A Close Shave | Bram Stoker's Dracula | Creature Features

[@robwalsh9843]

I like how Gary Oldman's performance gave us so many different sides to Dracula. The heroic knight, the charming young nobleman, the decadent old vampire lord, etc.

[@brenttaylor7856]

Definitely made it his own

[@alecjones4676]

It's even more awesome if you know he was stinking drunk when this was filmed 😂

[@sexcorpio6976]

The old and the humaoid-bat are his best shapes. I wish he remained old most part of the movie.

[@jason.h.zager88]

and dont forget the 100% monster form

[@manicmidwife]

FFC: Which representation will we go with? GO: EEVVEERRYYOONNEE!

[@felixmarques]

This is the best staging of Dracula at his castle I have ever seen. The way everything bends around Dracula's will, as if the castle was partially located within his mind…

[@countvolkihar566]

I couldn't have said better myself

[@AA-nw7hi]

Such an interesting insight. The castle can be considered a carachter (not to mention it acts way better than Keanu Reeves), so I'd say it reacts to Dracula like a servant would react to their master. Another way of reading it is that the castle represents the way the surrounding world reacts to Dracula's presence: through the movie is always underlined that he is a creature repelled by Nature herself, so I guess it would be a logic consequence.

[@treeherder2201]

Well this was back when they actually tried to make good movies.

[@jja1483]

Wooh🙆‍♂️😃

[@katadromeasgr]

Most scenes are copied from 1930s dracula. Which is a very nice film in itself for its time. Also, many dialogues are copied as well.

[@davidblack7625]

The shot of his eye when he recognizes the cross is one of my favorite shots in the movie. Up until then he is poised as a civilized and reserved old man who even tempts himself with the taste of blood, but his true identity as a vicious member of the undead came forward when he recognized the gold emblem that represents his sworn mortal enemy. Brilliant creativity from Coppola.

[@susieq360]

Pretty sure his recoiling from the mirror is his true identity coming forward, but go crazy.

[@davidblack7625]

@@susieq360 His reaction to the cross relates more to why he became a vampire in the first place in relation to the first scene where he denounces god.

[@MichaelOrthodoxChristian]

Immortal enemy.

[@ktkt1825]

The eye is black as a pit without any life, like a doll's eye

[@frankdeleon4209]

The growl holy moly! Good god

[@musclebrothmaker3393]

"Umm. The door just closed by its self while you floated towards me.. But never mind, just continue to shave me like nothing happened."

[@casacara]

are YOU gonna say something to this guy?

[@Slothgreedenvy]

Oh, human minds often push away and ignore the strange and usual.

[@DyspareEmbodied]

Harker has the nerves of a Belmont.

[@jessicablack5566]

Right

[@DarlingNikki2]

@@Slothgreedenvy I myself am strange...and unusual 😉

[@beausorensen268]

Gary Oldman is absolutely brilliant in this movie and is by far not given enough recognition for his talents in acting as he should.

[@crokkadoodledoo9956]

he Oldman and the directing is so good the movie is still a masterpiece even with keanu in it

[@krishanuA]

​@@crokkadoodledoo9956 oh, he's one of the greatest to have ever straddled the screen and stage. Behold - a master at work 😮

[@krishanuA]

Oh, he's one of the greatest to have ever straddled the screen and stage. Behold - a master at work 😮

[@krishanuA]

​@@crokkadoodledoo9956Much as we adore Keanu Reeves, he's out of Gary Oldman's league.

[@MilanousMedia]

"Oscar winner Gary Oldman" isn't given enough recognition

[@anupamkeshav7937]

The best Dracula movie of all times! Creepy..poetic..and haunting!

[@ZoeyHuerta]

Y'all the title of the video should be: "This is Dracula coercing his guest to write a five star review on his Airbnb!"

[@DarthSinistris]

Topical. I'll allow it.

[@douglasfoley2060]

More like captive lolz

[@philbecker4676]

My favourite bit is when Dracula is looking at the letters and Keanu looks aimlessly around the set.

[@halid4740]

Gary Oldman is very powerful actor !!!

[@titan8976]

and the sound of his fingers scratching the paper

[@lofwyr5063]

I think it's supposed to be a reaction to the sound effect...which I guess is supposed to be actually playing, in the castle, for real, and not just for the audience.

[@24nov67]

@lofwyr5063 the sounds are supposed to be the wailing of the tormented souls of those Dracula had put to death over the centuries trapped within the castle. you can also hear them at the start of the film when Dracula greets him for the first time at the entrance to the castle, almost as if warning him to go back and not to enter the castle.

[@nocturnalrecluse1216]

​@@24nov67Or it's just the echos of the evil which lurk within the walls of the castle.

[@rare6499]

It’s at this point I would be seriously questioning my choice of hotel.

[@johnnyherrera2702]

😂

[@jc-ty3yy]

lol

[@M.A.C.01]

AHS season 5 am I right?

[@dicktiny9428]

Hotel Transylvania

[@nicoyadoll]

This movie terrifies me but I can’t look away. So well done. Gary Oldham’s performance is spectacular

[@nicoyadoll]

Oldman*

[@jimmythegrunt7371]

I had old ham once. It wasn't very good for my stomach, let me tell ya. But jokes aside, you're right. Oldman's performance is stellar.

[@magnuskallas]

@@jimmythegrunt7371 Gary Oldman can do ham act for sure, like Nic Cage. Hence we love him. EDIT: I just realised they both have played Drakul character. Cage twice, actually.

[@ricknowak4582]

"The children of the night" . Great Oldham . MASTERPIIECE.

[@aleksacerovic6586]

Every movie is funny when you compare it to the book

[@neitherhereorthere7131]

Bela Lugosi sounded more convincing true classic

[@bobrob1825]

"The children of the night, what a mess they make". Leslie Nielson. MASTERPIECE.

[@DarthSinistris]

That snarl when he licks the blood off the straight razor is fucking badass.

[@marcoadan1]

Gary's acting was so over the top in his portrayal that it bordered on comedic, but no, it was perfect.

[@box0choco593]

That’s part of the fun ❤

[@dasuba1925]

It was a tradition in many parts of Eastern Europe, that host honoures his guest by shaving him. This might be the case here, Dracula holding on to ancient traditions. In his weird and sinister way, of course

[@NoName-hg6cc]

Interesting! There was some thoughts in this movie Ps: Is it an ancient tradition crawling down the wall too? 😉

[@jimmythegrunt7371]

​@@NoName-hg6ccOnly a select few have ever been granted that ability.

[@Thedesertguy75]

This is still my favorite version of Dracula on film. So unique, Gothic, creepy, intriguing, creative....clever use of some camera tricks that works so well...the moving shadows on the walls....love it!❤

[@PerfectSuperSaiyan]

I love how when Dracula speaks you hear growling and men screaming

[@magnuskallas]

Whole army of lost souls and demons following him.

[@bloodangel7731]

Love this scene! Gary Oldmanns performance is just incredible

[@aliwalil4160]

Watched this movie for the first time in `94 on video tape after asking for special permission from my parents to rent for my 8th birthday. The movie will stay with me forever

[@carlasidhom5785]

OH MY GOD. When he licks the razor, there's a sound besides his epic reaction, is that his fangs descending and then as turns back to Jonathan you hear it again, fangs retracting? I saw this in the theater when it came out (will NEVER forget it). Seen it dozens and dozens of times since. I never noticed that till now. I think maybe I thought it was water dripping in the room.

[@yassinboabaslam12]

Gary Oldman was outstanding in his performance. Bram Stoker's characterization of count Dracula is revolutionized through him.

[@johnking5174]

I love how Gary changed the tone of Dracula's voice and intonation at "and to you" at 2:37 - a nice way to make Dracula convey his contempt for Jonathan's ways which our not Dracula's ways. Loved that quick change, only three words, but the deep tone said everything.

[@stevie68a]

One of my top five films of all time. A great accomplishment for all involved, especially Coppola.

[@joestimemachine6454]

I'm glad you think highly of it. I'm usually in the minority when it comes to loving this film. The charming in-camera effects, the wonderful costumes and music, the screenplay, directing, and Gary Oldman, who I believe gives the best Dracula performance of all time.

[@georgesantos-jt6me]

@@joestimemachine6454 absolutely

[@henrysmith5784]

I agree! Love this film.

[@NothingMaster]

That floating gliding amble was a stroke of cinematic genius. 🤣

[@Kevin-gf5dh]

Agreed 👍

[@Pianofreak1234]

You mean a Stoke’r genius?

[@mito88]

and the shadow lagging behind....

[@pamanders5900]

BEST DRACULA MOVIE OF ALL CENTURYS!

[@joycetaylor8057]

The slither thru the doorway..OMG....beyond scary

[@64wulf45]

Broken mirror and door closing by itself should have been enough evidence to run away...

[@user-bu69ttf4ck]

To stay*

[@manicmidwife]

Well, the count just shut the door!

[@Theemptythroneistaken]

And if that wasn't enough seeing the count literally crawl down the side of the castle.

[@MilanousMedia]

The question is "how and where"?

[@jason_berns]

Gary Oldman's superb portrayal as Dracula is one for the books.

[@justjuangoodcitizen4297]

I never forget when I was watching this late one night one HBO. The way Gary Oldman licked the blade and his satisfaction from the taste of blood had me screaming 😂 absolutely a great actor he is

[@renegranados7436]

This how a vampire should be not the ones fighting with guns.

[@Boxingbear]

These teeny bopper vampire romance shows that are so popular now are an insult to the genre.

[@damienholland8103]

I feel like Fright Night or The Lost Boys did a better job. I'm not really into the vampire in this film for some reason. Can't pinpoint why. Salem's Lot had better ones as well.

[@kanaric]

@@Boxingbear now? you are boomer af that shits been over for a few years.

[@Boxingbear]

@@kanaric Bullshit it is. Novels are sill being pumped out and the shows are still on all the time. What was the last good vampire film that was released? What shows are on tv that protray vampires like they are supposed to be ?

[@Boxingbear]

@@damienholland8103 30 Days of Night was a good one. Near Dark is a cult vampire film from the era that I was a teenager and it is one of my favorites.

[@garthybrookens4839]

The way Gary old man licked and fiended for the blood Is so hilarious, even in my younger years watching this still made me laugh so much. Gary Oldman is a Genius.

[@anthonylopresti3078]

Yup it hurt like a son of a bitch..! And just to get a little of jooohnathons blooood!!!

[@stevenwilliams2617]

he needed a test taste, like an amuse bouche of the meal lol. i better stop.

[@mateusgsc243]

It's no laughing matter! ARHHHHGH 🗡️🦇

[@justanotheranhedonicguy5132]

The sound and the shadow play in this movie are just other-wordly. I remember watching this smoking a joint with a friend for the first time and this has been one of my favorite movies ever since. The Dracula transformation scene hasn't met its match on actual visual effects since then.

[@tommyandersson6464]

Dracula 1992 is by far superior. Gary Oldman nails this to the bone...and blood

[@nordmannenfrank6066]

i love this Dracula. Bela Lugosi is legendary but Gary Oldman knocked it out of the park with this one

[@yortsemloh1156]

I can say the “Do not put your faith in such trinkets of deceit” line just like Gary Oldman. People wearing crosses usually don’t appreciate it though.

[@josetteandres]

would be impressed by how you would say it, but, I wear such things to protect myself from demons

[@abusfullofnuns7303]

Me when I finish making a Nutella sandwich: 1:10

[@ezmony6950]

Me with Peanut Butter

[@maxdominate2481]

@abusfullofnuns7303 - I can't stop laughing at your comment. I can't breathe.

[@erikswanson224]

I think I need to watch this movie again.

[@thegunslinger1363]

2:04 Notice the shadows in the background. As Dracula is talking about the memories.

[@MonsieurJimjams]

Actually, it's really hard to tell here, but I was watching this last night on DVD. The walls are actually moving closer and closer to them. I had to rewind to double-check I wasn't going nuts, but the walls are definitely moving.

[@TANKTREAD]

AWESOME score composed by the late Wojciech Kilar. The, now out of print, 3 CD expanded edition score released by La La Land Records is AMAZING.

[@DeMonfa13]

I couldn't remember who played Jonathan. Seeing Keanu's performance I'm not surprised why I forgot 😁

[@KristopherLobb-pj6qy]

Someone once commented on this scene pointing out that the letters Harker gives to Dracula disappeared just before he started shaving Harker but if you look closely one of his hands seems to be grabbing onto the side of the robe he was wearing so I think he opened the robe and tucked them into a hidden pocket.

[@yvonnewarner7737]

I loved watching bram Stoker's Dracula starring Gary Oldman on Netflix and I was disappointed to find that Netflix has taken this brilliant film off please Netflix consider putting this great movie back on again everyone loves it 👍👍👍👍👍

[@mdarks4117]

This was one of the scariest Dracula movies I’d seen from young, just from the very creepy look of Dracula.

[@paddyhalligan28]

Loved this movie. Went to see several times in theatre. Count Dracula looking well for his age.

[@paddyhalligan28]

Same

[@M.A.C.01]

“Perhaps you should grow a beard” Keanu: Good Idea

[@timstill152]

Dracula seems so warm compared to him. Like he loves him in a way.

[@Coolygirl031]

"Eeghh!" *mirror breaks* that part always made me laugh lol

[@simretsekhon586]

Keanu's British accent is killing me 😂

[@FelipePanicalli]

Por gentileza, o sotaque de Gary Oldman está diferente também? Parece que ele tenta fazer um sotaque diferente de um nativo da língua inglesa. Afinal, Dracula era romeno. Sou do Brazil e comecei a aprender o Inglês.

[@patriciaherborn8850]

East end accent?

[@andystegall7407]

Blyew infuhno

[@Crichjo32]

This is such a strange mix of the best and the worst acting on screen at the same time.

[@Serby665]

It's Gary vs Keanu. We shouldn't expect anything less.

[@JoeMacStevens]

😂☠️

[@ApatchiApatchi]

Why 🤔?

[@alextsahalis6984]

I agree...Keanu Reeves is an unbearably bad actor. How was he cast for this role?!

[@devonmerrick1111]

i know Im asking the wrong place but does anyone know of a tool to log back into an instagram account..? I was stupid lost the account password. I would love any tricks you can give me!

[@encikfroggy9067]

John Wick first mission is to stay with Dracula and survive.

[@Crichjo32]

No wonder he became such a badass.

[@skrillahbeats001]

Nothing phased him after this 😂

[@JustAnotherBlader]

When Christopher Lee said the “what sweet music they make” lines, he said it serious and direct and like a declaration. I love how Gary Oldman delivers the lines like he’s having an orgasm lol.

[@rightinthedome9973]

Dracula, and vampires in general are very aggressive allegories for rape and sexual assault

[@moonlitme]

and even more so when he licks the razor....

[@el_artista_fantasma8474]

So... Basically, Dracula is like a shark... All happy 'till they sense blood nearby

[@somerandolad]

Pretty much, yeah.

[@jasminnemcdonald94A]

Like Bruce the shark from "Finding Nemo" Bruce: "Dory? Are you alri- *(smells blood)* Oh! That feels gooooood."

[@BLTKellys]

“Perrrrrhaps you should…. Grrrrrrow a bearrrrrd” 😂😂

[@rbebawi1]

At the minute 2:03 have you noticed the sliding walls in the background? claustrophobic people will be terrified of that scene.

[@faro8594]

One of the best vampire movies ever. Hashtag: Twilightmeh

[@magallanesagustin4952]

Batinson will go "I'm vengeance" all over you.

[@anturanggatantra2154]

Honestly, this is the only movie where I really regret Keanu being in it. However, he learnt from this, becoming who he is now. Had he not taken this role, perhaps he won't be the Keanu we know.

[@blacklightingrdl]

I request elaboration on the Keanu point

[@jc-ty3yy]

why was this a mistake fill me in

[@k80_]

However this same year was private Idaho which he was really good in. So he definitely has the capabilities which just makes me think there was some other factor. I mean they clearly didn’t hire a dialect coach for him or winona but that alone can’t cause this type of performance. Maybe he’s on a level of camp we all just haven’t ascended to yet

[@ranchump]

He is so awful an actor. Nice guy, but terrible. So miscast.

[@natesepnefski]

Coppola did not even want him in it

[@mariaramirezcastro5936]

No matter how many time has passed, it still scares me

[@aleksacerovic6586]

Read a book of Bram Stoker, you will be scared more

[@mariaramirezcastro5936]

@@aleksacerovic6586 actually I did, and I felt that unconfortable feeling in each Word... Amazing

[@wiisalute]

This feels ASMR for some reason

[@daliilars3350]

"The master is creeping behind me. And now he's floating towards me. Oh the mirror just inexplicably broke. How very unexpected. Oh well... Just remain civilized. Being otherwise would be rude of me. Very rude indeed."

[@glenbearh9109]

The shadow thing and then Dracul floating toward him would clinch it for me and I'd find some kinda way out of that dark castle. Scary stuff and well made. I usually do not care for horror flicks but this was well made and melded fiction with fact as well drama of love, loss, death and so on.

[@dansmith6990]

Bro, he's in Transylvania and Dracula wouldn't just let him leave lol

[@BrainDeadNed]

Hes also the only human in that castle and doesnt even know it himself.

[@myway7367]

Neto Cuellar Dracula’s servants in this film are human; they’re just gypsies. One of the companions (probably Jonathan himself) says so, later. Judging by how the flick presents them as subhuman, Dracula likely considers them unfit to feed on.

[@Jakub.K0]

I love Keanu but that accent just takes the intensity away from the scene and completely turns it into comedy "Bloody wolves chasing me through some blue inferno" 🤣🤣

[@andreascarpati9131]

Sounds like a guy buying hotdogs on some California beach

[@RFSpartan]

He's a hell of an actor shut up Karen ​@@andreascarpati9131

[@baiteme]

"Chasing me through some blue infaaeeeryerajhoheno"

[@marino1059]

Dracula's entrance was the creepiest and my favourite part

[@nickk7425]

This guy is the roommate you always DREAD having

[@FieldsOfUppland]

The shaving part is asmr worthy.

[@elvair]

That acting though, hey Keanu? The way he says inferno is exquisite.

[@stevenwilliams2617]

be careful how you cut yourself, it is more dangerous than you think. great scene gary oldman, its intimate in a way and terrifying. good one.

[@LaHabana41]

A Masterpiece in the horror genre

[@frankposada8590]

Olvidaba lo que es sentir miedo a un vampiro... Bendito Gary Olman

[@gzsunny99]

He was smart and brave and finally managed to escape. Otherwise, there is only a dead end that will become Dracula's dinner sooner or later.

[@auss1egme566]

the original Palpatine and Anakin

[@juancarlosvaldes4538]

Are YOU Kidding? You TRUST Dracula with a switchblade to shave you? Be very very glad he saw the reflection of the Holy Cross on the blade or else you would of been chop suey for dinner!

[@fizzy4149]

We read dracula in high school. It may just be a fog of memory, but I vaguely remember my teacher saying that it was actually dracula who picked up Harker to bring him to the castle. With that freaky long reach maybe he was right?

[@razheer100]

Makes sense being that the wolves were hellbent in following the carriage the whole trip and even seemed to be waiting by the castle all night every night, being their master was indeed Dracula.

[@PrzybyszzMatplanety]

That's true. During Harker's whole stay Dracula tries to convince him there are other people in the castle - coachman, majordomo or kitchen servants, but they don't want to be seen. Later Harker saw Dracula preparing meal for him and concludes there are only him, vampire and his three "concubines" in the castle.

[@_Rose__12]

I love this scene

[@meropale]

I saw this when it came out in the theaters. It was a fun ride!

[@Kevin-gf5dh]

I remember watching this movie in the theater

[@sesquashtwo]

That's why they had to deep clean some seats before the next showing....Fra-Breeze wasn't invented yet...

[@heresfrankbetches921]

This must have been awesome

[@darthsidious4274]

Yo that's a vampire dude!

[@AlexanderYamada]

Dracula's Shadow: Wait for me!!!

[@EvilEyeWeddings]

Oldman is insane!

[@glenn7152]

Gary Olman",the Shape shifter" What an actor!

[@LinkMarioSamus]

John Wick and Commissioner Gordon.

[@user-rw2dq3vp9t]

just the wierd noises gary oldman makes are do well done and add so much to the creepiness

[@aushimferraioli6732]

Have to like every scene from this movie.

[@tmarton133]

1:35 I love how he just looks for Mina's address. 😅

[@frankthefrankly8055]

Coppola was a genius for putting the best English actor into the same scene as the very worst 'English' actor

[@mitchbarredo3990]

When he exhales after licking the razor it sounds like a low animalistic growl.

[@damanwithaplan8056]

Keanu isn't Oscar worthy here or anything but he's just fine in this role.

[@Eeyore44]

I have said this on another dracula video, but I just LOVE how completely unfazed Harker is by the obviously supernatural goings on - I mean clearly Dracula has no reflection, the door closes on its own, dracula slides across the floor, and he's just like "huh".

[@SpookGod]

In the book, he notices these oddities, but keeps his mouth shut and plays along because he doesn't want Dracula to become aware that he knows too much. I think they were trying to go for that in the movie at times, but didn't do the best job conveying it.

[@AndiRelax]

What a cozy bedroom. I'm willing to pay to be able to live there

[@equusquaggaquagga536]

Fun fact: The wolves are Dracula's brides in animal form

[@ginoportugal9203]

i didnt know dracula had automatically close doors back in those days technology was far beyond their time in his castle

[@KaitlynBurtonISaGOD]

Gotta be aware of the energy bill in giant mansions

[@purabisaha5928]

It is Transylvania my friend here you can see many things that you can't describe with modern science

[@squamish4244]

I know almost all of the effects were old-school in-camera, but I had no idea that when Keanu is shaving, he's actually looking through a cut-out in the wall at a body double so that when real Keanu turns around, Dracula can still be standing at the door.

[@lofwyr5063]

But there's a cut to him at the door, which ...it's not a seamless transition...

[@squamish4244]

@@lofwyr5063 It couldn't be, of course, as the effects are, after all, old school, even by 1992 standards. They are 1970s and prior, deliberately.

[@ebn646]

Gary's hair is hilarious!

[@brunolapointe66]

"We are in Transylvania... And Transylvania is NOT England." "The very reason I'm here is because you want to move to England." "... point taken."

[@anslogarrick7638]

Perfect role even the shadow following as he walks

[@jasminnemcdonald94A]

You want music, Dracula? Try listening to Wyld Stallions!! They Rock!! *(air guitar solo)*

[@jasminnemcdonald94A]

@Frost that wasn't John Wick. That was Ted Logan from Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure.

[@pepitotoro596]

Hey Bill!

[@JudgementalBudgie]

I mean.. granpa has a point. Wolves do howl beautifully

[@mistermysteryman107]

The scariest thing in this movie is Keanu Reeves English accent.

[@pinocchioandfriends4922]

30 seconds in is Johnny Knoxville as a head stand in. One of his first on screen gigs.

[@andrewcoolington6993]

Shadows moving on their own would be enough for me to say goodnight and wisk...through the front door. 🤷 I would add, allowing Dracula to shave you at night after tasting your blood off a blade. Would be Akin to you bathing yourself in raw meat and then climbing into a den of lions who have not eaten in weeks. Good luck!

[@babysealsareyummy]

1:09 when your mom gives you a mixer beater after making cookie dough.