History Film / Dracula1979

* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Van Helsing here is Mina's father, while Dr. Seward is Lucy's father and Jonathan Harker is Lucy's fiance (though Lucy here is essentialy re-named Mina character).

* SparedByTheAdaptation: Lucy survives to the end of the film, despite coming ''very'' close to being turned by Dracula.
** Of course, it's more of a zig-zagged trope, as Lucy in this film is essentially Mina from the novel but with her best friend's name.

* MissingReflection: Van Helsing discovers that vampires don't have reflections in mirrors when he comes face to face with Dracula for the first time.

* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Mina and Lucy swap personalities here; Lucy is the strong willed, proto-feminist who is the Count's main target, Mina is the fragile IllGirl who becomes the Bloofer Lady.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Dracula, while still quite evil, isn't quite as monstrous here as in his previous Franchise/UniversalHorror appearances, and definitely leans closer to AffablyEvil than his 1931 counterpart.

In 1913, a ship (with its entire crew dead) arrives at Whitby in North Yorkshire, England. With it arrives the Romanian Count Dracula, who has bought the disused Carfax Abbey, located near Dr. Seward's sanitarium. Dracula sets upon furthering his kind. First, he seduces and turns Mina Van Helsing (Jan Francis), a guest in the Seward home, and then -- more romantically -- pursues Lucy Seward (Kate Nelligan). When Professor Abraham Van Helsing arrives in Whitby upon word of Mina's sudden, mysterious death, he suspects that a vampire is involved and begins an investigation into Dracula's true nature... but is it already too late to save Lucy's soul?

Universal's second screen version of ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'', directed by John Badham and released in 1979, was adapted from [[Theatre/Dracula1924 the same stage play]] that [[Film/{{Dracula 1931}} its predecessor]] was based upon in the wake of a successful Broadway revival. The star of that production, Creator/FrankLangella, reprises his role as {{Dracula}}, while Creator/LaurenceOlivier as Abraham Van Helsing and Creator/DonaldPleasence as Dr. Seward head up the supporting cast.

Universal's second screen version of ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'' was adapted from [[Theatre/Dracula1924 the same stage play]] that [[Film/{{Dracula 1931}} its predecessor]] was based upon in the wake of a successful Broadway revival. The star of that production, Creator/FrankLangella, reprises his role as {{Dracula}}, while Creator/LaurenceOlivier as Abraham Van Helsing and Creator/DonaldPleasence as Dr. Seward head up the supporting cast.

* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: In the novel, Dracula is killed via knife to the heart. Here, he burns to death in sunlight while tied to a ship.

In 1913, a ship (with its entire crew dead) arrives at Whitby in North Yorkshire, England. With it arrives the Romanian Count Dracula, who has bought the disused Carfax Abbey, located near Dr. Seward's sanitarium. Dracula sets upon furthering his kind. First, he seduces and turns Mina Van Helsing (Jan Francis), a guest in the Seward home, and then -- more romantically -- pursues Lucy Seward (Kate Nelligan). When Professor Abraham Van Helsing arrives in Whitby upon word of Mina's sudden, mysterious death, he suspects that Dracula is involved and begins an investigation into the Count's true nature... but is it already too late to save Lucy's soul?

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Dracula, while still quite evil, isn't quite as monstrous here as in his previous ''Franchise/UniversalHorror'' appearances, and definitely leans closer to AffablyEvil than his 1931 counterpart.

* AdaptedOut: No brides, Arthur Holmwood, or Quincey Morris. No Transylvania-located scenes.

In 1913, a ship (with its entire crew dead) arrives on the shore of Whitby in North Yorkshire, England. With it arrives the Romanian Count Dracula, who has bought the disused Carfax Abbey, located near Dr. Seward's sanitarium. Dracula sets upon furthering his kind. First, he seduces and turns Mina Van Helsing (Jan Francis), a guest in the Seward home, and then -- more romantically -- pursues Lucy Seward (Kate Nelligan). When Professor Abraham Van Helsing arrives in Whitby upon word of Mina's sudden, mysterious death, he leads the investigation into Dracula's true nature...but is it already too late to save Lucy's soul?

Universal's second version of ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'' was adapted from [[Theatre/Dracula1924 the same stage play]] that [[Film/{{Dracula 1931}} its predecessor]] was based upon in the wake of a successful Broadway revival. The star of that production, Creator/FrankLangella, reprises his role as {{Dracula}}, while Creator/LaurenceOlivier as Abraham Van Helsing and Creator/DonaldPleasence as Dr. Seward head up the supporting cast.

In 1913, a ship (with its entire crew dead) arrives on the shore of North Yorkshire in England. With it arrives the Romanian Count Dracula, who has bought the disused Carfax Abbey, located near Dr. Seward's sanitarium. Dracula sets upon furthering his kind. First, he seduces and turns Mina Van Helsing, a guest in the Seward home, and then -- more romantically -- pursues Lucy Seward. When Professor Abraham Van Helsing arrives in Whitby upon word of Mina's sudden, mysterious death, he leads the investigation into Dracula's true nature...but is it already too late to save Lucy's soul?

Universal's second version of ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'' was adapted from [[Theatre/Dracula1924 the same stage play]] that [[Film/{{Dracula 1931}} its predecessor]] was based upon in the wake of a successful Broadway revival. The star of that production, Creator/FrankLangella, reprises his role as Dracula, while Creator/LaurenceOlivier as Abraham Van Helsing and Creator/DonaldPleasence as Dr. Seward head up the supporting cast.

* SettingUpdate: A relatively mild example, but this version moves the story forward by nearly two decades.

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Somewhat: the usual weaknesses are shown though when Mina turns, she looks more like a zombie then a vampire, as she's somewhat decayed. This is oddly in contrast to Dracula who still keeps his good looks despite being a vampire himself. Even more oddly, when she's staked her features return to normal.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Dracula, while still quite evil, isn't quite as monstrous here as in his previous ''Franchise/UniversalHorror'' appearances.

* AdaptedOut: No brides, Arthur, or Quincy.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Mina and Lucy swap personalities here; Lucy is the strong willed, proto-feminist who is the Count's main target, Mina is the fragile IllGirl who becomes the Bloofer Lady.

* AnswersToTheNameOfGod: Grieving in the wake of destroying his vampirized daughter, Prof. Van Helsing holds his hands to his face and proclaims, "Oh, the devil." Dracula, who has entered the room without him noticing, answers "I'm not as bad as that."
** Actually, the scene is different. Van Helsing, looking in a mirror, sees how exhausted and disheveled he looks and comments, "Oh, the devil." And Dracula, who has walked in behind him, replies, "Come, come, surely not as bad as that." This leads to Van Helsing noting that the Count casts no reflection in the mirror.

* GeorgeLucasAlteredVersion: Since 1991 with the Laserdisc edition, every home video release of the film has muted, desaturated colors to better reflect the original intent of the director, who wanted to film in black-and-white. An upcoming Creator/ShoutFactory Blu-Ray release is expected to contain both versions.