@doorswhofan It's crazy to think back to watching these as a kid that I never considered that the day would come when these movies would come to be 100years old!
Watch this movie on a rainy, stormy night in the dark. Just imagine how scared people were back when this movie came out because there was nothing like this or the other Universal Monster movies.
I'm always most impressed at how VAST that set was. This was back in the days when they actually built sets, and you can see that everything in this clip is full-scale and massive.
I like the way this is colorized. I normally don't like it when they change from the original black and white, but this color version adds to the Gothic feel of the scene.
@@davidcooke8059 Let’s be honest…AI colorization is inconsistent and absolutely atrocious at the moment, lol. However, I greatly appreciate the *clarity* some of these restorations impart. Give it a few years. Remember how terrible (though admittedly fascinating) some of the earliest AI audio isolations sounded? I assume AI colorization is currently in its infancy, and will soon advance past this initially awkward stage and yield stunning results. EDIT: Okay, I see that this was made without AI…which is probably why it looks *superior* to most fan-made restorations! My bad!
I just bought a book on Dwight Frye..called 'Dwight Frye's last laugh'..its a shame because Dwight was just about to make it big in Hollywood before his sudden death from a heart attack in 1943..he was a great underrated actor.
This was 1931...before film scores were really integrated into the entire picture. Many films from 1930/31 had just music across the opening and closing credits (like this one).
Colorizing their faces against the B&W makeup they used is terrifically difficult - but you managed it handily. Fantastic work! It was a pleasure to watch. Thank you.
No. If they had went with a more realistic look that "felt" historic then "maybe". Goldman owns Dracula. Both with acting and more of a realistic vision of him with the medieval look that is depicted of the actual Vlad Tepes with the long hair and moustache present in genuine historical paintings. Bela's acting was amazing. However, he "looked" like a family doctor that might touch you in inappropriate places, not a medieval warlord.
@@waynepurcell6058 My guy, look at my avatar. I know the history of Vlad 2, Vlad 3, Matthias Corvinus, Sigusmund, Radu the handsome, The despised Mehmet(may piss be upon him) The holy feast of the transfiguration, Poenari Castle and the boyars that slaved in rags to build it for betraying vlads Father and blinding and burying alive his Brother,and the Order of the Dragon. I know the Basarab dynasty backwards and forward. I was referring to Stokers "Count" Dracula(originally called Count Vampyre before stoker stumbled upon Vlad by accident) Not "Prince" Dracula. Bela will always be Stokers count. Go try the "AAAAK-TU-ALLY...." somewhere else.
I wonder how people 93 years from now will look back on a film from 2024 and if they'll be mesmerized in a similar way as we are watching this clip from Dracula 🤔 Long live Cinema! ❤️
I haven't watched this IN decades. Of course the production and acting were brilliant. I'd forgotten how foreboding this scene is. The viewer is filled with dread, watching as Mr. Renfield sheepishly ignores every terrifying signal and sign that his ghoulish host is being less than forthcoming with his actual intentions. It really grabs the audience in an emotional way -You just want to SCREAM "Get out of there, FOOL!"...That is a a credit to Bram Stoker's brilliance...
Christopher Lee was a VERY close second. I grew up with both performances, and I still watch every film with the same excitement that I had when I had just started watching monster movies with my dad. If any movie had the name (or names) Lugosi, Van Sloan, Frye, Atwill, Zucco, Honda, Tsuburaya, Harryhausen, Shreck, Kaufman, Karloff, Chaney, Cushing, Lee (Christopher or Bruce), Price, Naschy, Corman, Dante, Chan, or More, Larry, and/or Curly in the credits.....rest assured, whatever we were then doing was quickly set aside for the next two hours or so in order for us to indulge in "high art", as they would call it. Regardless, Lugosi Lives Eternal!!
I wish he didn't have such a healthy color. He should really be more on the gray side. I have always loved the implication that he walks through the spider webs in this scene. Super creepy.
It's kinda like the early two-strip Technicolor processes they used for films like Doctor X and Mystery of the Wax Museum. Excellent duplication of the process, the vintage look is sublime!
This is exquisite. I don't normally like colorized b&w films, but this is something special. If the entire film is available anywhere in this same beautifully colorized version, please post a link to purchase it. Thanks.
Very well done, but I would have made some different color choices. I think the opening shots on the staircase should have been bluish, conveying a sense of cold or moonlight, saving the warmer tones for the interior room with the fire.
There may have been a little blood but no gore in this film, but it's still really amazing for an early 1930s movie. Also, Bela Lugosi did a really amazing job in this
Wow, I'm always caught off guard by how vibrant and beautiful colors are in old black and white movies when they're finally colorized. Even in horror movies.
Several reviews that I have read over the years of the 1931 Dracula point out that it could have benefited from a music score. However, with that being said this 4K Ultra HD colorized version is spectacular!
WOW! This looks amazing and beautiful. Love to see The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) in color. Especially where Klaatu is shot and Gort appears and hands the Army their butts. As well as the Wolfman 1941 and the Creature from the Black Lagoon.
Watching this just makes me so more impressed with what Francis Ford Coppola did with this scene in Bram Stoker's Dracula. My God Gary Oldman kicked major ass in that movie. RIP Eleanor Coppola May 4, 1936 - April 12, 2024
Completely iconic! Just goes to show the power of these clsssics that they can still be effective 90+ years on. I doubt many modern movies will have the same impact 90 years from now. Dracula and indeed the Universal Monsters were so iconic and hugely influential. This colourisation seems to have been done quite sensitively, adding to the gothic atmosphere.
There is only one thing that sets the past over the present and that’s the actors. An actor is not someone that gets a part or does a passable performance but it somebody that makes you forget your watching a movie and you just get into it.
I'm new to your channel. This is absolutely fantastic! It looks SO great! I love it! I can't wait to watch all your other videos! Thank you for doing something like this. I've always wanted to see old movies and interviews with famous people from long ago, in color. And even really old Baseball games from the 1920s and 30s. You do great work!🙂🙏
Bad luck for Renfield. Spoiler! Returns to England as a bug eating lunatic. As it came out 126 years ago, I thought I might post it without warnings, but took the safe route.
@@Oldmoviesincolour interesting... around 0:15-0:22 with the background on either side of Renfield has the blues fading in and out...that's usually a tell tale sign that it's AI. The upscaling and frame interpolation look great!
This movie to me was and still very under rated. Dwight's madness with Edward Sloan defiance as van helsing against Bela's seductive evil made this a classic .close second Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing after that none
