History YMMV / DRACULA

** More so in later film adaptations then the original novel, though.

** The HammerHorror film Dracula series plays it straight, though. ChristopherLee is handsome actor, but this is arguably the most monstrous interpretation of the character to date, with some later sequels reducing him to an non-speaking, near feral (but good looking) beast.

* NightmareFuel:
** Most of the film's scares haven't aged well, but Renfield's laugh...[[HellIsThatNoise good God, Renfield's laugh!]]
** Dracula's nearly constant DeathGlare.
* NightmareRetardant: Armadillos in Dracula's castle? Shiver!

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: It can be easy to assume SadlyMythtaken after Film/{{Nosferatu}} and other such vampire-themed works gave us a different example of what a vampire is.
* UncannyValley: An odd auditory version. Bela Lugosi spoke very poor English, and learned his lines phonetically. This naturally resulted in Dracula sounding perhaps like he isn't quite used to speaking at all.

** In the novel, Dracula is Mina Harker's metaphorical rapist. In ''all'' movie adaptations, he's PromotedToLoveInterest. [[VictimFallsForRapist Make of that what you will]].

* CompleteMonster: Guess who?
* DracoInLeatherPants: The Count, of course, gets this to a truly startling degree.

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** In the novel, Dracula is Mina Harker's metaphorical rapist. In ''all'' movie adaptations, he's PromotedToLoveInterest. [[RapeIsLove Make of that what you will]].

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: Most of the film's scares haven't aged well, but Renfield's laugh...[[HellIsThatNoise good God, Renfield's laugh!]]
** Dracula's nearly constant DeathGlare.

* MemeticSexGod: Dracula.

** In the novel, Dracula is Mina Harker's metaphorical rapist. In ''all'' movie adaptations, he's PromotedToLoveInterest. [[UnfortunateImplications Make of that what you will]].

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: It can be easy to assume SadlyMythtaken after {{Nosferatu}} and other such vampire-themed works gave us a different example of what a vampire is.

* PraisingShowsYouDontWatch: Some people call SadlyMythtaken on many things saying that "Dracula never [[{{Twilight}} sparkled]]" or "Dracula never went out into the sunlight". The former is more or less common sense, but the latter pretty much shows how much they read Dracula.

* PraisingShowsYouDontWatch: Some people call SadlyMythtaken on many things saying that "Dracula never sparkled" or "Dracula never went out into the sunlight". The former is more or less common sense, but the latter pretty much shows how much they read Dracula. [[DontExplainTheJoke (None!)]]

* EvilIsSexy: Averted with the Count himself, who is an ugly old man who physically repulses Mina when she first sees him, unaware of his identity, but played straight with Lucy - her vampire self is considerably more voluptuous than her original, innocent persona.

** Mina, to the fullest extent.

* EvilIsSexy: The Count himself, but especially obvious when it comes to Lucy - her vampire self is considerably more voluptuous than her original, innocent persona.

* PraisingShowsYouDontWatch: Some people, most notably the HateDom and HateDumb of ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' call SadlyMythtaken on many things saying that "Dracula never sparkled" or "Dracula never went out into the sunlight". The former is more or less common sense, but the latter pretty much shows how much they read Dracula. [[DontExplainTheJoke (None!)]]

* PraisingShowsYouDontWatch: Some people, most notably the HateDom and HateDumb of ''{{Twlight}}'' call SadlyMythtaken on many things saying that "Dracula never sparkled" or "Dracula never went out into the sunlight". The former is more or less common sense, but the latter pretty much shows how much they read Dracula. [[DontExplainTheJoke (None!)]]

* HighOctaneNightmareFue:l Most of the film's scares haven't aged well, but Renfield's laugh...[[HellIsThatNoise good God, Renfield's laugh!]]

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel