Being a Bronze Age series about vampires, The Tomb of Dracula is full of nightmare fuel—especially in the grim, gritty 90's miniseries.
- Clifton's reaction when he sees freshly resurrected Dracula in the first issue.
- The first issue's ending. Jeanie isn't dead, but she is a vampire, and she leaves Frank to join Dracula.
- A one-issue villain named Faceless Fiend, who was a man who lost his features when he was dropped into nuclear waste.
- Just when it seems that everything is finally over upon Dracula's death, Dr. Sun puts his plan into motion to conquer the world and the vampire hunters are forced to resurrect the Lord of Vampires to stop the doctor.
- In The Savage Return of Dracula, an unconscious Jeanie is left as bait on a bed in Castle Dracula, a crucifix around her neck to protect her. Dracula returns from a hunt and finds her in one of his rooms. When he attempts to attack her, Frank counterattacks, but he is overpowered and left for dead. Jeanie awakens and Dracula hypnotizes her to throw away the cross. Once she is defenseless, Dracula drains her dry.
- When Smirnoff confronts Dracula to turn him into a vampire in the 90's miniseries, Dracula simply rips off his head and kicks it away like a football.
