While it seems like audiences are inundated with a new incarnation of Spider-Man or Batman nearly every year, there have been countless depictions of Bram Stoker’s iconic gothic vampire Dracula on the big screen.
There are certainly quite a few genuine classics of the horror genre that have featured the character; F.W.
Murnau’s 1922 masterwork Nosferatu is an essential piece of the German Expressionist movement, Universal’s 1931 film Dracula introduced a version of the Count (played in a legendary performance by Bela Lugosi), 1958’s The Horror of Dracula introduced Christopher Lee’s legendary depiction of the character, Werner Herzog’s 1979 remake Nosferatu the Vampyre was just as horrifying as the original, and Francis Ford Coppola’s 1992 epic Bram Stoker’s Dracula introduced analyzed sexual frustration and heartbreak.
However, Dracula is also a property that Hollywood wanted to mine for a potential franchise, and Universal attempted to launch a new series with 2014’s Dracula Untold.
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