Dated but still quite eerie
Dracula review
By
Bassman71 from Didsbury, England
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21st October 2011
The first big screen adaptation of Bram Stoker’s novel with Bela Lugosi Count Vladimir Dracula, Transylvania’s finest.
Obviously it has aged in terms of dialogue and over-dramatic acting but there is still something about it that makes it quite eerie.
Most of the big outside shots are done with paintings but work and the interiors are spectacular from the inside of Dracula’s castle to the large drawings rooms in London.
Lugosi plays the part very well with an air of mystery although the stare is used a little bit too much with light across his eyes.
Best performance by a mile is Dwight Frye as Renfield who starts off as the man arranging Count Vlad’s travel arrangements, eventually turning into his insane, insect-eating servant and a good turn too by Edward Van Sloan as Professor Van Helsing.
