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* BetterThanCanon:
** Fans of the film argue that the film made Dracula into a more multi-dimensional and interesting character, capable both of cruelty and carnage and of some human emotions, in contrast to his novel prototype, who was just straightforwardly andnone-dimensionally evil and occasionally polite.
** They also argue that introducing a dark love story between Dracula and Mina raises the stakes both for antagonists and protagonists, namely Mina herself, providing additional emotional complexity to the narrative. Dracula now not only battles for his own vampire survival by the end of the story, but also for obtaining and keeping Mina. Mina is torn between becoming undead and wanting to remain with Dracula. They feel this allows viewers to root both for protagonists and antagonists simultaneously, as protagonists remained sympathetic and understandable (Harker was trying to save his wife, Holmwood, Seward and Morris wanted to avenge Lucy, with Morris sacrificing his life in fight with Dracula’s henchmen), yet the antagonist’s plight is now also fleshed out and understandable.
** Fans of the film argue that the film made Dracula into a more multi-dimensional and interesting character, capable both of cruelty and carnage and of some human emotions, in contrast to his novel prototype, who was just straightforwardly andnone-dimensionally evil and occasionally polite.
** They also argue that introducing a dark love story between Dracula and Mina raises the stakes both for antagonists and protagonists, namely Mina herself, providing additional emotional complexity to the narrative. Dracula now not only battles for his own vampire survival by the end of the story, but also for obtaining and keeping Mina. Mina is torn between becoming undead and wanting to remain with Dracula. They feel this allows viewers to root both for protagonists and antagonists simultaneously, as protagonists remained sympathetic and understandable (Harker was trying to save his wife, Holmwood, Seward and Morris wanted to avenge Lucy, with Morris sacrificing his life in fight with Dracula’s henchmen), yet the antagonist’s plight is now also fleshed out and understandable.
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** Whether the romance plot is BetterThanCanon. Some enjoy the change to a dark love story, arguing that the film version of Dracula, being sadistic and cruel while simultaneously harboring feelings for Mina, makes for a compelling vampire romance especially in the context of the modern oversaturated vampire romance genre, as the vampire in question remains true to its nature: an undead creature of the night, not a sanitized safe boyfriend with fangs and cool superpowers. On the other hand, some fans of the book tend to find the change more divisive, especially when compared to the relationship between Mina and Jonathan in the book, finding the romantic subplot between Mina and Dracula as a factor that ruins their enjoyment of the film. Those critical also argue that the change minimizes Mina's agency in the narrative and/or makes her [[UnintentionallyUnsympathetic far less likable as a character]], given that she's involved with Dracula mostly due to a past life rather than any actual chemistry or working relationship and despite him assaulting her husband and murdering her best friend. Others think the romance between Mina and Dracula could have worked if it were handled better, while still others think it was handled just fine.
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** Whether the The romance plot is BetterThanCanon.plot. Some enjoy the change to a dark love story, arguing that the film version of Dracula, being sadistic and cruel while simultaneously harboring feelings for Mina, makes for a compelling vampire romance especially in the context of the modern oversaturated vampire romance genre, as the vampire in question remains true to its nature: an undead creature of the night, not a sanitized safe boyfriend with fangs and cool superpowers. On the other hand, some fans of the book tend to find the change more divisive, especially when compared to the relationship between Mina and Jonathan in the book, finding the romantic subplot between Mina and Dracula as a factor that ruins their enjoyment of the film. Those critical also argue that the change minimizes Mina's agency in the narrative and/or makes her [[UnintentionallyUnsympathetic far less likable as a character]], given that she's involved with Dracula mostly due to a past life rather than any actual chemistry or working relationship and despite him assaulting her husband and murdering her best friend. Others think the romance between Mina and Dracula could have worked if it were handled better, while still others think it was handled just fine.
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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Despite the title declaring it to be a faithful take on the book (which it is in several narrative and stylistic features), it makes major additions, and character interpretations, that some fans of the book found distasteful, like the romance between Dracula and Mina, the portrayal of Van Helsing as a cackling loony, the changes to Lucy's character (in the book, she's TheIngenue who loves all three suitors, while the film turns her into a flirt who makes all sorts of innuendos in public at her three suitors and tries to seduce them after Dracula attacks her) and all the camp overall. In recent years the film has gained the internet nickname "[[MaliciousMisnaming BS Dracula]]."
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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Despite the title declaring it to be a faithful take on the book (which it is in several narrative and stylistic features), it makes major additions, and character interpretations, that some fans of the book found distasteful, like the romance between Dracula and Mina, the portrayal of Van Helsing as a cackling loony, the changes to Lucy's character (in the book, she's TheIngenue who loves all three suitors, while the film turns her into a flirt who makes all sorts of innuendos in public at her three suitors and tries to seduce them after Dracula attacks her) and all the camp overall. In recent years the film has gained the internet nickname "[[MaliciousMisnaming BS Dracula]]."
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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Despite the title declaring it to be a faithful take on the book (which it is in several narrative and stylistic features), it makes major additions, and character interpretations, that some fans of the book found distasteful, like the romance between Dracula and Mina, the portrayal of Van Helsing as a cackling loony, the changes to Lucy's character (in the book, she's TheIngenue who loves all three suitors, while the film turns her into a flirt who makes all sorts of innuendos in public at her three suitors and tries to seduce them after Dracula attacks her) and all the camp overall. In recent years the film has gained the internet nickname "[[MaliciousMisnaming BS Dracula.Dracula]]."
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* PopularityPolynomial: Opened to a lukewarm reception, was VindicatedByHistory, and then suffered CriticalBacklash from new viewers who expected something in line with its fan reputation as the best and most true-to-canon ''Dracula'' film. Its popularity seems to be on the downhill again outside of its pre-existing fans as new adaptations draw audiences to compare and contrast and the online media critic/analysis culture, which saw a major boom in the last 2010's, has generally not always been kind.portrayed the film in a flattering light. In recent years the film has gained the internet nickname "[[MaliciousMisnaming BS Dracula" among its critics.
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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Despite the title declaring it to be a faithful take on the book (which it is in several narrative and stylistic features), it makes major additions, and character interpretations, that some fans of the book found distasteful, like the romance between Dracula and Mina, the portrayal of Van Helsing as a cackling loony, the changes to Lucy's character (in the book, she's TheIngenue who loves all three suitors, while the film turns her into a flirt who makes all sorts of innuendos in public at her three suitors and tries to seduce them after Dracula attacks her) and all the camp overall. In recent years the film has gained the internet nickname "[[MaliciousMisnaming BS Dracula."
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* BetterThanCanon: many people found that the film made Dracula into multi-dimensional and more interesting character, capable both of cruelty and carnage and of some human emotions, in contrast to his novel prototype, who was just straightforwardly evil in one-note way and occasionally polite. By introducing a dark love story between Dracula and Mina it raised the stakes both for protagonists, namely Mina herself, and antagonist, providing additional emotional core to the whole story. Dracula now not only battled for his own vampire survival by the end of the story, but also for obtaining and keeping Mina. Mina now was torn between becoming undead and wanting to remain with Dracula. It also allowed to root both for protagonists and antagonist simultaneously, as protagonists remained sympathetic and understandable (Harker was trying to save his wife, Holmwood, Seward and Morris wanted to avenge Lucy, with Morris sacrificing his life in fight with Dracula’s henchmen), yet antagonist’s plight was now also fleshed out and understandable as well.
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* BetterThanCanon: many people found BetterThanCanon:
** Fans of the film argue that the film made Dracula into a more multi-dimensional andmore interesting character, capable both of cruelty and carnage and of some human emotions, in contrast to his novel prototype, who was just straightforwardly andnone-dimensionally evil in one-note way and occasionally polite. By polite.
** They also argue that introducing a dark love story between Dracula and Minait raised raises the stakes both for antagonists and protagonists, namely Mina herself, and antagonist, providing additional emotional core complexity to the whole story. narrative. Dracula now not only battled battles for his own vampire survival by the end of the story, but also for obtaining and keeping Mina. Mina now was is torn between becoming undead and wanting to remain with Dracula. It also allowed They feel this allows viewers to root both for protagonists and antagonist antagonists simultaneously, as protagonists remained sympathetic and understandable (Harker was trying to save his wife, Holmwood, Seward and Morris wanted to avenge Lucy, with Morris sacrificing his life in fight with Dracula’s henchmen), yet the antagonist’s plight was is now also fleshed out and understandable as well.understandable.
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** Whether the romance plot is BetterThanCanon. Some enjoy the change to a dark love story, arguing that the film version of Dracula, being sadistic and cruel while simultaneously harboring feelings for Mina, makes for a compelling vampire romance especially in the context of the modern oversaturated vampire romance genre, as the vampire in question remains true to its nature: an undead creature of the night, not a sanitized safe boyfriend with fangs and cool superpowers. On the other hand, some fans of the book tend to find the change more divisive, especially when compared to the relationship between Mina and Jonathan in the book, finding the romantic subplot between Mina and Dracula as a factor that ruins their enjoyment of the film. Others think the romance between Mina and Dracula could have worked if it were handled better, while still others think it was handled just fine.
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** Whether the romance plot is BetterThanCanon. Some enjoy the change to a dark love story, arguing that the film version of Dracula, being sadistic and cruel while simultaneously harboring feelings for Mina, makes for a compelling vampire romance especially in the context of the modern oversaturated vampire romance genre, as the vampire in question remains true to its nature: an undead creature of the night, not a sanitized safe boyfriend with fangs and cool superpowers. On the other hand, some fans of the book tend to find the change more divisive, especially when compared to the relationship between Mina and Jonathan in the book, finding the romantic subplot between Mina and Dracula as a factor that ruins their enjoyment of the film. Those critical also argue that the change minimizes Mina's agency in the narrative and/or makes her [[UnintentionallyUnsympathetic far less likable as a character]], given that she's involved with Dracula mostly due to a past life rather than any actual chemistry or working relationship and despite him assaulting her husband and murdering her best friend. Others think the romance between Mina and Dracula could have worked if it were handled better, while still others think it was handled just fine.
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* OlderThanTheyThink: This isn't the first movie to use the "Dracula goes after someone because they look like a loved one" deal. The [[Film/Dracula1973 1973 version of Dracula]] actually beat em to it 19 years prior (though in that case it was Lucy, not Mina).
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This is Flame Bait now.
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* SnarkBait: Less about the film itself than about its imagery, but elements like the Count's introduction, Lucy's and Mina's attires, and the ham acting of several actors are almost certainly an intentional, unapologetic attempt at this.
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* BetterThanCanon: many people found that the film made Dracula into multi-dimensional and more interesting character, capable both of cruelty and carnage and of some human emotions, in contrast to his novel prototype, who was just straightforwardly evil in one-note way and occasionally polite. By introducing a dark love story between Dracula and Mina it raised the stakes both for protagonists, namely Mina herself, and antagonist, providing additional emotional core to the whole story. Dracula now not only battled for his own vampire survival by the end of the story, but also for obtaining and keeping Mina. Mina now was torn between becoming undead and wanting to remain with Dracula. It also allowed to root both for protagonists and antagonist simultaneously, as protagonists remained sympathetic and understandable (Harker was trying to save his wife, Holmwood, Seward and Morris wanted to avenge Lucy, with Morris sacrificing his life in fight with Dracula’s henchmen), yet antagonist’s plight was now also fleshed out and understandable as well.
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* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: A moment of black comedy, [[{{Narm}} intentional or otherwise]], at [[spoiler:Lucy's funeral]], from [[NoSocialSkills Van Helsing]]:
--> '''Van Helsing:''' Jack...I know how deeply you loved her. That is why you must trust me and believe.\\
'''Seward:''' ''[grief-stricken]'' ''Believe?'' How can I ''believe?''\\
'''Van Helsing:''' I want you to bring me before nightfall, a set of postmortem knives.\\
'''Seward:''' An autopsy? [[spoiler:On Lucy?]]\\
'''Van Helsing:''' No, no, no, not exactly - [[InnocentlyInsensitive I just want to cut off her head and take out her heart]].\\
'''Seward:''' ''[walks away in disgust]''
--> '''Van Helsing:''' Jack...I know how deeply you loved her. That is why you must trust me and believe.\\
'''Seward:''' ''[grief-stricken]'' ''Believe?'' How can I ''believe?''\\
'''Van Helsing:''' I want you to bring me before nightfall, a set of postmortem knives.\\
'''Seward:''' An autopsy? [[spoiler:On Lucy?]]\\
'''Van Helsing:''' No, no, no, not exactly - [[InnocentlyInsensitive I just want to cut off her head and take out her heart]].\\
'''Seward:''' ''[walks away in disgust]''
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* BetterThanCanon: many people found that the film made Dracula into multi-dimensional and more interesting character, capable both of cruelty and carnage and of some human emotions, in contrast to his novel prototype, who was just straightforwardly evil in one-note way and occasionally polite.polite. By introducing a dark love story between Dracula and Mina it raised the stakes both for protagonists, namely Mina herself, and antagonist, providing additional emotional core to the whole story. Dracula now not only battled for his own vampire survival by the end of the story, but also for obtaining and keeping Mina. Mina now was torn between becoming undead and wanting to remain with Dracula.
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*BetterThanCanon: many people found that the film made Dracula into multi-dimensional character, capable both of cruelty and carnage and of some human emotions, in contrast to his novel prototype, who was straightforwardly evil in one-note way and occasionally polite.
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** Whether the romance plot is BetterThanCanon. Some enjoy the change to a dark love story, arguing that the film version of Dracula, being sadistic and cruel while simultaneously harboring feelings for Mina, makes for a compelling vampire romance especially in the context of the modern oversaturated vampire romance genre, as the vampire in question remains true to its nature: an undead creature of the night, not a sanitized safe boyfriend with fangs and cool superpowers. On the other hand, some fans of the book tend to find the change more divisive, especially when compared to the relationship between Mina and Jonathan in the book, with some going so far as to say that, rather than BetterThanCanon, the romantic subplot between Mina and Dracula is what definitively ruins their enjoyment of the film. Others think the romance between Mina and Dracula could have worked if it were handled better, while still others think it was handled just fine.
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** Whether the romance plot is BetterThanCanon. Some enjoy the change to a dark love story, arguing that the film version of Dracula, being sadistic and cruel while simultaneously harboring feelings for Mina, makes for a compelling vampire romance especially in the context of the modern oversaturated vampire romance genre, as the vampire in question remains true to its nature: an undead creature of the night, not a sanitized safe boyfriend with fangs and cool superpowers. On the other hand, some fans of the book tend to find the change more divisive, especially when compared to the relationship between Mina and Jonathan in the book, with some going so far as to say that, rather than BetterThanCanon, finding the romantic subplot between Mina and Dracula is what definitively as a factor that ruins their enjoyment of the film. Others think the romance between Mina and Dracula could have worked if it were handled better, while still others think it was handled just fine.
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Trying to give link to random tumblr is not a reliable way of source and looks like blatant promotion of someone’s tumblr account
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** Lucy's adaptational promiscuity is also mistaken for book canon, and prompted whole essays on Bram Stoker's regressive attitudes towards female sexuality.[[note]]Lucy is TheIngenue when she's introduced, and is more of a symbol of fading aristocracy rather than anything to do with sexuality. She does become a seductress after she's turned, but her suitors are repulsed because it's the complete opposite of her real personality. It's even said that she joins "other angels" in {{Heaven}} after she is killed - and what happens to her is presented as a tragedy rather than comeuppance for being too flirty.[[/note]] As [[WebVideo/VampireReviews Maven of the Eventide]] pointed out, this is influenced far more by 80s {{Slasher Movie}}s and their heavy use of the DeathBySex trope.
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** Lucy's adaptational promiscuity is also mistaken for book canon, and which has prompted whole essays on Bram Stoker's supposedly regressive attitudes towards female sexuality.[[note]]Lucy [[note]]In the book, Lucy is TheIngenue when she's introduced, and is more of a symbol of fading aristocracy rather than anything to do with sexuality. She does become a seductress after she's turned, but her suitors are repulsed because it's the complete opposite of her real personality. It's even said that she joins "other angels" in {{Heaven}} after she is killed - and what happens to her is presented as a tragedy rather than comeuppance for being too flirty.[[/note]] As [[WebVideo/VampireReviews Maven of the Eventide]] pointed out, this is influenced far more by 80s {{Slasher Movie}}s and their heavy use of the DeathBySex trope.
* BetterThanCanon: Some argue that Dracula, being sadistic and cruel in the movie, while at the same time harboring feelings for Mina, makes for compelling vampire romance, where vampire, despite romantic elements, remains true to its nature, an undead creature of the night, instead of becoming a sanitized safe boyfriend with fangs and cool superpowers.
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* CriticalBacklash: The film got VindicatedByHistory to such point that it is often included not only as a great film, but also as one of the best ''Dracula'' adaptations out there, both of which ''are'' titles hard to live up to. Many people get attracted to this film by those promises, often only to find it a narm-tastic vaudeville which also deviates gleefully from the book left and right.
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* CriticalBacklash: The film got VindicatedByHistory to such point (see below) that it is often included not only as a great film, but also as one of the best ''Dracula'' adaptations out there, both of which ''are'' are titles hard to live up to. Many people people, at least among those who do not WatchItForTheMeme, get attracted to this film by those promises, often only to find it a narm-tastic vaudeville which also deviates gleefully from the book left and right.right. As a consequence, viewers who don't appreciate NarmCharm or artistic licenses to the original story could be understandably disappointed.
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** A very veritable buffet of it. Whether it's Creator/KeanuReeves' terrible attempt at a British accent, the combined LargeHam of Oldman, Hopkins, Elwes, Frost, and Waits, or Dracula crying tears of... watercolor paint, this movie is a glorious helping of goofiness.
** Old!Dracula's butt hairdo, ruthlessly parodied by Creator/MelBrooks in ''Film/DraculaDeadAndLovingIt'', by ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E5TreehouseOfHorrorIV Treehouse of Horror IV]]" and by Creator/GenndyTartakovsky and Creator/AdamSandler in ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania2'', is the flagship of the narm in this movie. Added to his fabulous red robe and rubber-like white face, it turns the character's introduction scene into a potential source of hysterical laughter regardless of the viewer's mindset.
** Old!Dracula's butt hairdo, ruthlessly parodied by Creator/MelBrooks in ''Film/DraculaDeadAndLovingIt'', by ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E5TreehouseOfHorrorIV Treehouse of Horror IV]]" and by Creator/GenndyTartakovsky and Creator/AdamSandler in ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania2'', is the flagship of the narm in this movie. Added to his fabulous red robe and rubber-like white face, it turns the character's introduction scene into a potential source of hysterical laughter regardless of the viewer's mindset.
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** A The entire film is a very veritable buffet of it. Whether it's Creator/KeanuReeves' terrible attempt at a British accent, the combined LargeHam of Oldman, Hopkins, Elwes, Frost, and Waits, or Dracula crying tears of... watercolor paint, this movie is a glorious helping of goofiness.
** Old!Dracula's butt hairdo, ruthlessly parodied by Creator/MelBrooks in ''Film/DraculaDeadAndLovingIt'',by ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E5TreehouseOfHorrorIV Treehouse of Horror IV]]" and by Creator/GenndyTartakovsky and Creator/AdamSandler in ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania2'', is the flagship of the narm in this movie. Added to his fabulous red robe and rubber-like white face, it turns the character's introduction scene into a potential source of hysterical laughter regardless of the viewer's mindset.
** Old!Dracula's butt hairdo, ruthlessly parodied by Creator/MelBrooks in ''Film/DraculaDeadAndLovingIt'',
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/MonicaBellucci has a small role as Dracula's lead bride - seven years before her worldwide breakout in ''{{Film/Malena}}''.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/MonicaBellucci has a small role as Dracula's lead bride - seven years before her worldwide breakout in ''{{Film/Malena}}''.''Film/{{Malena}}''.
* SnarkBait: Less about the film itself than about its imagery, but elements like the Count's introduction, Lucy's and Mina's attires, and the ham acting of several actors are almost certainly an intentional, unapologetic attempt at this.
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*** On the other hand, Dracula being sadistic and cruel in the movie, while at the same time harboring feelings for Mina, makes for compelling vampire romance, where vampire, despite romantic elements, remains true to its nature, an undead creature of the night, instead of becoming a sanitized safe boyfriend with fangs and cool superpowers.
* VindicatedByHistory: Divisive in its year of release, albeit commercially very successful, two decades hence, it is considered a classic of visual effects, production design, cinematography, and style, with many considering it one of Coppola's best films and one of Creator/GaryOldman's best performances. While there are still complaints and issues raised about the nature of its adaptation, it's generally agreed that it was a movie that proved that there's still a lot of new ways to tell a story as overexposed as ''Dracula'' by going back to the source material. It's still the only Dracula adaptation to win any Academy Awards, it became a classic in vampire movie genre and had a substantial influence on vampires in popular culture. It's overall visual style has become quite famous and influential, especially in the popular ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}''.
* VindicatedByHistory: Divisive in its year of release, albeit commercially very successful, two decades hence, it is considered a classic of visual effects, production design, cinematography, and style, with many considering it one of Coppola's best films and one of Creator/GaryOldman's best performances. While there are still complaints and issues raised about the nature of its adaptation, it's generally agreed that it was a movie that proved that there's still a lot of new ways to tell a story as overexposed as ''Dracula'' by going back to the source material. It's still the only Dracula adaptation to win any Academy Awards, it became a classic in vampire movie genre and had a substantial influence on vampires in popular culture. It's overall visual style has become quite famous and influential, especially in the popular ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}''.
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* WTHCastingAgency: Creator/FrancisFordCoppola himself expressed CreatorBacklash at casting Creator/KeanuReeves as a Victorian Londoner. Reeves was riding high from ''Film/BillAndTed'' and was chosen as a bankable heartthrob to draw in female viewers.
** This is not to say that he personally disliked Keanu, he just acknowledged that despite all of his efforts, the man just couldn't do the accent.
** This is not to say that he personally disliked Keanu, he just acknowledged that despite all of his efforts, the man just couldn't do the accent.
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* WatchItForTheMeme: Parodies of the film, like those of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' and ''Film/DraculaDeadAndLovingIt'', are often the reason why people come to it.
* WTHCastingAgency: Creator/FrancisFordCoppola himself expressed CreatorBacklash at casting Creator/KeanuReeves as a Victorian Londoner. Reeves was riding high from ''Film/BillAndTed'' and was chosen as a bankable heartthrob to draw in femaleviewers.
**viewers. This is not to say that he personally disliked Keanu, he just acknowledged that despite all of his efforts, the man just couldn't do the accent.
* WTHCastingAgency: Creator/FrancisFordCoppola himself expressed CreatorBacklash at casting Creator/KeanuReeves as a Victorian Londoner. Reeves was riding high from ''Film/BillAndTed'' and was chosen as a bankable heartthrob to draw in female
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* CriticalBacklash: The film got VindicatedByHistory to such point that it is often included not only as a great film, but also as one of the best ''Dracula'' adaptations out there, both of which ''are'' titles hard to live up to. Many people get attracted to this film by those promises, often only to find it a narm-tastic vaudeville which also deviates gleefully from the book left and right.
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* NightmareFuel:
** That horrible noise near the end of the trailer. Listening to it for a full minute is enough to drive you insane with fear...
** The VillainOpeningScene. As soon as the priest condemns Elisabeta's suicide, Dracula does a complete 180° from "grieving husband" to practically "rampaging HumanoidAbomination" - complete with {{Scare Chord}}ed background music, and blood oozing from the '''''whole room'''''.
** Dracula luring Lucy to the gardens in the midst of the windstorm as Mina chases after her, the scene is incredibly creepy as she seems to glide while in her trance towards him, as his hideous wolf form begins to feast on her as Mina watches helplessly, before he flees at her sight. But what makes it horrifying is Lucy's description afterwards of what it was like under his control.
--->'''Lucy''': ''(sobbing)'' I couldn't control myself...\\
'''Mina''': Hush Lucy you were only dreaming, you're walking in your sleep again.\\
'''Lucy''': My soul, I felt it leave my body, it was this agonizing feeling... I couldn't get back here, my whole body was shaking as if he were luring me, and I had no control. Those red eyes... I still have the taste of his blood on my mouth...
** The scene where Dracula finally turns Lucy into a vampire ends with an echoing scream from her as the whole room is drenched in blood.
** As Quincy advances on Dracula's bat form, he transforms into an army of rats.
** As Harker is forced to watch Dracula feed his brides a human baby, Harker screams in terror and Dracula just smiles and lets out a bloodcurdling evil cackle.
** That horrible noise near the end of the trailer. Listening to it for a full minute is enough to drive you insane with fear...
** The VillainOpeningScene. As soon as the priest condemns Elisabeta's suicide, Dracula does a complete 180° from "grieving husband" to practically "rampaging HumanoidAbomination" - complete with {{Scare Chord}}ed background music, and blood oozing from the '''''whole room'''''.
** Dracula luring Lucy to the gardens in the midst of the windstorm as Mina chases after her, the scene is incredibly creepy as she seems to glide while in her trance towards him, as his hideous wolf form begins to feast on her as Mina watches helplessly, before he flees at her sight. But what makes it horrifying is Lucy's description afterwards of what it was like under his control.
--->'''Lucy''': ''(sobbing)'' I couldn't control myself...\\
'''Mina''': Hush Lucy you were only dreaming, you're walking in your sleep again.\\
'''Lucy''': My soul, I felt it leave my body, it was this agonizing feeling... I couldn't get back here, my whole body was shaking as if he were luring me, and I had no control. Those red eyes... I still have the taste of his blood on my mouth...
** The scene where Dracula finally turns Lucy into a vampire ends with an echoing scream from her as the whole room is drenched in blood.
** As Quincy advances on Dracula's bat form, he transforms into an army of rats.
** As Harker is forced to watch Dracula feed his brides a human baby, Harker screams in terror and Dracula just smiles and lets out a bloodcurdling evil cackle.
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* CrossesTheLineTwice: Van Helsing's hilariously blunt response to Mina's question about her slain friend.
-->'''Mina:''' Doctor, how did Lucy die? Was she in great pain?
-->'''Van Helsing:''' ''([[DissonantSerenity cheerfully]])'' [[BrutalHonesty Ja, she was in great pain!]] Then we cut off her head, and drove a stake through her heart, and burned it, and then she found peace.
-->'''Mina:''' Doctor, how did Lucy die? Was she in great pain?
-->'''Van Helsing:''' ''([[DissonantSerenity cheerfully]])'' [[BrutalHonesty Ja, she was in great pain!]] Then we cut off her head, and drove a stake through her heart, and burned it, and then she found peace.
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* CrossesTheLineTwice: CrossesTheLineTwice:
** Van Helsing's hilariously blunt response to Mina's question about her slain friend.
-->'''Mina:''' --->'''Mina:''' Doctor, how did Lucy die? Was she in great pain?
-->'''Vanpain?\\
'''Van Helsing:''' ''([[DissonantSerenity cheerfully]])'' [[BrutalHonesty Ja, she was in great pain!]] Then we cut off her head, and drove a stake through her heart, and burned it, and then she found peace.
** Van Helsing's hilariously blunt response to Mina's question about her slain friend.
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'''Van Helsing:''' ''([[DissonantSerenity cheerfully]])'' [[BrutalHonesty Ja, she was in great pain!]] Then we cut off her head, and drove a stake through her heart, and burned it, and then she found peace.
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--> '''Blog/UnshavedMouse''': "In fact, I’d go so far as to say that Sadie Frost is to the role of Lucy Westenra what Christopher Lee is to the role of Dracula; absolutely definitive. I honestly doubt anyone will ever play this role as well as she does."
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* FashionVictimVillain:
** The aged and decrepit Dracula at the beginning of the movie. While the red robe might look fine in the right context, the hairdo just looks silly.
** The aged and decrepit Dracula at the beginning of the movie. While the red robe might look fine in the right context, the hairdo just looks silly.
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* FashionVictimVillain:
**FashionVictimVillain: The aged and decrepit Dracula at the beginning of the movie. While the red robe might look fine in the right context, the hairdo just looks silly.
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** Lucy's wedding dress was modeled off frilled lizards of all things.
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** Lucy's wedding dress was modeled off frilled lizards of all things. To be fair, this is subtly [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in-universe by [[FacialDialogue the look on Jack's face]] when he first sees it, so it's entirely possible that its garish weirdness was intentional.
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* TearJerker: Dracula's story, from the intro to the ending. Props to Creator/GaryOldman for coming across as a legitimate WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds.
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* JerkassWoobie: Dracula is AxCrazy and cruel, yes... but largely due to his vampirism from a MomentOfWeakness. And even then, he still has his sympathetic moments.
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* JerkassWoobie: Dracula is AxCrazy and cruel, yes... but largely due to his vampirism from a disillusioned MomentOfWeakness. And even then, he still has his sympathetic moments.
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** The VillainOpeningScene. As soon as the priest condemns Elisabeta's suicide, Dracula does a complete 180° from a grieving husband to practically a rampaging HumanoidAbomination - complete with {{Scare Chord}}ed background music, and blood oozing from the '''''whole room'''''.
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** The VillainOpeningScene. As soon as the priest condemns Elisabeta's suicide, Dracula does a complete 180° from a grieving husband "grieving husband" to practically a rampaging HumanoidAbomination "rampaging HumanoidAbomination" - complete with {{Scare Chord}}ed background music, and blood oozing from the '''''whole room'''''.
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* JerkassWoobie: Dracula may be AxCrazy and cruel, but it clearly stems from his FaithHeelTurn-related DespairEventHorizon and ThenLetMeBeEvil. And even then, he still hasn't completely lost his humanity.
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* JerkassWoobie: Dracula may be is AxCrazy and cruel, yes... but it clearly stems largely due to his vampirism from his FaithHeelTurn-related DespairEventHorizon and ThenLetMeBeEvil. a MomentOfWeakness. And even then, he still hasn't completely lost has his humanity.sympathetic moments.
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* TearJerker: Dracula's story, from the intro to the ending. Props to Creator/GaryOldman for coming across as a legitimate WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds.
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* VindicatedByHistory: Divisive in its year of release, albeit commercially very successful, two decades hence, it is considered a classic of visual effects, production design, cinematography, and style, with many considering it one of Coppola's best films and one of Creator/GaryOldman's best performances. While there are still complaints and issues raised about the nature of its adaptation, it's generally agreed that it was a movie that proved that there's still a lot of new ways to tell a story as overexposed as ''Dracula'' by going back to the source material. It's overall visual style has become quite famous and influential, especially in the popular ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}''.
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* VindicatedByHistory: Divisive in its year of release, albeit commercially very successful, two decades hence, it is considered a classic of visual effects, production design, cinematography, and style, with many considering it one of Coppola's best films and one of Creator/GaryOldman's best performances. While there are still complaints and issues raised about the nature of its adaptation, it's generally agreed that it was a movie that proved that there's still a lot of new ways to tell a story as overexposed as ''Dracula'' by going back to the source material. It's still the only Dracula adaptation to win any Academy Awards, it became a classic in vampire movie genre and had a substantial influence on vampires in popular culture. It's overall visual style has become quite famous and influential, especially in the popular ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}''.
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Lucy's vampire outfit became iconic and even influences on how she is shown on illustrations to the novel.
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** Lucy's deranged clown-like wedding dress that she gets buried in (and therefore becomes a vampire in) is a close second, especially the headdress.
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** To this day, there are negative reviews in pages like Amazon criticizing the book for not having any of the romance this movie had. Thanks to this film, lots assume that Dracula was always some kind of love interest towards Mina - when if anything in the original novel, he's more like a pseudo rapist that shares barely any scenes with her.
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** To this day, there are negative reviews in pages like Amazon criticizing the book for not having any of the romance this movie had.
** Thanks to this film, lots assume that Dracula was always some kind of love interest towards Mina - when if anything in the original novel, he's more like a pseudo rapist that shares barely any scenes with her.
** Thanks to this film, lots assume that Dracula was always some kind of love interest towards Mina - when if anything in the original novel, he's more like a pseudo rapist that shares barely any scenes with her.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Wojchech Kilar's score is excellent. Indeed, the composer went to see the movie in Paris and amazed that loads of audience members hung around for the end credits and left once the "Music by" credit had scrolled up - it should benoted that Kilar's "End Credits" cue, while present on the soundtrack album isn't used in the film, with [[Music/{{Eurythmics}} Annie Lennox]]'s "Love Song for a Vampire (From ''Bram Stoker's Dracula'')." accompanying the credits instead (the song was a top 10 hit in France (...getting to #10).
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Wojchech Kilar's score is excellent. Indeed, the composer went to see the movie in Paris and was amazed that loads of audience members hung around for the end credits and left once the "Music by" credit had scrolled up - it should benoted that Kilar's "End Credits" cue, while present on the soundtrack album isn't used in the film, with [[Music/{{Eurythmics}} Annie Lennox]]'s "Love Song for a Vampire (From ''Bram Stoker's Dracula'')." accompanying the credits instead (the song was a top 10 hit in France (...getting to #10).
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** Dracula luring Lucy to the gardens in the midst of the windstorm as Mina chases after her, the scene is incredibly creepy as she seems to glide while in her trance towards him, as his hideous wolf form begins to feast on her as Mina watches helplessly, before he flees at her sight. But what makes it horrifying is Lucy's description afterwards of what it was like under his control.
-->'''Lucy''': ''(sobbing)'' I couldn't control myself...\\
'''Mina''': Hush Lucy you were only dreaming, you're walking in your sleep again.\\
'''Lucy''': My soul, I felt it leave my body, it was this agonizing feeling... I couldn't get back here, my whole body was shaking as if he were luring me, and I had no control. Those red eyes... I still have the taste of his blood on my mouth...
-->'''Lucy''': ''(sobbing)'' I couldn't control myself...\\
'''Mina''': Hush Lucy you were only dreaming, you're walking in your sleep again.\\
'''Lucy''': My soul, I felt it leave my body, it was this agonizing feeling... I couldn't get back here, my whole body was shaking as if he were luring me, and I had no control. Those red eyes... I still have the taste of his blood on my mouth...
