Drácula

Drácula

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Release Date

3/11/1931

Runtime

104 mins

Genres

Overview

At midnight on Walpurgis Night, an English clerk, Renfield, arrives at Count Dracula's castle in the Carpathian Mountains. After signing papers to take over a ruined abbey near London, Dracula drives Renfield mad and commands obedience. Renfield escorts the boxed count on a death ship to London. From there, the Count is introduced into the society of his neighbor, Dr. Seward, who runs an asylum. Dracula makes short work of family friend Lucia Weston, then begins his assault on Eva Seward, the doctor's daughter. A visiting expert in the occult, Van Helsing, recognizes Dracula for who he is, and there begins a battle for Eva's body and soul.

Status

Released

Original Language

Spanish

Budget

$66,000

Revenue

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A foundational nightmare of cinema: patient, deliberately paced, and deeply atmospheric, Dracula invokes primal horror through shadow, suggestion, and the suffocating presence of an ancient evil infiltrating orderly society. The film's restraint and focus on psychological dread over spectacle make it feel more menacing than many of its successors.

Mood

Dread-soakedUnsettling

Themes

Corruption

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

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Structure

Linear

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Graphic violence

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