costs of adding an original musical score to a film's soundtrack, no score had ever been composed specifically for the film. Dwight Frye's Renfield, while perhaps a little too over-the-top, is still another highlight to the film, and even Edward Van Sloan's Van Helsing is enough to challenge the might of Count Dracula. Drama, Horror. I have not watched it yet, just skimmed through the video. | Children of the night. A version of the film played on the 10/24/15 airing of Svengoolie (1995) featured a soundtrack taken from the French language audio track on the Dracula Blu-ray. Browning directed his last film in 1939. | It might even be good enough to be made into a lossless soundtrack. Horror, Musical. Stars: An Egyptian mummy searches Cairo for the girl he thinks is his long-lost princess. | This music was composed by Philip Glass in 2000. anyone know anything about the new musical score added to this print? | You could argue that few scenes are too bright, especially the opening, but perhaps thats the way it was intended, and all previous home video versions were unitentionall dark. Darren Lee Cupp, Karl Freund Then it would play back fine on a BR player. Renfield escapes from his cell and listens to the men to discuss vampires. | Gross: | Lucy is missing in action and Mina is kidnapped. John Conte, 8,959 82 min make sure you dont crop any pixels. Marta Gastini, This is a really good fanedit; I'm a sucker for the idea of presenting/editing a film into a different style than its original form, and this edit is a very very good example of how to go about it. [4] Angie Errigo of Empire gave the film four out of five stars, commending Lugosi's performance as "the [Dracula] against which all others are measured", and writing that the film "is stagey and creaky, but it also has wonderful, unforgettable moments. 80 min Passed 25 min As far as a silent version goes, that's pretty much lost just as the original ending is. Not at any price. Renfield is driven to the castle by Dracula's coach, with Dracula disguised as the driver. Drama, Horror, The Romanian count known as Dracula is summoned to London by Arthur Holmwood, a young Lord who is on the verge of being wed. 128 min Vic Cicuta, -Palpy on a very bad day. a.k.a. Horror, Directors: Love Bonnier, 54 min Christopher Lee, The silent version is much like the original green tinted Frankenstein-lost to the ages. Erika Eleniak, | | Dave Vij, The soundtrack, Dracula, was released by Nonesuch Records in 1999. Your browser may not be compatible with all the features on this site. 91 min In 1913, the charming, seductive and sinister vampire Count Dracula travels to England in search of an immortal bride. By the time the film was made, Transylvania had since become part of Romania in 1918. Khwaja Sarfraz | Billy the Kid Versus Dracula is a third-rate production, especially due to its inferior script and shoddy acting by most of the cast. 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The image was overly brightened and cleaned, and lost its dark, creepy feel. It's a blood and guts movie that includes CGI that is quite a bit less than realistic, plus some nudity and cleavage. Joely Fisher. I had a 25fps thing that I tried adjusting with TSMuxer's frame rate control but it looked awful, producing countless junk frames. [29] John Mosher of The New Yorker wrote a negative review, remarking that "there is no real illusion in the picture" and "this whole vampire business falls pretty flat". Ill try creating a 1080p24 AVC DVD, and see how it turns out. | Jirí Zahajský. 4.5 out of 5 stars. [54][55][56] In 2004, Universal released Dracula: The Legacy Collection on DVD as part of the "Universal Legacy Collection". Stars: Unknown to Arthur's future bride Lucy, her future husband is ... See full summary », Director: The maid finds her. Jay Tiarks, 100 min What music they make." Stars: Because Transylvania is in Rumania and he was an Hungarian from the town of Lugos, hence his name". Scott Allen Nollen | This comedic film has been called a Filipino parody of Dracula (1958). Heidi L. Dennis, Dracula attempts to hypnotize Van Helsing, but the latter's resolve proves stronger. Not Rated [67] That same year, the seven-film Complete Legacy Collection was released on Blu-ray. Drama, Horror, When Jonathan Harker, a young solicitor from England travels into the heart of the Carpathian mountains to meet with the ancient Count Dracula, he discovers the bloody terror and plague ... See full summary », Director: [2], Before the film was even released, Lugosi worried that it would cause him to be type cast. This fanedit takes Coppola's goregous but flawed movie and reincarnates it using the framing of the original novel and the trappings of a silent film, and in the process creates something that both delights the Stoker purist in me, tantalizes my old horror move buff tendencies, while still holding onto, and in many places enhancing, the sumptuous visuals that made the original film memorable. While Tod Browning's Dracula is not the definitive take on the most famous vampire of all time, it is possibly the most memorable one. Azmi travels to Romania for legal matters. [57][58] This two-disc release includes both Dracula and the Spanish-language Drácula, as well as Dracula's Daughter, Son of Dracula, and House of Dracula. Doing a version at 29.97 (30)fps  means I'm adding frames, not dropping. Bruno Ganz, Now, I know it was made in 1931, and that, at the time, it horrified audiences, but I still stand by my opinion that the overall movie pales in comparison to Bela Lugosi's performance. The next evening, Dracula enters for a visit, and Van Helsing and Harker notice that he does not have a reflection. Winona Ryder, Dracula hypnotizes Renfield into opening a window. He is warned of Drakula but Azmi is a strong believer of goodness. Directors: Stars: He held them out stiffly... making him look like a puppet. Directed by Tod Browning, Karl Freund. After sucking the blood and turning the young Lucy Weston into a vampire, Dracula turns his attention to her friend Mina Seward, daughter of Dr. Seward who then calls in a specialist, Dr. Van Helsing, to diagnose the sudden deterioration of Mina's health. I really enjoyed Dracula! Kay Lorentz, 137 min The 06 Legacy DVD is artificially brightened, sharpened and does not look like the original film. It can be somwhat distracting. I'd be interested in that as well though it's probably not hard to recreate. | | Director: Dracula is searching for a woman who looks like his long dead wife. Music and death groans are there. | An unfinished, animated, French short film that is said to have been based on Bram Stoker's novel. A rendition of the Dracula tale with many similarities to the British 1950s Dracula. Lugosi's Dracula is the first portrayal of a romanticized version of the mythical bloodsucker with suave, handsome appeal. Not Rated Certificate: Passed Nigel Davenport, | Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? By the way, to my eyes, it seems the '04 wins a tad bit over the '99 release. Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife. Dan MacDonald. Mina confesses what Dracula has done to her and tells Harker their love is finished. |

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