Bela Lugosi vs Christopher Lee Dracula
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Lee played Dracula nine times and believe it or not Bela played Dracula two times 1931 Dracula and 1949 Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein.He died in 1956.Being that AC Meet was a comedy I would say Bela had more of an impact even to this Day from one Film then Lee did from 9.
If you ever get a chance watch the 1931 Spanish/Mexican Version which is included in the Bela Lugosi Dracula Legacy Collection.It's better than the Original.It was filmed simultaneously with the English language version using the same sets and script but cinematographer George Robinson was able to make adjustments in lighting and cinematography and it's actually a better film.Carlos Vallarias as Dracula and Lupita Tovar are excellent.
Also included in the Legacy set is the 1936 Dracula's Daughter with Gloria Holden,1943 Son Of Dracula with Lon Chaney Jr as Dracula and 1945 House of Dracula with John Carradine as Dracula.These are short films so you get all 5 Original Films with extras on 2 Discs.
I have all 3 Universal Horror Legacy Collections.Lon Chaney Jr The Wolfman and Boris Karloff Frankenstein they are all excellent.Check them out if you can find them.
If you ever get a chance watch the 1931 Spanish/Mexican Version which is included in the Bela Lugosi Dracula Legacy Collection.It's better than the Original.It was filmed simultaneously with the English language version using the same sets and script but cinematographer George Robinson was able to make adjustments in lighting and cinematography and it's actually a better film.Carlos Vallarias as Dracula and Lupita Tovar are excellent.
Also included in the Legacy set is the 1936 Dracula's Daughter with Gloria Holden,1943 Son Of Dracula with Lon Chaney Jr as Dracula and 1945 House of Dracula with John Carradine as Dracula.These are short films so you get all 5 Original Films with extras on 2 Discs.
I have all 3 Universal Horror Legacy Collections.Lon Chaney Jr The Wolfman and Boris Karloff Frankenstein they are all excellent.Check them out if you can find them.
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Lee 'sexed' it up for a whole new generation but Lugosi was just so much more creepy..
Jeremy irons was Coppola's first choice for the role and would have been great..Oldman is one of my favourite actors but i agree he was miscast..
Centurion
Super Freak
Bela Lugosi made Dracula what he is today. He wasn't even the first to portray the vampire in movies.
Because of Lugosi, anyone who tries to talk like Dracula ends up sounding Hungarian.
Because of Lugosi, anyone who tries to talk like Dracula ends up sounding Hungarian.
Bela Lugosi made Dracula what he is today. He wasn't even the first to portray the vampire in movies.
Because of Lugosi, anyone who tries to talk like Dracula ends up sounding Hungarian.
But thats like a joke, thats like a cliche, llike i was saying, the whole "bleh bleh " im dracula "blwh bleh"
Centurion
Super Freak
Haha! I love that movie!
From beginning to end, this one kept me laughing.
There are too many hilarious moments. The bug eating at the table is probably my favorite "raspberries? There arent any raspberries "
**16k**
Super Freak
I didn't know that's! Surely, that would have been a winner!
Btw, speaking of Dracula, no one's mentioned Max Schreck yet. His Dracula/ Nosferatu was absolutely awesome. That movie came out some ten years before Browning's Dracula, and that was a much, much better film!
Yeah i too love the original Nosferatu movie...Schreck still creeps me out and it's wonderfully shot for it's time..
Werent there rumors that they used a real vampire?
abake
Rex Tremendae Majestatis
I thought it was Day-Lewis...
Yeah well, fat old men running after young women are always creepy...
Now, that movie I actually enjoyed, Shadow of the Vampire, wasn't it?
Yeah, but back then..there really were rumors between the crew that they had a real vampire on set
**16k**
Super Freak
Well, I guess that the rumor had a lot to do with Schreck meaning terror in German and the fact that it was the actor's only screen appearance (although that may also be a rumor as I remember reading years and years ago that Max Schreck had acted at least in another movie, though the article never mentioned the title)
EDIT: and here's the guy IMBD page
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0775180/
Indeed, he starred in many other movies, and you can even see pictures of him sans make up
EDIT: and here's the guy IMBD page
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0775180/
Indeed, he starred in many other movies, and you can even see pictures of him sans make up
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