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Dracula
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Dracula is a 1931 American black-and-white horror and drama film produced by Universal Pictures. Directed by Tod Browning, the movie features a cast including Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler, David Manners, and Dwight Frye. The screenplay was written by Garrett Fort, John L. Balderston, and Tod Browning, based on Bram Stoker’s work. Karl Freund served as director of photography, while Milton Carruth edited the film. The narrative is set in London and Transylvania, and the production was part of the Pre-Code Hollywood movement.
The film has a runtime of 74 minutes and was released on February 12, 1931. It received a Metascore of 71 and a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 96%. On IMDb, it holds a rating of 7.3 based on 64,876 votes. The film’s budget was $355,000, and it generated $700,000 in revenue. Dracula has won five awards and received three nominations.
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7.2A British estate agent travels to Transylvania to meet the mysterious Count Dracula, who is interested in leasing a London castle. After Dracula enslaves the agent and drives him to insanity, the pair return to London together, where Dracula, a secret bloodsucker, begins preying on socialites.
Cast
- Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula
- Helen Chandler as Mina
- David Manners as John Harker
- Dwight Frye as Renfield
- Edward Van Sloan as Van Helsing
- Herbert Bunston as Doctor Seward
Themes
- monster
- based on novel or book
- transylvania
- vampire
- superstition
- transformation
- spider
- halloween
- castle
- bat
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Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
64,051 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
96%
Metacritic
71/100
- Year
- 1931
- Runtime
- 74 min
- Genres
- Drama, Fantasy, Horror
- Rated
- Passed
- Awards
- 5 wins & 3 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Tod Browning
- Screenplay by
- Garrett Fort
- Based on
- Dracula , by Bram Stoker Dracula , by Hamilton Deane John L. Balderston
- Produced by
- Tod Browning Carl Laemmle Jr.
- Starring
- Bela Lugosi David Manners Helen Chandler Dwight Frye Edward Van Sloan
- Cinematography
- Karl Freund
- Edited by
- Milton Carruth Maurice Pivar
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- Release dates
- February 12, 1931 ( 1931-02-12 ) (New York) February 14, 1931 ( 1931-02-14 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 74 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Languages
- English Hungarian
- Budget
- $341,191
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Dracula is a 1931 American pre-Code vampire film directed and co-produced by Tod Browning from a screenplay written by Garrett Fort and starring Bela Lugosi in the title role. It is based on the 1924 stage play Dracula by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston, which in turn is adapted from the 1897 novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. Lugosi portrays Count Dracula, a vampire who emigrates from Transylvania to England and preys upon the blood of living victims, including a young man's fiancée.
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