Thu Nov 8, 2012, 11:15 PM
LongTomH (3,997 posts)
What were the best Dracula movies of all time?Last edited Thu Nov 8, 2012, 11:17 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1)
Today, November 8, was Bram Stoker's birthday. Google dedicated their doodle to Stoker and his immortal creation:
Of course, there were links to numerous articles on Dracula and Stoker's other books, and of course people are asking the question: What were the best movie adaptations of Dracula? Here are the choices from the Christian Science Monitor:
Bram Stoker's Dracula gets my vote for the sexiest vampire ladies!
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18 replies, 500 views
| Author | Time | Post | |
| LongTomH | Nov 2012 | OP | |
| Applan | Nov 2012 | #1 | |
| TexasBushwhacker | Nov 2012 | #16 | |
| Applan | Nov 2012 | #18 | |
| Lady Freedom Returns | Nov 2012 | #2 | |
| Archaic | Nov 2012 | #3 | |
| Skittles | Nov 2012 | #4 | |
| Lady Freedom Returns | Nov 2012 | #10 | |
| Skittles | Nov 2012 | #11 | |
| marasinghe | Nov 2012 | #5 | |
| csziggy | Nov 2012 | #15 | |
| msongs | Nov 2012 | #6 | |
| pinto | Nov 2012 | #7 | |
| Art_from_Ark | Nov 2012 | #8 | |
| cliffordu | Nov 2012 | #9 | |
| OriginalGeek | Nov 2012 | #12 | |
| aint_no_life_nowhere | Nov 2012 | #13 | |
| Kennah | Nov 2012 | #14 | |
| HopeHoops | Nov 2012 | #17 |
Response to LongTomH (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 11:18 PM
Applan (504 posts)
1. BBC mini series
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Louis Jordan as Dracula
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Response to Applan (Reply #1)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 02:04 AM
TexasBushwhacker (2,990 posts)
16. That's my favorite too! n/t
Response to TexasBushwhacker (Reply #16)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 01:40 PM
Applan (504 posts)
18. I think it is the production which stays closest to the book
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Very well done and you can get it on DVD now
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Response to LongTomH (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 11:18 PM
Lady Freedom Returns (4,580 posts)
2. It is a tie for me!
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1 & 4
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Response to LongTomH (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 11:18 PM
Archaic (142 posts)
3. Love at First Bite.
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Response to LongTomH (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 11:19 PM
Skittles (86,326 posts)
4. ANYTHING BELA
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Last edited Thu Nov 8, 2012, 11:22 PM USA/ET - Edit history (2) YES INDEED
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Response to Skittles (Reply #4)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 11:33 PM
Lady Freedom Returns (4,580 posts)
10. That man made Dracula...
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DREAMY!!!!
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Response to Lady Freedom Returns (Reply #10)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 11:52 PM
Skittles (86,326 posts)
11. THAT ACCENT.....THOSE EYES
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yes INDEED
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Response to LongTomH (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 11:20 PM
marasinghe (1,249 posts)
5. Christopher Lee's my favorite.
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Response to marasinghe (Reply #5)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 12:55 AM
csziggy (14,206 posts)
15. I love the Hammer vampire movies!
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Last edited Fri Nov 9, 2012, 01:06 AM USA/ET - Edit history (1)
Though I do have a certain fondness for the rather silly movie, The Fearless Vampire Killers http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061655/ |
Response to LongTomH (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 11:21 PM
msongs (30,529 posts)
6. the original w/bela lugosi. a bit hokey today but still the prototype nt
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Thu Nov 8, 2012, 11:26 PM
pinto (97,892 posts)
7. Nosferatu (1922 silent classic)
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Last edited Thu Nov 8, 2012, 11:53 PM USA/ET - Edit history (2)
Directed by F. W. Murnau Produced by Enrico Dieckmann Albin Grau Screenplay by Henrik Galeen Based on Dracula by Bram Stoker Starring Max Schreck Gustav von Wangenheim Greta Schröder Alexander Granach Ruth Landshoff Wolfgang Heinz Music by Hans Erdmann Cinematography Fritz Arno Wagner Günther Krampf Distributed by Film Arts Guild Release date(s) 4 March 1922 (Germany) Silent film |
Response to LongTomH (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 11:30 PM
Art_from_Ark (16,900 posts)
8. Before I cast my vote,
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I will definitely have to take a look at "Bram Stoker's Dracula"
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Response to LongTomH (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 11:32 PM
cliffordu (29,437 posts)
9. Shadow of the Vampire,
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Last edited Thu Nov 8, 2012, 11:33 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1) John Malkovitch and Eddie Izzard
And Willem Dafoe as the bat....... Outstanding. |
Response to cliffordu (Reply #9)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 11:55 PM
OriginalGeek (5,496 posts)
12. Came to post that...
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I see it's handled. Carry on!
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Response to LongTomH (Original post)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 12:24 AM
aint_no_life_nowhere (18,936 posts)
13. Werner Herzog's 1979 "Nosferatu: Phantom Der Nacht" with Klaus Kinski as Dracula
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was pretty interesting, grim, and atmospheric.
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Response to LongTomH (Original post)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 12:30 AM
Kennah (6,739 posts)
14. The Lost Boys!
Response to LongTomH (Original post)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 09:31 AM
HopeHoops (47,675 posts)
17. The Pink Panther short - "Bleh, bleh, bleh, bleh"


