DRACULA ON SCREEN
IT HAS BEEN SO OFTEN CLAIMED THAT DRACULA HAS BEEN THE BASIS for hundreds of motion pictures, that the statement is generally accepted as fact. But unless one accepts almost any kind of vampire movie as a “Dracula” film, the list shortens considerably. However, this in no way diminishes Dracula’s claim to be the second-most portrayed fictional character on-screen, surpassed only by Sherlock Holmes. The following chronological checklist includes feature films, television productions, short subjects, documentaries, and video games featuring dramatic action, live or animated. My criteria for inclusion are the portrayal or discussion of Count Dracula or a member of the Dracula family; characters who believe they are Dracula, or of his blood; the use of the name “Dracula” (or “Nosferatu”) in the title; or some other special circumstance linking the work to Stoker and his immortal creation. For a comprehensive overview of vampire films in general, I recommend J. Gordon Melton’s Vampires on Video (1997), which surveys more than six hundred works (see Selected Bibliography).
1921
The Death of Drakula (HUNGARY; Karoly Lathjay). A mad musician believes he is Dracula. The first onscreen use of the Stoker character’s name.
1922
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (GERMANY; F. W. Murnau; orig.: Nosferatu, Eine Symphnie des Grauens, a.k.a. Die Zwolfte Stunde [The Thirteenth Hour]; Nosferatu the Vampires; Terror of Dracula; Nosferatu: The First Vampire).
Unauthorized adaptation of Stoker, and a key work of expressionist cinema. Max Schreck plays Count Orlok, a.k.a. Dracula.
1931
Dracula (USA; Tod Browning; talking version).
Dracula (USA; Tod Browning; silent version).
Drácula (USA; George Melford; Spanish-language version).
1932
Boo! (USA; Albert DeMond). Universal comedy short utilizing stunningly pristine clips from the 1929 American release of Murnau’s Nosferatu.
1933
Hollywood on Parade (USA; Louis Lewyn). Paramount short subject, in which a wax museum statue of Dracula, played by Bela Lugosi, comes to life to attack a live-action Betty Boop (Mae Questal).
Mickey’s Gala Premiere (USA; Walt Disney). Animated short in which Dracula is glimpsed in the company of the Frankenstein monster and the Hunchback of Notre Dame.
1936
Dracula’s Daughter (USA; Lambert Hillyer). Inspired by the female vampire glimpsed in Stoker’s short story “Dracula’s Guest,” the character of Countess Zaleska (Gloria Holden) seeks a psychiatric cure.
1943
Son of Dracula (USA; Robert Siodmak). Lon Chaney played Count Alucard (“Dracula” spelled backwards), but the real star is George Robinson’s moody cinematography.
The Return of the Vampire (USA; Lew Landers). Bela Lugosi reprises his Dracula perfomance in everything but name; here, for copyright reasons, the vampire is called “Armand Tesla.”
1944
House of Frankenstein (USA; Erle C. Kenton). John Carradine is the first actor to play Dracula as gaunt, gray, and mustached, after Stoker’s description. Also the first film to pair Dracula with other screen monsters.
1945
House of Dracula (USA; Erle C. Kenton). John Carradine returns to seek a medical cure from a mad scientist, who is also involved with the Wolf Man and Frankenstein’s monster.
1948
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (USA; Charles Barton). Bela Lugosi’s second, and last, appearance as Dracula in a feature film.
1952
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire (UK: John Gilling; a.k.a. Old Mother Riley Meets the Vampire; Vampire over London; Mother Riley Runs Riot; My Son, the Vampire; Dracula’s Desire). Bela Lugosi essentially rolls out his familiar Dracula role, though the character is here called “Van Housen.”
1953
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (USA: Charles Lamont). The figure of Dracula is briefly glimpsed in a wax museum.
1954
Drakula Instanbul’da (TURKEY; Mehmet Muhtar; a.k.a. Dracula in Istanbul ). The first Dracula to display fangs on-screen since Murnau’s Nosferatu.
1958
Blood of Dracula (USA; Herbert L. Strock; a.k.a. Blood Is My Heritage [UK] and Blood of the Demon [CANADA]). Exploitative title use of the name Dracula; no connection to Stoker.
Dracula (USA / TV). John Carradine played Dracula in a live telecast of NBC’s Matinee Theatre. Little is known about this production; no script or kinescope are known to have survived. Photos show Carradine wearing the drooping white moustache described in Stoker’s novel.
Dracula (UK; Terence Fisher; orig.: Horror of Dracula [UK]). Christopher Lee’s first appearance as the Count, a role he would play on-screen more times than any other actor.
The Return of Dracula (USA; Paul Landres; a.k.a. Curse of Dracula [TV], The Fantastic Disappearing Man [UK]). Francis Lederer plays a cold war vampire in a California town.
1960
The Brides of Dracula (UK; Terence Fisher). Dracula never appears, but the Freudian-tinged exploits of one of his disciples (David Peel), pitted against Dr. Van Helsing (Peter Cushing) makes for one of the better Hammer efforts.
The Hour when Dracula Comes (ITALY; Mario Bava; a.k.a. La maschera del demonio; Mask of the Demon [UK]; Black Sunday [USA]; House of Fright; Revenge of the Vampire). Bava’s vampire classic has nothing to do with Dracula, but the name was nonetheless exploited for international promotion.
1962
House on Bare Mountain (USA; Lee Frost and Wes Bishop). Soft porn, with Dracula spying on nude sunbathers.
1963
The Funny Company (USA / TV). Animated series featuring a Dracula-inspired villain, Belly Lagoona.
The Munsters (USA / TV). Legendary monster sitcom series, with Al Lewis’s Grandpa played as an over-the-hill Dracula.
1964
Batman vs. Dracula (USA: Andy Warhol a.k.a. Batman Dracula).
The Secrets of Dracula (PHILIPPINES; orig.: Mga manugang ni Drakula).
1966
Billy the Kid versus Dracula (USA; William Beaudine). John Carradine once more dons the cape.
Dracula, Prince of Darkness (UK; Terence Fisher). Christopher Lee’s second screen appearance as Dracula.
Emotion (JAPAN; Nobuhiko Obayashi; orig.: Emotion: densetsu no gogo = itsukamita Dracula). Experimental short subject.
El Imperio de Drácula (MEXICO; Federico Curiel).
Kill, Baby … Kill! (ITALY; Mario Bava; orig.: Operazione Paura, a.k.a. Curse of the Dead; Curse of the Living Dead; Die Toten Augen des Dr. Dracula ). A ghost story rather than a vampire tale; nonetheless, German distributors chose to exploit the Dracula name.
Munster, Go Home (USA; Earl Bellamy). Al Lewis reprises his Grandpa Munster/Dracula character on the big screen.
1967
Batman Fights Dracula (PHILIPPINES; Leody M. Diaz).
Dracula’s Wedding Day (USA; Mike Jackson). Scant information available on this title; possibly an amateur effort.
Games (USA; Curtis Harrington). Contains film clip of Bela Lugosi as Dracula.
Mad Monster Party (USA / UK; Jules Bass). A live-animation musical horrorcomedy, featuring the voices of Boris Karloff and Phyllis Diller. A stop-motion Dracula pursues a Barbie-like victim.
1968
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (UK; Freddie Francis). Christopher Lee returns for the third installment in Hammer’s Dracula series.
Dracula Meets the Outer Space Chicks (USA).
Vampire of Dr. Dracula (SPAIN; Enrique López Eguilez; orig.: La Marca del Hombre-lobo; a.k.a. Wolfman of Dr. Dracula).
1969
El águila descalza (MEXICO; Alfonso Arau; a.k.a. The Barefoot Eagle). Carlos Quintero played “Dracula, manic patient.”
Carry on Christmas (UK / TV; Ronnie Baxter). Peter Butterworth plays Dracula in this obviously loose adaptation of Dickens’s A Christmas Carol.
Does Dracula Really Suck? (USA). Presumably, the first hardcore gay Dracula feature.
Dracula (UK / TV; Patrick Dromgoole). An episode of the series Mystery and Imagination, with Denholm Elliot as Dracula.
Dracula (The Dirty Old Man) (USA; William Edwards; a.k.a. Guess What Happened to Count Dracula?).
Dracula vs. Frankenstein (SPAIN / ITALY / WEST GERMANY; Hugo Fregonese, Eberhard Meichsner, Tulio Demichel; orig.: Los monstruos del terror).
The Magic Christian (UK; Joseph McGrath). Christopher Lee makes a cameo appearance as Dracula.
Taste the Blood of Dracula (UK; Peter Sasdy). Christopher Lee’s fourth Dracula feature.
1970
Conde Drácula (SPAIN / WEST GERMANY / ITALY; Jess [Jesus] Franco; a.k.a. Count Dracula). Christopher Lee took time away from his Hammer commitments to make this ultimately disappointing film, but one that owed more to Stoker than most. Klaus Kinski plays Renfield.
Count Yorga, Vampire (USA; Bob Kelljan). Count Yorga (Robert Quarry) is no relation to Dracula in the American version, but in Germany, the film was called Junges Blut für Dracula.
Countess Dracula (UK; Peter Sasdy). The legend of the Hungarian “blood countess” Elizabeth Bathory has no historic or literary connection to Dracula, but the filmmakers found the name irresistible.
Dracula in the Castle of Blood (FRANCE / ITALY / WEST GERMANY; Antonio Margheriti; orig.: Nella stretta morsa del ragno).
Dracula’s Vampire Lust (SWITZERLAND; Mario d’lcala; orig: Dracula’s Lusterne Sex Vampire).
Guess What Happened to Count Dracula (USA; Laurence Merrick).
Sabrina and the Groovie Goolies (USA / TV; Hal Sutherland). Animated series with Larry Storch as the voice of Dracula.
Scars of Dracula (UK; Roy Ward Baker). Christopher Lee’s fifth Hammer Dracula opus.
Vampyros Lesbos (ARGENTINA; Jesus Franco; a.k.a. The Heiress of Dracula;
The Heritage of Dracula; The Strange Adventure of Jonathan Harker, Vampyros Lesbos: Die Erbin des Dracula [WEST GERMANY]).
1971
Dracula vs. Frankenstein (USA; Al Adamson; a.k.a. Blood of Frankenstein; Satan’s Blood Freaks; Blood of Ghastly Horror).
The Electric Company (USA / TV; Harry Behar, Chuck Jones, et al.). Morgan Freeman had a recurring role as Dracula on this educational children’s series.
Lake of Dracula (JAPAN; Michio Yamamoto; orig.: Chi o Suu Mee; a.k.a. Japula).
The Lust of Dracula (USA). Heterosexual porn.
The Mad Love Life of a Hot Vampire (USA). Soft porn with Dracula as a Las Vegas pimp.
The Vampire Happening (WEST GERMANY; Freddie Francis; orig.: Gebissen wird nos nacht). Actor Ferdy Mayne, who played the evil Count Von Krolock in Roman Polanski’s The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967), here plays Dracula.
1972
Daffy Duck and Porky Pig Meet the Groovie Goolies (USA / TV; Hal Sutherland). Animated film with Larry Storch as the voice of Dracula.
Dracula: A.D. 1972 (UK; Alan Gibson). Christopher Lee’s sixth Hammer outing casts the Count as an evil corporate executive in modern London.
Dracula’s Castle (USA / TV).
Dragula (USA; James Moss). Hardcore gay feature about a vampire hairdresser whose bite turns victims into drag queens.
Blacula (USA; William Crain). Dracula (Charles Macauley) passes the curse of vampirism to the African prince Mamuwalde (William Marshall), who becomes Blacula.
Daughter of Dracula (FRANCE / SPAIN / PORTUGAL; Jess [Jesus] Franco; orig.: Fille de Dracula).
Dracula’s Great Love (SPAIN; Javier Aguirre).
Saga of the Draculas (SPAIN: Leon Klimovsky; orig.: La saga de los Draculas; a.k.a. The Dracula Saga, Dracula—The Bloodline Continues).
Sesame Street (USA / TV; Jim Henson). Children’s educational program introduced the Dracula-inspired Muppet character Count von Count, who’s
batty about numbers. The Count also made guest appearances on Henson’s The Muppet Show.
The Mystery in Dracula’s Castle (USA / TV; Robert Totten).
1973
Blood for Dracula (ITALY / FRANCE: Paul Morrissey and Antonio Margheriti; a.k.a. Andy Warhol’s Dracula).
Countess Dracula (ITALY / SPAIN; Jorge Grau; a.k.a. Blood Castle; Legend of Blood Castle; Bloody Ceremony, Bloody Countess; The Female Butcher).
Dracula (CANADA / TV; Jack Nixon-Browne). A segment of the “Purple Playhouse” series.
Dracula: Terror of the Living Dead (SPAIN / ITALY; José Luis Merino; orig.: Orgia de los muertos).
Fem dogn i august (NORWAY; Svend Warn). Bela Csepcsanyi appeared as Dracula.
The Ghastly Orgies of Count Dracula (ITALY; Ralph Brown [Renato Polselli]; orig.: Riti magie nere e segrete orge del trecento; a.k.a. Reincarnation of Isabel).
Lemora, the Lady Dracula (USA; Richard Blackburn; a.k.a. The Legendary Curse of Lemora; Lemora, a Child’s Tale of the Supernatural; Lady Dracula).
Scream, Blacula, Scream (USA; Bob Kelljan). Prince Mamuwalde’s saga continues.
Son of Dracula (UK; Freddie Francis; a.k.a. Young Dracula). Harry Nilsson’s musical vampire, Count Downe, pits wits against Van Helsing (Dennis Price).
1974
Allen and Rossi Meet Dracula and Frankenstein (USA / TV).
Bram Stoker’s Dracula (USA / TV; Dan Curtis). Jack Palance played Dracula in the first production to introduce a reincarnation subplot.
The Dracula Business (UK / TV; Anthony de Latbiniere). A documentary on the Romanian tourist industry’s efforts to capitalize on Dracula.
Old Dracula (UK; Clive Donner; a.k.a. Vampira). With David Niven as Dracula.
Vampyres: Daughters of Dracula (UK; Joseph [José] Larraz; orig: Vampyres; a.k.a. Blood Hunger, Satan’s Daughters).
The Seven Brothers Meet Dracula (HONG KONG / UK; Roy Ward Baker, a.k.a. The Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires). James Forbes-Robertson played the Count.
Tender Dracula, or The Confessions of a Bloodsucker (FRANCE; Pierre Grunstein; orig.: Tendre Dracula ou les confessions d’un buveur de sang, a.k.a. La grande trouille; Confessions of a Bloodsucker; Tender Dracula, Vampire).
1975
Alucarda (MEXICO; Juan López Moctezuma; a.k.a. Sisters of Satan; Innocents from Hell). Lesbian vampires in a convent shamelessly appropriate Dracula’s backward-running pseudonym.
Il Cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero: Dracula in Brianza (ITALY; Lucio Fulci). A comedy, introducing the Romanian aristocrat, “Count Dragulescu.”
Deafula (USA; Peter Wechsberg). Performed in sign language.
The Evil of Dracula (JAPAN; Michio Yamamoto; orig.; Chi O suu Bara).
In Search of Dracula (ROMANIA / SWEDEN 1971; Calvin Floyd). Based on the book by Raymond T McNally and Radu Florescu, with Christopher Lee as narrator/Vlad Tepes.
El Jovencito Dracula (SPAIN; Carlos Benpar [Carlos Benito Parra]).
Spermula (FRANCE; Charles Matton). A notably exploitive evocation of the Dracula suffix.
1976
Dracula and Son (FRANCE; Edouard Molinaro; orig.: Dracula, pere et fils). Christopher Lee’s final appearance as the Count was, sadly, in this uninspired comedy, released in a dubbed American version in 1979.
El Pobrecito Draculin (SPAIN; Juan Fortuny).
40 gradi all’ombra del lenzuolo (ITALY / TV; Sergio Martini). Christian Aligny played Dracula in the series segment “La cavallona.”
Tiempos Duras Para Dracula (SPAIN / ARGENTINA; Jorge M. Darnell).
The Witch Who Came from the Sea (USA; Matt Cimber). Freudian thriller featuring a character named “Jack Dracula.”
1977
Count Dracula (UK / TV; Philip Saville). Perhaps the best straightforward adaptation of Stoker to date, with Louis Jourdan as the Count.
Doctor Dracula (USA; Al Adamson and Paul Aratow).
Halloween with the Addams Family (USA / TV). Morticia, Gomez, and the rest of the gang meet Countess Dracula.
Lady Dracula (WEST GERMANY; Franz-Joseph Gottlieb). Stephen Boyd as the Count.
McCloud Meets Dracula (USA / TV; Bruce Kessler).
1978
La Dinastia Dracula (MEXICO; Alfred B. Crevenna).
Dracula’s Dog (USA; Albert Band; a.k.a. Zoltan: Hound of Dracula).
Train Ride to Hollywood (USA; Charles R. Rondeau). Jay Robinson turns in a Dracula cameo in the company of other Hollywood icons.
1979
Curse of Dracula (USA / TV; Jeffrey Hayden, Kenneth Johnson, Richard Milton, Sutton Roley). Television series featuring Michael Nouri as Dracula.
Dracula (UK / USA; John Badham). Frank Langella repeats his acclaimed Broadway role in Universal’s elaborate readaptation of Deane and Balderston.
Dracula Blows His Cool (GERMANY; Carlo Ombra; orig.: Graf Dracula in Oberbayern).
Dracula Sucks (USA; Philip Marshak; a.k.a. Lust at First Bite, Dracula’s Bride). Hardcore feature with porn superstars Jamie Gillis, Annette Haven, and John Holmes. Also released in a softcore version.
The Halloween that Almost Wasn’t (USA / TV; Bruce Bilson; a.k.a. The Night Dracula Saved the World). Judd Hirsch as Dracula.
Love at First Bite (USA; Stan Dragoti). George Hamilton trades in communist Romania for swinging Manhattan. One of the best Dracula spoofs.
Mama Dracula (BELGIUM; Boris Szulzinger).
Nosferatu the Vampyre (WEST GERMANY / FRANCE; Werner Herzog; orig.: Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht).
Nocturna, Granddaughter of Dracula (USA; Harry Tampa [Hurwitz]).
Vampire Dracula Comes to Kobe; Evil Makes Women Beautiful (JAPAN; Hajime Sato; orig.: Kyuetsuki Dorakyura Kobe ni arawaru: Akuma wa onna wo utsukushiko suru).
1980
Charlots contra Dracula (FRANCE; Jean-Pierre Desagnat and Jean-Pierre Vergne). Andréas Voutsinas as Count Dracula.
Drácula, una História de Amor (BRAZIL / TV; Rubens Ewald Filho).
Fade to Black (USA; Fred Zimmerman). Movie fanatic played by Dennis Christopher impersonates Dracula.
Gorp (USA; Joseph Ruben). Campy comedy with Glenn Super as “Dracula Kesselman.”
Mr. and Mrs. Dracula (USA / TV; Doug Rogers). Two pilots were shot for this unrealized sitcom. Dick Shawn played Dracula, and Carol Lawrence and Paula Prentiss played his wife, Sonia, in separate episodes.
1981
Dracula Exotica (USA; Warren Evans; a.k.a. Love at First Gulp). An unofficial sequel to Dracula Sucks (1989) with Jamie Gillis reprising his title role.
The Munsters’ Revenge (USA; Don Weis). Another big-screen outing for television’s monster clan, including Al Lewis’s Grandpa Munster, a.k.a. Dracula.
1982
Buenos noches, señor monstruo (MEXICO; Antonio Mercero). Luis Escobar played El Conde Drácula.
Dracula Rises from the Coffin (KOREA; Hyeong-pyo Lee).
Gayracula (USA; Robert Earl). Gay porn with Tim Kramer as Count Gaylord, a.k.a. Gayracula.
Ghost in the Water (UK / TV; Renny Rye).
1983
Dracula Tan Exarchia (GREECE; Nikos Zervos).
Hysterical (USA; Chris Bearde). Charlie Callas in a Dracula cameo.
1984
Scully (UK / TV; Les Chatfield). Tony Haygarth appeared as Dracula in this British series.
Terror in the Aisles (USA; Andrew J. Kuehn). Compilation film using footage of Bela Lugosi as Dracula from Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948).
1985
Fracchia contro Dracula (ITALY; Neri Parenti). Edmund Purdom as Dracula.
Hello Dracula (JAPAN; Henry Wu-Leung).
1985
Dracula: The Great Undead (USA / TV). Documentary narrated by Vincent Price.
1987
Frankensteins Tante (AUSTRIA / WEST GERMANY / FRANCE / CZECHOSLOVAKIA; Juraj Jakubisko; a.k.a. Frankenstein’s Aunt, Pehavy Max a strasidlá [CZECHOSLOVAKIA]). Comedy with Ferdy Mayne as “Gróf Dracula.”
The Monster Squad (USA; Fred Dekker). Kids versus the classic Universal monsters. Duncan Regehr as Dracula.
1988
Nosferatu in Venice (ITALY; Augusto Caminito; orig.: Nosferatu a Venezia; a.k.a. Vampire in Venice; Vampires in Venice).
Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School (USA / TV; Charles A. Nichols). Animated film with Zale Kessler providing the voice of “Daddy Dracula.”
Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf (USA / TV; Jim Ryan). Animated film with Hamilton Camp as the voice of Dracula.
Waxwork (USA / GERMANY; Anthony Hickox). Miles O’eefe as Dracula.
1989
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (USA; Anthony Hickox). Comedy featuring David Carradine as Josef Mardulak, a.k.a. Count Dracula.
To Die For (USA; Deran Sarafian; a.k.a. Dracula: The Love Story). Brendan Hughes plays “Vlad Tsepsh.”
1990
Dracula: The Series (USA / TV; Alan Kroeker). Teenagers pit their wits against corporate bigwig Alexander Lucard, a.k.a. Dracula, played by Geordie Johnson.
Rockula (USA; Luca Bercovici). The sexual dilemma of a three-hundred-year-old vampire virgin, with music by Bo Diddley.
1991
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook (USA; Ted Newsom). A compilation of theatrical trailers.
Little Dracula (USA / TV; Joe Pearson). Animated series with Joe Flaherty providing the voice for “Big Dracula” and Edan Grossan for “Little Dracula.”
1992
Bram Stoker’s Dracula (USA; Francis Ford Coppola). Eccentrically overproduced adaptation with Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Keanu Reeves, and Anthony Hopkins. Many strong visual moments; costumes have had a strong influence on later theatre and dance versions.
Deadly Dracula (INDIA; Harinam Singh; orig.: Khooni Dracula).
Dracula Rising (USA; Fred Gallo).
Innocent Blood (USA; John Landis). Includes clip of Bela Lugosi in Dracula (1931).
Making “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” (USA / TV; Francis Ford Coppola). Behind-the-scenes documentary.
1993
Dracula (USA / VIDEO GAME; a.k.a. Bram Stoker’s Dracula).
Plan 69 from Outer Space (USA / VIDEO; Frank Marino). Hardcore send-up of Edward D. Wood, Jr.’s, Plan 9 from Outer Space, featuring a zombie in a Dracula costume.
U.F.O. (UK; Tony Dow). Anthony Georghiou as Dracula.
1994
Bela Lugosi: Hollywood’s Dark Prince (USA; Kevin Burns). An A&E Biography documentary, dealing extensively with Lugosi’s involvement with Dracula. Includes interviews with Bela Lugosi, Jr., Martin Landau, Sara Karloff, and others. Narrated by Richard Kiley. Written by David J. Skal.
Children of Dracula (USA / TV; Brett McCormick and Christopher Romero). Documentary on blood fetishism.
Dracula Aema (SOUTH KOREA; Do-won Seok).
Nadja (USA; Michael Almereyda).
1995
Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold (USA; Fred Olen Ray). Monster magazine mogul Forrest J. Ackerman appears briefly as Dracula.
Dracula: Dead and Loving It (USA; Mel Brooks). Leslie Nielsen as Dracula.
Draghoula (USA; Bashar Shbib).
Macabre Pair of Shorts (USA; Scott Mabbutt). Alan Sanborn as Dracula.
Monster Mash: The Movie (USA; Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow, a.k.a., Frankenstein Sings). Anthony Crivello plays Count Vladimir Dracula.
Frankenstein and Me (USA; Robert Tinnell). Conner Vandeer as Dracula.
1997
Castlevania: Dracula X (USA / VIDEO GAME; a.k.a., Nocturne with Moonlight ).
The Creeps (USA; Charles Band). Certainly the only movie to feature a three-foot-tall Dracula, played by Phil Fondacaro.
The Mark of Dracula (USA / VIDEO GAME; Ron Ford).
Pathos (USA; Kevin Abosch). Axel Schill as Dracula.
Roter Tango (GERMANY; Henriette Kaiser). Short subject, with Dieter Landuris as Dracula.
1998
Bloodsuckers (USA; Ulli Lommell). Rayder Woods as Dracula.
Die Hard Dracula (USA; Peter Horak).
1999
Dracula (ARGENTINA / TV; Carlos Calvo).
The Phantom Eye (USA / TV; Gwyneth Gibby). François Giroday as Dracula.
Quasimodo de Paris (FRANCE; Patrick Timsit). Somehow, Dracula (Jean-Michel Tinivelli) manages to get into the act.
Dracula: The Music and Film (USA; Philip Glass and Tod Browning). Live concert presentation of the 1931 film with a new minimalist score; simultaneously released on video and DVD.
Pumpkin Hill (USA; Jennifer Peterson). Short subject with Ralph P. Martin as Dracula.
The Road to Dracula (USA / VIDEO; David J. Skal). DVD documentary, hosted and narrated by Carla Laemmle, who spoke the first words of dialogue in Universal’s 1931 film. Includes interviews with Bela Lugosi, Jr., Ivan Butler, Lupita Tovar, and others.
2000
About Adam (IRELAND / UK; Gerard Stembridge). Mark Smith as Dracula.
Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula (USA / TV; Joe Chappelle).
Dracula: A Chamber Musical (CANADA / TV; Richard Ouzounian).
Dracula: The Resurrection (USA / VIDEO GAME).
Dracula 2000 (USA; Patrick Lussier; a.k.a. Wes Craven Presents Dracula 2000). Gerard Butler followed his appearance as Dracuta/Judas Iscariot with the title role in Joel Schumacher’s screen version of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera (2004).
Zora la vampira (ITALY; Antonio Manetti). A hip-hop take on the vampire legend, with Toni Bertorelli as Dracula.
2001
Dracula 2: The Last Sanctuary (USA / VIDEO GAME).
The Vampire Hunters Club (USA / VIDEO; Donald F. Glut). Daniel Roebuck as Dracula in this short subject featuring horror film veteran John Agar, Famous Monsters editor Forrest J. Ackerman, mega-fan and collector Bob Burns, and actresses Carla Laemmle and Mink Stole.
2002
Dracula (ITALY / TV; Roger Young; orig.: Il bacio de Dracula). An up-to-date modernization of Stoker’s novel, in which well-to-do financial speculator Jonathan Harker drives a Porsche to Castle Dracula. Patrick Bergin plays the Count (here, “Vladislav Tepes”), with Giancarlo Giannini as his Van Helsing-like nemesis.
Dracula the Impaler (ROMANIA; Adrian Popovici).
La fiancée de Dracula (FRANCE; Jean Rollin; a.k.a. La Retour de Dracula).
Killer Barbys vs. Dracula (GERMANY / SPAIN; Jesus Franco).
Nosferatu Tango (FRANCE / SWITZERLAND; Zoltan Horvath). A visually stunning animated short, set in the pages of a pop-up book, about a blood-sucking mosquito’s unrequited love for Dracula/Nosferatu.
2003
Birth of the Vampire (USA; Monella Kaplan). Lance C. Williams as Prince Dracula.
Countess Dracula’s Orgy of Blood (USA / VIDEO; Donald F. Glut).
Dracula: Pages from a Virgin’s Diary (CANADA; Guy Maddin). Innovative screen adaptation of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s 1998 dance piece.
Dracula II: Ascension (USA; Patrick Lussier).
Galgali familywa Dracula (SOUTH KOREA; Ki-nam Nam). The cast of the popular Korean television series “Gag Concert” takes on Dracula in this theatrical feature.
My Life with Count Dracula (USA; Dustin Lance Black). A documentary on the life and death of Donald A. Reed, founder of the Los Angeles-based Count Dracula Society.
Rinaldo (HUNGARY; Tamás Tóth). György Hunyadkürthy as Dracula.
2004
Dracula III: Legacy (USA; Patrick Lussier). Rutger Hauer takes on the Dracula mantle in Lussier’s third vampire epic.
Dracula 3000 (GERMANY / SOUTH AFRICA; Darrell Roodt). Dracula menaces the crew of a spaceship.
Van Helsing (USA; Steven Sommers). Hugh Jackman’s vampire hunter confronts the classic Universal monsters, including Richard Roxburgh’s Dracula, as well as the Wolf Man and Frankenstein’s monster.