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* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: Most of the film's scares haven't aged well, but Renfield's laugh...[[HellIsThatNoise good God, Renfield's laugh!]]
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* [[{{Ptitleksd3bfc6}} Horror Doesn't Settle For Simple Tuesday]]: The film starts off on Walpurgis Night.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Apart from making the disgusting Dracula from the book into a sex symbol, the 60-years old Renfield is played by the 31-years old, [[StupidSexyFlanders stunningly handsome]] DwightFrye
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'''''{{Dracula}}''''' is a {{Universal horror}} film from 1931, which made BelaLugosi famous as ''The'' ClassicalMovieVampire.

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'''''{{Dracula}}''''' is a {{Universal horror}} film from 1931, which made BelaLugosi famous as ''The'' ClassicalMovieVampire.
ClassicalMovieVampire. His portrayal of Dracula is the one most people think of when they hear the characters name (or even just the word "vampire"), even those that have never seen the movie.
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* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: Most of the film's scares haven't aged well, but Renfield's laugh...[[HellIsThatNoise good, God, Renfield's laugh!]]

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* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: Most of the film's scares haven't aged well, but Renfield's laugh...[[HellIsThatNoise good, good God, Renfield's laugh!]]
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* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: Most of the film's scares haven't aged well, but Renfield's laugh...[[HellIsThatNoise good, God, Renfield's laugh!]]
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** Quite literally in that scene, since Dracula promised him those rats to eat.
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* AngstWhatAngst: We're informed that Lucy's dead, and that's the end of that.



* NightmareFuel: ''Renfield'' moreso than Dracula himself, surprisingly.
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* AnswerCut: Used after Mina is bitten by Dracula for the first time.
--> '''Harker:''' What could have caused those marks, Professor?
--> '''Maid:''' ''[Under Dracula's influence and announcing the arrival of their guest]'' Count Dracula.
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** Justified in that the technique of scoring films was close to impossible in 1931, so composing an entire score was unreasonable at the time. While most would agree that the eerie silence is what gives the film its undeniable air of horror, Universal commissioned composer [[{{Koyaanisqatsi}} Philip Glass]] to compose a new score in 1998.
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* BloodLust: Dracula's bloodlust is demonstrated in a scene where Renfield accidentally cuts his finger, causing Dracula to stare hungrily at the blood. Parodied in ''DraculaDeadAndLovingIt''.
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* AdaptationDecay
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* AngstWhatAngst: We're informed that Lucy's dead, and that's the end of that.


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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: What happened to Lucy and her victims?
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* AdaptationalBadass: Inverted with Harker. His role in the film is limited to Mina's LoveInterest and [[AgentScully the skeptic]] to Van Helsing's advice.
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* SayMyName: "Mina! Mina! Mina! Mina!"
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* ManOfWealthAndTaste: He's the page image!
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* OnlySaneMan: What Martin believes himself to be, said in a humorous exchange.
-->Maid: He's crazy!
--> Martin: They're all crazy. They're all crazy except you and me. Sometimes I have my doubts about you.
--> Maid: Yes.
--> ''Martin slowly backs away''
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* SettingUpdate: The original novel took place in the 1800s; the movie seems to be set between 1920-1930.
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* AdaptationDecay
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* AdaptationDecay or AdaptationDistillation: [[YourMileageMayVary Mileages Vary.]]
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'''''{{Dracula}}''''' is an {{Universal horror}} film from the 1931, which made BelaLugosi famous as ''The'' ClassicalMovieVampire.

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'''''{{Dracula}}''''' is an a {{Universal horror}} film from the 1931, which made BelaLugosi famous as ''The'' ClassicalMovieVampire.
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* AdapatationDecay or AdaptationDistillation: [[YourMileageMayVary Mileages Vary.]]

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* AdapatationDecay AdaptationDecay or AdaptationDistillation: [[YourMileageMayVary Mileages Vary.]]
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* AdaptationDistillationAdapatationDecay or AdaptationDistillation: [[YourMileageMayVary Mileages Vary.]]
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* NightmareFuel: ''Renfield'' moreso than Dracula himself, surprisingly.

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Lost Forever is strictly a video game trope; Missing Episode is the appropriate trope here. Also, Indentation style


* LostForever: Original version had an epilogue spoken by Edward Van Sloan. It was removed in 1936 and now it's considered to be lost.



* MisplacedWildlife: Armadillos in Transylvania. Yeah, we know.
** Also, if you look closely, you'll notice the "rats" in Dracula's crypt were being played by opossums, which are also native to the Americas. Then again, so are vampire bats and nobody seems to complain about that...

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* MisplacedWildlife: Armadillos in Transylvania. Yeah, we know.
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know. Also, if you look closely, you'll notice the "rats" in Dracula's crypt were being played by opossums, which are also native to the Americas. Then again, so are vampire bats and nobody seems to complain about that...that...
* MissingEpisode: Original version had an epilogue spoken by Edward Van Sloan. It was removed in 1936 and now it's considered to be lost.
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For the 1958 Dracula adaptation by HammerHorror go to ''{{Horror of Dracula}}''.

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For the 1958 Dracula adaptation by HammerHorror adaptation go to ''{{Horror of Dracula}}''.
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The film was originally planned to be high-budget adaptation of [[{{Literature/Dracula}} Bela Lugosi's original novel]], but due to TheGreatDepression, the film was instead adapted from the popular stage play at the time by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston.

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The film was originally planned to be high-budget adaptation of [[{{Literature/Dracula}} Bela Lugosi's Bram Stoker's original novel]], but due to TheGreatDepression, the film was instead adapted from the popular stage play at the time by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston.
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The film was originally planned to be high-budget adaptation of the original book, but due to TheGreatDepression, the film was adapted from the popular stage play at the time by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston.

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The film was originally planned to be high-budget adaptation of the [[{{Literature/Dracula}} Bela Lugosi's original book, novel]], but due to TheGreatDepression, the film was instead adapted from the popular stage play at the time by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston.
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'''''{{Dracula}}''''' is an Universal horror film from the 1931, which made BelaLugosi famous as ''The'' ClassicalMovieVampire.

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'''''{{Dracula}}''''' is an Universal horror {{Universal horror}} film from the 1931, which made BelaLugosi famous as ''The'' ClassicalMovieVampire.

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