Agree, I love it too, it's better cast than the 1992 version, the 50s hammer version look pretty Tame in comparison, the only one for me that compares is the 1930s version which has its own unique take and feel. The 1978 Nosferatu is very good too.
Tbh I've never liked the romantic approach applied to the Dracula story (the Count is anything but romantic in his relationship to his female victims as depicted by Stoker) but I still appreciate the well done horror elements of the film.
I laughed when they said Dracula was directed by the same director as Saturday Night Fever I thought of Dracula dancing like John Travolta to the Bee Gees 😂
Well it is the same Director lol its basically Dracula Disco fever especially if you look at Frank Langella's hair he looks like he's going to start dancing to Night Fever by the Bee Gees.
I still state profoundly that 1992's Bram Stoker's Dracula by Coppula is the best of the best period. It is much more like the original book, and it has a lot of great action. This one is only decent because of Langela's outstanding performance.
If Browning’s Dracula had the same production value of the 1979 version combined with the acting skills of Lugosi it would make for one hell of a Dracula film . Picture Lugosi climbing down that wall . Creepy.
I haven't seen Dracula (1979) though I would love to based on their recommendation though for me, the definitive Dracula on the big screen has to be Bela Lugosi.
old fashioned guy its a good film. Very atmospheric. I disagree with Siskel. Laurence Olivier as Van Helsing underplays the role & makes a great advesary to Langellas Dracula.
I love how Dracula has a cape on as he's crawling face-down the side of the building, but it totally takes me out of the shot when I notice that his cape is also challenging the laws of physics by not flying up over his face from gravity. I get it that he's a mystical being and crawling like spiderman down the wall, but spiderman didn't have a cape to worry about. Seeing the cape flowing around in the wind, but not obey gravity only makes it look like what it is... a guy crawling on a flat set-piece while the camera is held at an angle to make it look the way it does. I kept waiting for the camera to roll around and reveal the movie magic. Terrible choice to give him the cape for this shot.
6/8/23 This is my favorite Dracula movie. This came out in 1979 i was 15 at the time & my parents would not let me see any "R" rated movies. I recall the creepy trailer of it on t.v. i thought it was scary. I've always loved horror movies & i was bummed out that i could not see it in the theater. So the moment when it came out on VHS i was old enough to finally see it. Loved it.
Yeah, I found that remark bizarre as well. The creature in ALIEN was one of the most interesting and unique (at least visually) in all of movie history.
It is the same Director of Saturday Night Fever lol its basically Dracula Disco fever especially if you look at Frank Langella's hair he looks like he's going to start dancing to Night Fever by the Bee Gees
I liked that Olivier's Van Helsing was older and physically unimposing. It made you root for him even more much like Donald Pleasance's unlikely monster hunter Dr. Loomis in "Hallowe'en."
