What are the best Dracula Movies?

[The Toyroom]

My favorite as a kid was Christopher Lee's Dracula...and I guess it still holds true for me today. He was just badass as the Count.

But I do have a fondness for Lugosi's portrayal in "A&CMF"....I love his control over the Monster and his little magic ring and the bats flapping in his eyes.

[ctc]

Hmmmm....

No love for "Evil of Dracula" or "Lake of Dracula?"

Yeah, I don't blame you.

Don C.

[IRON37]

my personal favorite dracula movies are:

bram stokers Dracula, Monster squad (hey draculas in it), Salems lot, Nosferatu, and technically not dracula but great vampire flick : interview with the vampire

[Meule]

A fantastic character. It really depends on my mood. I love the Coppola version. Well written and acted not to mention visually stunning. The Lugosi Dracula is rich and atmosphereic. I love Bela's lines in the film and his delivery is flawless. The Langella Dracula is also a very cool flick, although Frank seemed to much a "pretty boy" in the film.
Then there is the Palance Dracula by Dan Curtis of Dark Shadows fame. This is just brilliant and evil and really reminds me of my childhood and the 70's.
The Hammer series of Dracula with Lee as the count portray Dracula as the most evil.
All them are excellent to watch and I literally watch one or more of them a week.

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[Mikey]

My only problem with Bela is he seemed too nice of a guy to be Dracula.
.. between his accent and demeanor, he was more akin to being someones grandfather then the prince of darkness.

Lee, now he was great because he was a pysco Drac.

One of the worst Drac's , imo was John Carradine.

[samurainoir]

Leslie Nielson

My favourite spoof is Roman Polanski's Fearless Vampire Killer's.

It really feels like the prototype to many of the action/horror/comedies that followed.

[Goblin19]

I actually think I like the Herzog Nosferatu a little more than the original. Kinski is inspired casting.

[Megospidey]

Caught "Blackula" the other night for the first time...that was a 70's trip.

[Earth 2 Chris]

We've mentioned it before, but Monster Squad's Duncan Regher successfuly combined the suave Lugosi and evil Lee Dracula portrayls. That guy in Van Helsing was horrible. He's worse than that Zarkov guy with the 'fro in Dracula vs. Frankenstein!

Chris

[HardyGirl]

I like the 1940s Bella Lugosi movie, "Love At First Bite" , and "Blacula" (yeah I know).

[Hector]

I like the lead vampire in Twlight...he is so dreamy.

Oh, wait a minute...he's not Dracula.

Never mind.

[The Bat]

Bahhh, George Hamilton was better.

I'm with Joe..."Love at First Bite" was a RIOT!!!

[madmarva]

Does anyone remember Old Dracula. I think with David Niven. I saw it in the theater in the mid 1970s as a kid but have never seen it on television or video. Well, I guess I just devolved this thread to the worst Dracula film.

Also, if anyone liked the old Tomb of Dracula comic from the 1970s, the Captain Britain comic has brought him back as James Bond-like villain. He's on the moon and had declared war on England.

[Earth 2 Chris]

I watched "House of Dracula" Friday Night. Carradine wasn't as bad as I thought. Visually, his look is weak. he seems like a dude in an opera get-up and nothing more. His line delivery is okay. With the mustache, I guess he does resemble the novel's description of Dracula a bit more, but he doesn't have the charisma and air of menace that Lugosi gave it. The transformations into a bat were pretty well done. Oddly enough, they were less "cartoony" than Lugosi's transformations in A&C Meet Frankenstein, which was 3 years later!

Chris

[raider5gt]

I have always liked Christopher Lee's Dracula in the old Hammer films as i watched them growing up,he seemed scary and dark,as always Cushing was there to sort him out,i thought Lee and Cushing were good adversaries in the films.

The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires is also not bad if you like Kung Fu thrown in the mix.