Out of all of the films on the forgotten horror movies challenge, this one is definitely the most forgotten. For a film that made nearly 3x its budget (139 million dollars in today's money), it's a real shocker that this has practically zero relevance in 2026. What makes it even more surprising that it has zero relevance is the fact that this film is actually good! I thought Frank Langella's performance was great, and he made a good Dracula. I also liked the cinematography and vibe. And the score, man, it's good! Kate Nelligan's performance as Lucy is also good! Laurence Olivier's performance was not very good, though. Trevor Eve's performance as Jonathan Harker is also bad. I just think it's really well done and really well executed! I haven't read the book...Yet, I plan to (I know, shocking!), but I saw some complaining that this was an unfaithful adaptation, but idc since I've never read the book. I do think that this film could have been around 15 minutes shorter, and if it were, it would probably be a 4/5. The writing can also feel flat and awkward. The more I think about it, the lessIi like it, and feel as if it's not memorable 😭. Overall, if you're a die-hard Dracula fan, you'll either love or hate this film, but as someone who's a casual vampire enjoyer, I enjoyed this film.

Out of all of the films on the forgotten horror movies challenge, this one is definitely the most forgotten. For a film that made nearly 3x its budget (139 million dollars in today's money), it's a real shocker that this has practically zero relevance in 2026. What makes it even more surprising that it has zero relevance is the fact that this film is actually good! I thought Frank Langella's performance was great, and he made a good Dracula. I also liked the cinematography and vibe. And the score, man, it's good! Kate Nelligan's performance as Lucy is also good! Laurence Olivier's performance was not very good, though. Trevor Eve's performance as Jonathan Harker is also bad. I just think it's really well done and really well executed! I haven't read the book...Yet, I plan to (I know, shocking!), but I saw some complaining that this was an unfaithful adaptation, but idc since I've never read the book. I do think that this film could have been around 15 minutes shorter, and if it were, it would probably be a 4/5. The writing can also feel flat and awkward. The more I think about it, the lessIi like it, and feel as if it's not memorable 😭. Overall, if you're a die-hard Dracula fan, you'll either love or hate this film, but as someone who's a casual vampire enjoyer, I enjoyed this film.

This has some amazing things going for it, visually this thing is top notch even if it does feel a little stale after a while and can feel a bit too greyed out at times. Laurence Olivier as Van Helsing is maybe my favourite interpretation of the character? Idk but he’s definitely up there. He feels like he has more of a personal approach to the story and it feels more about him being a grieving father which I thought was a nice touch. There’s also some really good ways of showing Draculas abilities. But literally everything else is just really bang average or bad I don’t care about changes to the story as long as they’re good ones but this pretty much stripped everything away from what we know, it has a really weird way of starting with Dracula arriving in England and it just makes the whole story feel off from the very beginning. Not to mention Dracula himself… this has got to be the least interesting version I’ve seen of the character, it feels more like an imitation than anything he was honestly kind of hard to watch. Really really weird film, not bad but definitely not good.

This has some amazing things going for it, visually this thing is top notch even if it does feel a little stale after a while and can feel a bit too greyed out at times. Laurence Olivier as Van Helsing is maybe my favourite interpretation of the character? Idk but he’s definitely up there. He feels like he has more of a personal approach to the story and it feels more about him being a grieving father which I thought was a nice touch. There’s also some really good ways of showing Draculas abilities. But literally everything else is just really bang average or bad I don’t care about changes to the story as long as they’re good ones but this pretty much stripped everything away from what we know, it has a really weird way of starting with Dracula arriving in England and it just makes the whole story feel off from the very beginning. Not to mention Dracula himself… this has got to be the least interesting version I’ve seen of the character, it feels more like an imitation than anything he was honestly kind of hard to watch. Really really weird film, not bad but definitely not good.

This is so 70s but in a good way

This is so 70s but in a good way

I’m honestly not too familiar with Dracula adaptations but I really enjoyed this as my first one. Not as menacing as I expected it’s still a beautiful adaptation although a bit slow. The sets and cinematography were so impressive, I was mainly just impressed by how this film looks.

I’m honestly not too familiar with Dracula adaptations but I really enjoyed this as my first one. Not as menacing as I expected it’s still a beautiful adaptation although a bit slow. The sets and cinematography were so impressive, I was mainly just impressed by how this film looks.

Harker was just mad because he thought he was gonna get wifed and then didn’t sike

Harker was just mad because he thought he was gonna get wifed and then didn’t sike