Dracula (1931) | Dracula vs Van Helsing

[@Animeguy300]

Classic scene never gets old

[@JJONNYREPP]

Dracula (1931) | Dracula vs Van Helsing 2102pm 24.10.23 classic film... as was nosferatu. as are the hammer horror films. never forget the fine collection of universal pictures which centred round horror and began with dracula and ended with the creature from the black lagoon.... p.s mr landau's portrayal of a pissed off and heavily junkiefied lugosi sticks with me - as a very amusing portrayal...

[@neuvocastezero1838]

Neither does Dracula.

[@--M--1111]

For a man who have not lived a single lifetime, you are a wise man Mr. Van Helsing

[@armandleger2457]

Just "Van Helsing" no Mr

[@ricktaylor3748]

@@armandleger2457 👍

[@billpryor8764]

That quote was not in the Brahm Stoker novel. Written by the screenplay writers. Dracula and Van Helsing never have a conversation in the novel. I thought this version of Van Helsing was the closest to the novels . Great acting ! Great tension! Great scene!

[@oliverbrownlow5615]

​@@billpryor8764 I believe this line (and the whole scene) is from the 1927 John L Balderston-Hamilton Deane stage play version of DRACULA, which opened on Broadway in 1927 starring Bela Lugosi and Edward Van Sloan in these same roles.

[@Pravuss]

​@billpryor8764 As I reread Dracula it was easy to picture Anthony Hopkins whenever Van Helsing was present.

[@BrianWalters-ei7sd]

4:48 I love the little smirk Van Helsing does when Dracula looks at him. He's like, "Yeah, I got you, you little sneak. I know what you are, and I'm going to stop you."

[@specialk9424]

And then Dracula's line to him "you're a wise man, Van Helsing", and the glare Dracula has, reciprocates. That whole exchange was both of them telling the other, "Alright, motherfucker. You wanna play, let's play. Both know who and what the other is, and both know that it will come down to only one of them.

[@bhbluebird]

Bela Lugosi's acting with that smiling face and those piercing eyes with glints of inhumanity. This must have been fun film to watch in that era. In just a few more years, this movie will be celebrating 100 years.

[@kissmate54]

Lugosi Béla IS Dracula! He is what David Suchet to Poirot and Jeremy Brett to Sherlock Holmes, etc... He is one if not the biggest filmstar of my country and I'm proud of him.

[@matthewstrong1114]

Love your comment! You couldn’t be more right!

[@Angie2343]

I'm sure if he were still alive, if you told him this he'd be appreciative.

[@Psyfi85]

Was always partial to Rathbone myself.

[@jackmyers8687]

You make a valuable point, though I adore Christopher Lee

[@Dominion-1]

I see your Jeremy Brett and I raise you with "Basil Rathbone". I also.have a write-in vote for, "There's only one, X" Mr. shaken but not stirred *Sean Connery to James Bond.* 😎

[@anthonycrnkovich5241]

For my money, the 1931 DRACULA is the best overall cinematic adaptation of the Stoker novel. I know it has its detractors, but none of their nitpicking overshadows the merits on display. From Bela Lugosi's iconic portrayal to the potent, eerie atmosphere. I love this movie exactly as it is -- gothic, creepy and dreamlike. No other version that followed ever captured those qualities to my satisfaction more than this black & white classic directed by the great Tod Browning.😊

[@specialk9424]

The best adaptation of the novel was the one from 1992, with Gary Oldman as Dracula. 1931 was more of a movie version of the Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston play. But it's still a hell of a movie, with top notch performances by Bela Lugosi, Dwight Frye, and Edward Van Sloan. There's a reason it's still talked about and watched and celebrated 93 years later.

[@davidw.2791]

@@specialk9424seconded

[@jetuber]

@@specialk9424 The 1992 film is excellent but flawed. It's at its best when it adheres to the source material but falters when it strays, especially in interjecting the Dark-Shadows-like love affair between Dracula and Mina (not present as such in the movel) and, worse, the pity-for-Dracula and "We've all become God's madmen" revisionism at the end. Those elements belong in different vampire works. They are not a part of the Stoker novel, which is interesting precisely because it does not go down that route.

[@eileenlucynakurosawa7421]

Yeah, that's why it's a classic 😊😊❤❤

[@davidpavlich8939]

"Listen to them, children of the night. What music they make.". Or, "I do not drink.....wine.". 'Dracula' was the first horror movie that I saw as a kid. Scared the bejesus out of me!

[@DannyEastVillage]

fantastic scene, beautifully put together. Lugosi is truly hypnotic.

[@alphagt62]

It really was! I’m not sure if I were Van Helsink I’d have given away his discovery? But it works out for him in the movie. Dracula could have killed him the minute he went to sleep! But he was too preoccupied with the two young women in the house.

[@drkaufman]

What amazing acting and filmmaking. I was watching this casually just to hear Lugosi’s accent. But when he smacked that mirror, I nearly jumped out of my seat!

[@BeachsideHank]

No CGI, just clever camera work to make Dracula invisible in the mirror- they did so much with so little and did it so well back in the day when one had to be innovative, and then there were the actors...

[@danny_decheeto8300]

how did they do it? just not have him in the shot?

[@BeachsideHank]

@@danny_decheeto8300 It can be as simple as that, yes. Harold Lloyd was particularly adapt at using mirrors facilitate some of his memorable stunts like hanging from a watchtower clock, still looks impressive 100 years later.

[@davidw.2791]

@@danny_decheeto8300Sometimes the mirror is just a glass and “inside” / behind the glass is another whole room.

[@WillCrump-e5x]

No red irises, no elongated, pointy canines, and no blood but the movie was still spooky and had a spooky atmosphere as a whole. This is what great cinematography is about.

[@zootopiawilson]

I love the fact that neither Van Helsing or the other guy shouts "WTF?!" when the notice Drac has no reflection.

[@jaimeparedes9188]

What an awesome scene! Thanks for posting!

[@vector8310]

What an entrance Lugosi makes. Classic!

[@charlesm7589]

Lugosi's finest acting in this scene was how he transformed from a gentleman into a beast at the sight of the mirror. Then without a word, using only posture and facial expression, simmered down into the gentleman again.

[@Nigelsmom2136]

The best line in this movie: "I never drink...wine." I adore this movie. Bela Lugosi was epic. Even Sesame Street's The Count was patterned after him.

[@DarrylRajamae-tx3fk]

The acting is fantastic

[@miguelcornejo761]

Gran clásico y remasterizado se ve espectacular....

[@sma1155]

Never gets old

[@JJONNYREPP]

Dracula (1931) | Dracula vs Van Helsing 2106pm 24.10.23 neither did his nibs herbert lom - seemingly eternal... starring in this film and others such as dead zone, pink panther etc etc...

[@tomm7505]

Such a classic scene. Edward Van Sloan's Van Helsing is the absolute best!

[@DateMike22]

Can't believe the OG Dracula is from 1931. My late father was born in 1934. That's how old it is 😮.

[@ChrisConnolly-Mr.C-Dives-In]

My dad was born in 36 and in recent years, I have wondered how kids of that era 1st came to know of Dracula. Maybe when the studio reissued the movies.

[@xfate_defyerx]

The original book is from 1890s I think or at least close to that

[@oskarm646]

Even my grandparents weren't born in 1931 yet. I'm 19 and they are in their 70s. It messes with my perception of time

[@Woozler554]

@@ChrisConnolly-Mr.C-Dives-In Are you kidding? I was born in the 50s, and EVERYONE knew about this movie when I was a kid. Like Frankenstein, The Bride of Frankenstein, and The Invisible Man, it's a super classic.

[@ChrisConnolly-Mr.C-Dives-In]

@@Woozler554 clarifier: Since my dad was not yet born in 31, I think the theatrical re- release of the movies at the movie house would have been the way that he, as a little kid, learned of Dracula and Frank. He as a grade school kid would have learned of the Wolfman 1st hand.

[@paulakaye2108]

I still swear it was this exact scene that gave inspiration to the writer of “The Usual Suspects”. “The greatest trick the Devil did was to convince people he wasn’t real.”

[@Vox-Multis]

I believe that particular quote comes from Mark Twain.

[@paulakaye2108]

@@Vox-Multis It wouldn’t surprise me. Sam Clemens was a fascinating man.

[@TheDoctor1225]

@@Vox-Multis It comes from the same time period, but not from Mark Twain. There are examples of that thought (if not that exact wording) as far back as 1836 and earlier in different theological writings.

[@WillCrump-e5x]

The strength of the vampire is that people will NOT believe in him.

[@TheTdw2000]

​@@paulakaye2108it would surprise me. Mark Twain wasn't the type of guy to believe in the devil, nor would he be concerned about people not believing in him.

[@yavermalidrama]

When the original of many years ago looks better than the new horrors that are packed every day.

[@tricia5792]

Oh my bats & broomsticks, that Voice! Bela Lugosi is THE Dracula, beyond compare !

[@InFamousProductions]

the quality of the print is amazing. I'll have to rewatch this. I saw it when I was a kid.

[@ashleybrooke2087]

I was just about to comment about how crisp & clean & well restored this looks

[@TheImperialChannel]

*This is October 2024. In less than 7 years, this movie would be 100 years old. History speaks.*

[@RomulanStar]

Wonderful movie. Truely one of the greatest pictures ever made.

[@X23SSaviourGundam]

Crazy that the accent Dracula is perpetually associated with is due to Legosisl's natural accent.

[@0ne0nlyLarry]

It honestly fits regardless. Makes Dracula definitely more otherworldly

[@Nathan93Baker]

Also his aesthetic features.

[@TheJTMcDaniel]

But the generic Dracula accent is clearly exaggerated, particularly when compared to Lugosi's accent a few years later, after he became fluent in English. He hardly spoke English at all when he did Dracula on Broadway, and wasn't really comfortable even when he did the movie, so he was still doing his lines more phonetically than with full understanding.

[@Angie2343]

Even Eliza from the Tekken franchise has this accent.

[@specialk9424]

@@TheJTMcDaniel Untrue. At the time of filming, Lugosi spoke English as fluently as he ever would. He used the accent in the film, to make Dracula more otherworldly, as his was not an accent many moviegoers had heard before. But you are correct in that all the impersonators exaggerate the accent, and sound stupid. Nowhere in the movie does Dracula ever make a V sound, in place of a W.

[@timboslice1979]

The remastered film looks awesome!

[@srirambs967]

Quoting a friend "Yeah The hugh Jackman movie is Badass But can we talk about the 1931 og novel version where Van Helsing is just a Normal Human Being standing up against the King of Vampires"

[@xfate_defyerx]

Also Bram Stoker's Dracula with Gary Oldman, Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder and Anthony Hopkins is a masterpiece as well following the same novel

[@theunknowncommenter725]

Well the original Van Helsing always was an ordinary doctor that was knowledgeable about vampires. He was not originally a vampire hunter from the get-go, but his name has pretty much forever been associated with vampire hunting ever since then. My favorite version of the OG Abraham Van Helsing is Anthony Hopkins. I like to headcanon that Abraham Van Helsing was a mentor and Father figure to Gabriel (Hugh Jackman) years before the events of the Van Helsing movie.

[@kathitownsend3857]

Wolverine's Van Helsing got bad rap. I love it. This Dracula is my favourite.

[@kathitownsend3857]

​@@xfate_defyerxthat film was so moving. Needs to be shown more often.

[@swengeer]

Bela gave another excellent performance in Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein!

[@Logans3Run]

Bela's voice and appearance, is the inspiration for the 'Count', in Sesame St...

[@emuna9823]

I love it. Like this with no music

[@fenlandhobbit2307]

I can honestly say it's nice not to have a barrage of music contantly drowning everything out.

[@bertroost1675]

I'd give you a thousand thumbs up for that comment. This film has a nice quite feel to it. I love it.

[@fenlandhobbit2307]

@alanrogs3990 Thank you , I find too much music spoils the film. A lot of modern films are awful with the constant hyped up soundtracks Dont get me started on CGI lol 😉.

[@bertroost1675]

@@fenlandhobbit2307 I agree my friend!

[@specialk9424]

I tried watching the DVD version with the Phillip Glass soundtrack added in. Got about a quarter of the way in, and was like "Nah, fuck this shit". Never went back. It just doesn't work, with music.

[@sammywestenberger9303]

Dracula 🧛‍♂️: You’re Mine!

[@alaouaahmed1800]

Great movie, I loved it

[@mikes.7654]

Some have come close but no other Dracula tops this one. Bela Lugosi's Dracula is so parodied because of what a legendary performance and character this is but you forget just how great this is until you watch it. Watch this and learn, young filmmakers.

[@travelinben1966]

The "only" Dracula.R.I.P. Bela.🎬👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@WillCrump-e5x]

Christopher Lee was a great Dracula, but the further the producers strayed from Stoker's original, the more disenchanted he became with the role. A sucky script is why Dracula never uttered a word in "Dracula: Prince of Darkness". He still gave a chilling performance.

[@travelinben1966]

@@WillCrump-e5x Agreed.R.I.P. Sir Christopher,and Bela.

[@jamesclarkmaxwell-v2n]

2:45 dracula moment

[@robertsmith-dr5tm]

This movie doesn’t much follow the plot of the book buts a guaranteed creep you out classic Bela Lugosi was a master here

[@WillCrump-e5x]

I know. Renfield didn't go to Castle Dracula. Johnathan Harker went.

[@neko-love60]

​@@WillCrump-e5x Didn't he? At least before the story starts that made Renfield out of his mind and was replaced by John.

[@KillThad]

​@@WillCrump-e5x I feel like Renfield going to Castle Dracula and coming back under Dracula's spell works better for a film narrative.

[@sitcorocket]

Brilliant film...just make the time to watch it

[@Falconlibrary]

Bela Lugosi was 6'1", so he cut an imposing figure, especially in the early 1930s.

[@nelifl.9756]

Bela Lugosi 😍

[@l4x2]

Amazing film ❤

[@charlesbishop4000]

I love Van Helsing.

[@katjamuusers5263]

I love it ❤

[@seane.9937]

Van Helsing is a great actor ( whomever is the actor) did a really fantastic job

[@DroodFilms]

incredible tension in this scene. like two old friends who secretly hate each other.

[@fliegeroh]

"The strength of the Vampire is that people will not believe in him." Goes double for Satan.

[@SamuelBlack84]

Satan is just a scapegoat to blame all of humanity's evil on An excuse for what's already in the heart of every human Not to mention being a convenient boogeyman by the church to scare people into obedience

[@johnhorne3052]

​@@SamuelBlack84 Now that's edgy and profane (if it were still the 1950s).

[@khrystree9233]

Absolute genius 💜

[@ratfinkie62]

I’ve played Van Helsing. Lots of exposition in the Balderston play.

[@harryraymonddias4290]

any youtube videos showing your performance, I would like to see it!

[@ratfinkie62]

No. It was long ago.

[@МаксимЛяшко-и3ъ]

Is it true that in Balderston’s version Dracula came to England on a plane?

[@Gat720Dua]

Usually Van Helsing is depicted like a monster slaying badass but here he's just a simple old man that knows more than what he let on. He's kinda like the Doctor from Doctor Who using his own knowledge than any weapon or martial prowess.

[@willlyon7129]

You’re a wise man, Van Helsing.

[@LibertyWarrior68]

Never trust anyone with no reflection.

[@BlackPantherStudios]

Universal pictures is the greatest. Great video 📹

[@guysabol8743]

Bela Lugosi was the best character to do Nosferatu. He shows why the locals were acceptable to his mind control with his hand gesture. Dracula is a gothic horror novel by Bram Stoker, published on 26 May 1897. And BEla show it off expertly. And The character of Van Helsing is also superb.

[@SamuelBlack84]

The very first "talkie" horror film

[@KeithRowley418]

This is fantastic!!!

[@rocistone6570]

In the history of Motion Pictures, few scenes are considered so near perfect that they constitute an entire plot on their own. This is one such instance. Consider that it is the early days. 1930, Sound had come in only a few years before, and most actors were still veterans of the stage rather than the screen. What you are seeing is a quality stage performance, preserved on film. The following scenes improve even more on what will become a fine craft, as much as good entertainment. Because of this, these scenes are as ageless as their performers and can be watched over and over again, for the enjoyment of their near perfection in all aspects of a brand-new art form born out of an old one.

[@tonyben-no7il]

amazing movie

[@TEXASUSA45]

Everyone should watch these classic monster movies.

[@eddieruiz6826]

My nigga van Helsing wasn't playing with Dracula and wanted all the smoke 😂😂😂

[@yer_boi_biggie9666]

Drac was lucky ol van had others in the room and without a stake after he smacked that mirror out of his hands

[@eddieruiz6826]

​@@yer_boi_biggie9666LMAO 😂 I just realized that.

[@KeithCarter-rb9dm]

Hey my G he definitely did

[@robbarbieri8676]

​@yer_boi_biggie9666If it is night time, as it appears to be, the three men wouldn't stand a chance against him as he is super human after dark. That is what is stated in the novel. In the daylight, any of them could defeat him. This film goes with the trope that he couldn't be exposed to sunlight, an invention of the original Nosferatu to disguise the fact they were making an unauthorized version of Dracula. Glad to see they got that right in the Gary Oldman film.

[@philiplombardo4332]

I've got Abbot and Costello meet Frankenstein, and if anyone is familiar with the movie knows that Bela Lugosi is in the movie as Dracula.

[@007ndc]

Incredible enough those are the only two movies that Lugosi appeared as Dracula

[@bondson0094]

classic

[@Kjdjrh]

Timeless clip.

[@tomtransport]

I never understood why Van Helsing did not ask/tell Jonathan Harker to look at the mirror when he had the chance. I' know I would have said, WTF look at this!!

[@WillCrump-e5x]

Because he didn't want to draw any attention at first.

[@marklinlionel7163]

Bela,aka Dracula is always a winner in my book.

[@skyrim7750]

Lo sguardo di Dracula quando capisce di essere stato scoperto è un qualcosa di straordinario...

[@crow1994-bl]

Bela Lugosi is.......magnificent!

[@danbarlette3997]

Now this is a Dracula movie.. Not the newer ones of the 2000's they Stink!

[@leonedethebes]

Grande Lugosi

[@archangelmusic13]

the 1930's was the best decade for movies, bar none! you can't compete with the talent level of actors from that decade.

[@DigiAkuma]

This is indeed quite the classic. On a side note, I can't help but also think Mel Brook's "Dracula Dead and Loving It" movie and the exchanges between Dracula & Van Helsing.there. FUSHTA!

[@Predator1977-5v]

Bela Lugoshi ❤❤❤

[@deborahmorreale9488]

Bela Lugosi was and always will be the best portrayer of Dracula. His eyes were penetrating.

[@WillCrump-e5x]

Yes! Lugosi knew how to stare in such a way it burned a hole right through you! Imagine having a teacher who was a cross between Margaret Hamilton's Wicked Witch of the West and Bela Lugosi's Dracula. Imagine the Wicked Witch with Lugosi's stare!!!

[@tiffsaver]

He was wise for someone who had only lived one lifetime.

[@woody2875]

classic!

[@Armafly]

When special effects were “hand made”. Fantastic!

[@KeithCarter-rb9dm]

I still got this on DVD

[@BenHeckHacks]

"Pull da string-guh!"

[@mrmashleolive]

Cowabunga! Blast from the Past! 🐢🍕👍

[@Aldo-d6z]

The Count is badass

[@edwardhannah8507]

5:23 Those trousers scare me more than Dracula.

[@maestroclassico5801]

A really good screenplay with good actors.... apparently doesn't require a musical score.

[@rsstot70]

What fascinates me is the timing of the film. Prince Vlad the Impaler (a.k.a. Dracula) lived in Transylvania (part of Romania) from 1431 to 1476 and impaled many of his enemies on poles (as depicted in Francis Ford Coppola’s 1993 version with Gary Oldman). The legendary Lugosi film was made 500 years after the birth of the Romanian prince.

[@garryferrington811]

Who can ever forget Bela Lugosi in "The Devil Bat?"

[@oliverbrownlow5615]

It's one of Bela's best films.

[@EmperorCaligula_EC]

I don't know why. But I always felt more on the side of Dracula. He is cursed to be alone, not to partake in companionship, cursed to live from devouring others. An outcast without any freemdom to chose anything else than this way.

[@TheDoctor1225]

It may be from being inundated with the "They're not evil - they're just misunderstood"/romatic/tragic vampires that have been pushed forward since the 90's, starting with "Bram Stoker's Dracula." Vampires in legend and story were nothing even like the one in Bram Stoker's original story; they were horrible blights on the people they terrorized, bringing death and disease wherever they went and needing to be hunted down and destroyed. In the original novel, Dracula wanted to make Mina Harker a vampire as revenge against those who hunted him - not out of any feelings of love or caring, and he callously murdered a woman at his castle by having her devoured by wolves after he stole her child. I can honestly say I never felt any compassion or sympathy for Dracula in any story or form, any more than I would any murderous fiend who preyed upon the weak for their own ends.

[@genernator]

Yeah. Sucks.

[@robertmcpherson1617]

Remember, he brought the curse upon himself. Dracula in the book, still, in this movie and in the Hammer films with Christopher Lee, was evil! He was unquestionably the bad guy.

[@dyladino]

This shits 100 years old just upload the whole thing

[@WillCrump-e5x]

Can't. copyright Nazis of Google.

[@oliverbrownlow5615]

DRACULA (1931) will fall into public domain three years from now (in 2027).

[@davidrose7456]

Just an idea. With the 100th anniversary of Dracula coming up and Dracula being what started the Universal Monsters legacy. Why not over the next few years, and slowly begin writing what will become the dark universe. Start with Dracula, close to the Bram Strokers version, or maybe the hammer versions. Don't try to modernize them. Don't try to cram as many easter eggs from other movies in them. Then, move on to Frankenstein, and then each movie as they were originally released. I think the dark universe would actually work that way. Don't try to do the Marvel universe and connect them all. I don't think that would work.

[@Angie2343]

Dark Universe is coming to Florida.

[@zombiboy2004]

Bela lugoshi best classic vampire of all time and who all heard bela lugoshi haunted mirror from zak baggans museum

[@sadenbrick]

Much better than Dracula from 1992.

[@rhondamadgirl]

I have always found Bela Lugosi to be very attractive.

[@QualeQualeson]

For all the outdated goofiness, it was actually quite captivating.

[@DannyEastVillage]

its's actually pretty cool. people 50 years ago only made fun of it, but today it's a different ballgame.

[@QualeQualeson]

@@DannyEastVillage It's interesting. In the early days of cinema and even TV, they did theatre on screen. In fact, in some more smaller, insular societies let's say, far away from the cradle of the entertainment industry, they didn't really manage to shed this tradition until the 80'ies/90'ies, and even then it still took at least another decade before things like on screen dialogue lost the theatrical vernacular/mannerisms. I'm old enough that even today, whenever I see smaller productions that manages to nail that "organic" feel, I'm impressed. Because all through my formative years, theatrics was pretty much all I got.

[@DannyEastVillage]

@@QualeQualeson yeah it did take time for the cinema and television to become art forms of their own rather than filmed plays. this Dracula film has some skillful camera work and editing that makes smart use of the new medium’s potential. I also used to think that the film’s use of score of Swan Lake was hokey and sentimental. I don’t feel that way anymore.

[@scottkronenberg]

‘Karloff? Sidekick??’ 😮

[@JDB1184]

Van Helsing has some thick glasses ! 😮😅

[@AlfredBernasek-nf4yo]

GRANDIOS 🎉

[@tubenachos]

Wow look at the film technology long before WWII started 👀

[@secret-fb2ku]

J aime bien ❤

[@VolumedMusicMan]

I like Edward Van Sloan as Van Helsing, also a close second Peter Cushing.

[@ALANLACORTEBRITO]

EXCELLENT ACTORS AND EXCELLENT ACTRESSES ON A MOVIE FROM UNIVERSAL PICTURES , AFFILIATE FROM WARNER BROS

[@saturdaystories]

Nice work

[@RionE23]

Mirrors used to be made with silver, a pure metal that is why vampires did not cast a reflection, and found silver offensive to their sight.

[@markfriedmann1670]

Wow was Dracula charming and appropriate with his words. Quite the lady killer. Literally and figuratively. Wish I had him to play Cyrano when I'm attempting to woo.

[@oliverbrownlow5615]

Funny you should say that, because Cyrano de Bergerac was a role that Bela Lugosi reportedly longed to play.

[@jartober]

Thank you to Arthur Dark for getting Helen Chandler's ashes interred at Hollywood Forever!