Google is celebrating Bram Stoker

Here is the doodle of the day: 

Bram Stoker is the author of "Dracula", the novel that made the Wallachian ruler famous worldwide.

Dracula . Raymond McNally

here is a presentation of a CDRom created to present Bram Stoker's Dracula. Myth or reality. Comment by famous historian and middle ages specialist, Raymond McNally.

Dracula-Before the Dawn

Here is another nice video-clip made with scenes from Bram Stoker's Dracula movie:

Bram Stoker's Dracula movie

The final scene from Bram Stoker's Dracula:

Bram Stoker's Dracula - soundtrack

here are the other tracks from the F.F. Coppola's movie:

• Hunt Builds
• Dracula-Hunters Prelude
• Mina - Dracula
• Ring of Fire
• Love Eternal

Bram Stoker's Dracula

Bram Stoker's Dracula - the final scene with Mina (Wynona Ryder) killing the vampire Dracula and cutting his head (don't watch it if you have heart problems). Even if, as the youtube comments mention, the movie do not follow the book entirely, I consider it deserves the time if you like this kind of horror movies:

Dracula Movies

I mean artistic Dracula movies. Here you can find Dracula documentaries !

The novel of Bram Stoker, "Dracula" has really become famous after it has been translated into the movie with the same name. Or...movies with the same name ?

Well, let's try to present them in a chronological order, starting with the masterpiece of 1931.

The first official Dracula movie

has been made in 1931, featuring the Hungarian actor Bela Lugosi as Dracula and Dwight Frye, a great American actor. (Few years before there was another German movie, but it went underground.)

The movie has a very good IMDB (Internet Movie Data-Base) mark, 7.7/10 (after almost 7000 votes).

On the trailer of the 1931 movie we can read: "In all the annals of living horror one name stands out as the epitome of EVIL ! DRACULA! ". Here is the trailer of the 1931 Dracula movie.

Here is the movie:

Part 1 of Dracula 1931

Part 2/8

Part 3/8

Part 4/8

Part 5/8

Part 6/8

Part 7/8

Part 8/8

Another scenes from the movie are to be found here:

http://dracula-transylvania.blogspot.com/2007/02/dwight-frye-in-dracula-1931.html

http://dracula-transylvania.blogspot.com/2007/03/scene-from-same-dracula-1931.html

http://dracula-transylvania.blogspot.com/2007/02/renfields-conscience-dracula-1931.html

http://dracula-transylvania.blogspot.com/2007/02/dracula-movie-1931_24.html

Compilation with Bela Lugosi in Dracula, 1931

Watch and listen the performance of Michael Riesman's transcription for solo piano of Philip Glass' score to the 1931 film.

Romanian television presented this brand new documentary about the life of Bela Lugosi, first Dracula interpreter, "Bela Lugosi, The Fallen Vampire"

Dracula 1958

Some IMDB comments consider it the best vampires movie of all times.

Here is the trailer

The BFI restored trailer of the 1958 Dracula movie

Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)

Here is another Dracula horror movie. Dracula Prince of Darkness, from 1966 with Christopher Lee. The movie is considered a Sequel to "The Horror of Dracula" (1958)

• Part I of the movie
• Part II of the 1966 Dracula movie
• Part III 
• Part IV - Dracula, Prince of Darkness
• Part V
• Part VI
• Part VII
• Part VIII
• Part IX
• Part X
• Part XI

Dracula Has Risen from The Grave

As imdb states the release date in USA was 6 February 1969. The IMDB mark 6.2/10 denotes a sensible difference from the 1931 movie. In fact it did not reach the fame of the first official dracula movie. However, I present it here, there are some nice scenes that deserve a look:

The 1968 movie's trailer

Clips from the 1968 movie, with Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee, standing and his terrifying eyes

Soundtrack of this movie

Dracula A.D. 1972

With an IMDB mark of only 5.3/10 the movie seem to has had less success than the versions of 1931 and 1977, despite being directed by Alan Gibson and having a cast as Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing

Here is the The promo of the film

A short promotional presentation of the 1972 film

Opening Scene of the 1972 movie

Scene from the same movie

Dracula returns to London

Blood for Dracula

The trailer of the movie Blood for Dracula, 1974

Count Dracula. BBC, 1977

The guy who posted this considered the 1977 version "Easily the best version of Dracula filmed to date" and in fact it has the biggest IMDB mark. However I don't know if I like more this one or the 1931 Dracula version, feat. Bela Lugosi.

Sequence of the 1977 BBC movie

Lucy and Mina meet skipper Swales and listen his frightening story

First apparition of Dracula - HQ

Count's brides destroyed

From the same movie, Vampire Lucy's first victim

Final scene, where Count Dracula gets destroyed

A clip from the 1977 movie

Vlad Țepeș (1982)

The Romanian FULL movie from 1982 (2 h), with English subtitle.

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)

The movie is rated 7.1/10 on imdb (by more than 30 000 voters). This is a good mark and the difference from the 1931 movie's mark also reflect my opinion, I like the old one more !

Unofficial scripts of the movie can be found here.

Trailer of "Bram Stoker's Dracula"

Part 1 of the movie. Introduction, Dracula gives up church and...1897, Jonathan is sent to Transylvania to take over Reinfield's business.

Part 2

Part 3

Black and White Dracula

A scene from the movie featuring Garry Oldman as Dracula and Winona Rider as Mina. Mina's letter to Dracula.

Here we have the Story of Lucy, from the same movie !

Bram Stoker's Dracula - the final scene

Making of the 1992 movie

Dracula 2000

The soundtrack

A nice compilation of sequences from the 2000 movie.

Dark Prince. The True Story of Dracula

This movie could also have been put in the documentaries section, as it is well documented and presents the historic truth about Dracula, rather than the vampire Dracula or the impaling stories.

The world knows the legend.

Many know the MYTH....
but FEW know the TRUTH
Here is the full movie Dark Prince.

The first episode presents Dracula went to the church council and presenting his life

Dracula: Dead and Loving It

The first part of this parody upon Dracula Movies.

Part 2 of the Mel Brook's movie.

Nosferatu

One of the best german expressionist film, Nosferatu is loosely based on the Bram Stoker's novel.

Vlad Tepes

Scenes fromn the movie

Vlad Tepes (Romania, 1979). Watch the first part of the movie here !

Second part of Vlad Tepes (Romania 1979), the night attack

The forest of impaled that Mehmet found in Targoviste, in 1462.

Dracula's Curse

This seems to be the worst Dracula movie of all times (at least according to imdb rating: 1,8/10). However I added it to the media library, as the intention is to present all Dracula movies and see the evolution from the 1931 movie to the nowadays ones.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Transylvania - The Vampires

This ammateur french movie tells the story of a soldier hanged during Dracula's regime. Well, one could easily reply that Dracula was not ruling Făgăraş , where they say the soldier has been hanged, but the movie is quite interesting.

NBC Series, 2013

The Dracula series, on NBC. The trailer

Bram Stoker's Dracula movie

OK, I might insist too much on the media library, but here we have another scene from Bram Stoker's Dracula movie (called Bring Me to Life):

Black and white Dracula by Bram Stoker

Another collection of sequences from the movie Bram Stoker's Dracula. I like it and mainly the song: My Immortal by Evanescence.