Dracula (1931) KILL COUNT

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[@willjim582]

Nice to see a killcount of a classic horror film

[@Jomom6984]

Hi

[@laurapreslartherealgoodcla5822]

James A. Janisse, pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease reconsider doing the 31 Minutos La Película kill count next!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It may not be a horror movie, but it's got kills in it, like decapitation and explosions. Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease????????????????????????????????????????????????????

[@tankdempsey6144]

Nice video and how do ya do?

[@laurapreslartherealgoodcla5822]

Oh, and it's made in 2008, just like PontyPool.

[@megabladechronicles962]

Fun Fact: In the novel, Dracula is specifically stated to not have an accent, because he trained himself to lose it so he can move to London and blend in with the crowd.

[@trevthekidd]

So a British accent

[@Reichthoff]

He does have an "accent" in the book: he spoke in a "strangely toned" way.

[@dutchvanderlinde7239]

I don’t remember that. Sounds like something he’d attempt to do. Especially with how he was characterized in the book.

[@dankyjoker]

you made it less fun by being a smarmy know it all.

[@shadowgirl617]

Well, Bela Legosi (forgive the misspelling) never spoke English before taking on the role. So the iconic Dracula accent is all his own.

[@capitalwenisberry2052]

"His taste in humor is more irony" is by far the most clever joke I've heard on the Kill Count

[@axelnilsson5124]

I don’t get it

[@aliceinanderland]

@@axelnilsson5124 iron in blood lmao

[@capitalwenisberry2052]

@@axelnilsson5124 "Humors" is an old-timey term for bodily fluids (like blood), and blood contains trace amounts of iron, thus making it "iron-y"

[@pandariley]

Legit full on whoosh moment for me but indeed very clever

[@JYD2020]

James has been cooking that one up for years

[@scottwantstoleaveearth6418]

While they’re usually not as requested as more recent films, I absolutely love when James covers much older horror movies, and gets a chance to discuss their impact on the genre!

[@Parker_Bond]

Old movies are great

[@zacharystecher3266]

Movies from the 30s are S tier

[@julesrules7297]

Same!

[@gemstar7286]

Yeah they paved the way for genre's ,even if people find them cheesy now .

[@angryboi595]

@@zacharystecher3266 S tier? Nah, B or A tier? Hell yeah

[@snekbetch5674]

Hey James! Regarding the “Dracula turning into a wolf” comment, that actually is a common trait associated with vampires. The “turning into bats” idea was from Stoker himself. In folklore, the lines between “werewolf” and “vampire” as we know them by pop culture actually tend to overlap.

[@dingoonceagain6518]

Turning into a bat came from a Romani iteration of the vampire known as strigoi, or flying creature from the Greek "stryx". It wasn't always bats but they did turn into those or a bat/birdlike monster form

[@zyourzgrandzmaz]

Vampires could become werewolves and bats and other animals and also create zombies. Vampires are extremely old mythology. Across the whole world. Look up vampire lore from Africa or Asia or Europe.

[@firetarrasque4667]

@@zyourzgrandzmaz I'd argue you're putting the cart before the horse. It's not that vampires are incredibly widespread, but that we identify so many different things as vampires.

[@BloodyBay]

And there's silver too. People these days tend to forget that silver was once a metal claimed to be lethal to vampires. Silver's bane against werewolves remains well-known and intact, however. Maybe someone out there figured that vampires already have enough Achilles Heels, so silver got nerfed.

[@BloodyBay]

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[@MoonWielder]

Fun Fact: The iconic line, “Listen to them! Children of the night. What music they make.” was voted number 83 in the top 100 movie quotes of all time.

[@willy6607]

i immediately thought of the motionless in white song

[@Thicclorax1]

Nvr even heard of that line

[@Schock_TV]

@@willy6607 True ^^

[@TwoBitSpecialist]

@@Thicclorax1 It's in the book and in most adaptations in some shape or form.

[@sirk_19thk41]

Just reading it aloud gave simple goosebumps

[@Quinn2win]

We finally found him, folks. The original Kill Count.

[@eeee5gu7]

Yes...

[@AAAAAA-nw1tx]

It's him The Kill Count Show's over, we found him, go home everyone

[@lunacy9825]

@@AAAAAA-nw1tx maybe the real count was the kills we made along the way

[@s.knight2132]

Thought to myself, "If James doesn't open with a cape and his arm mysteriously over his face, what a missed opportunity." Was not disappointed.

[@cheneethompson5756]

The only things missing were fangs

[@DawningofDragons]

I love how Universal Monsters are slowly invading the kill count. The Wolfman has always been my favorite growing up, and I cannot wait until it makes it way onto the count. (If the Dead Meat crew keep with the old movie reviews, maybe we'll get a House on Haunted Hill count, the Vincent Price one.)

[@lunabearsong2043]

I absolutely love House on Haunted Hill with Vincent Price. One of my favorite scenes is the one with the skeleton. And Vincent Price's acting in general. He was one of the greats.

[@AbelDuviant]

I'm definitely looking forward to seeing the Wolfman remake on the kill count too. Underrated ngl

[@brad24981]

you got your wolfman

[@DawningofDragons]

@@brad24981 I was so ecstatic when I saw it in my feed.

[@abdo19code]

Lon Chaney Jr is amazing

[@jongon0848]

It says a lot when a film is nearly a century old and the actor is still considered the definitive version of the character even today. Bela Lugosi is still the definitive Dracula in my book

[@GroovyDavid8]

well yo could argue nosferatu is

[@mikespearman1414]

Like the Wolfman, Universal's Dracula is the version of the character and that creature that EVERYONE who writes vampires (or wws) is reacting against. Whether they're embracing it or rebelling against it, it looms large over all of them. Bela Lugosi is THAT powerful, THAT iconic in the role. Make your vampires sparkly, make then X-Men, make them salt sucking space slugs it doesn't fucking matter, writers. You will always be running to catch up to a pudgy Hungarian in a cape. He was that good.

[@jongon0848]

@@GroovyDavid8 guess u could. But so much of Bela Lugosi's performance set the standard for what vampires are. From his accent, the hair, the suave charisma, it's so iconic. Nosferatu's Max Schreck was menacing looking but not as iconic as Bela's Dracula. That's why so many variations on Dracula stick more to elements Bela Lugosi brought to the table rather than Max Schreck.

[@Sir-Seaniel]

Christopher lee has requested your location

[@jongon0848]

@@Sir-Seaniel he's a close second but I still think Lugosi's performance is just as iconic as it was nearly a century ago

[@NightShadow720]

At the very least James decided to pay more attention to horror films way earlier than the ones we've watch. Those movies from the earlier years deserve to be recognized rather than ignored.

[@TylerPCoyne]

When will the next universal monster movie kill count be? We may never know in the near future

[@arnahunas4048]

Agreed. To go a bit off topic, James Rolfe has covered a lot of more obscure horror movies that deserve more recognition and possibly even a Kill Count.

[@ArmageddonisUnleashe]

@@arnahunas4048 James Rolfe also doesn't rely on his coverage of horror movies to please the algorithm.

[@animeknight8958]

true but maybe he should have waited until Oct to upload it

[@shadowlinkbds]

He did cover Frankenstein and the invisible man before this but I would love to see more killcounts from the old school back and white monster classics.

[@logans.7932]

A rumor I heard: Drac’s castle had so many ridiculous animals (Ex. The unironic armadillos) because the filmmakers thought people would just assume he should have weird exotic shit the average viewer in 1931 might associate with some type of animal-shape shifting monster.

[@Shaderaygun]

The scene where Dracula confronts Van Helsing is always my favorite part of this movie. Shows how two great performances can really carry a moment that's mostly just dialogue.

[@Sunkist38]

"His taste in humor is more irony" got me good. What a clever joke.

[@cheneethompson5756]

Lmao!!

[@etoinedevries7583]

That "Dracula in da house" joke had me dying of laughter, great bit James xD (18:06)

[@zeraothunderstruck3446]

Heilsing: Dracula's is the house! James: In the house! Everybody in the back! Co.: In the house! James (Explodes the mic): IN THE HOUSE!

[@lcg0103]

I can't explain why but the "Stop spooking people swan" makes me hurt from laughter so much!!! Excellent work as always James and the rest of the dead meat team

[@brilicusgaming6922]

@Laura Garman I was visiting my mom and brother when this line was said and I was just dry heaving from laughing so hard.

[@abigailbartlett6636]

The sapphic undertones are interesting because Carmilla which came out 25 years before the Dracula book also carried those undertones

[@abigailbartlett6636]

@@darkpinkgirl6684 I wasn’t saying that what I was saying was that it is interesting that vampire novels of the time both share sapphire and homoerotic undertones. It’s nothing to do with the story itself

[@lordoftheducks332]

Undertones? They literally kissed in the novella lol it’s the text (I’m not criticizing you btw I love Carmilla and I’ve never heard anyone talk about it as anything besides an iconic queer text)

[@abigailbartlett6636]

@@lordoftheducks332 I also love the book. What I’m trying to say is that there is a great amount of similarity between the undertones. Yes there is a kiss but a large amount of the sapphic ideas are never actually said

[@lordoftheducks332]

@@abigailbartlett6636 true, I was mostly being sarcastic which is why I tried to make that clarification, I agree with you 100%, I’ve just seen a lot of people talk about “undertones” and “possible queer interpretations” and then you look at the text and it’s the most homoerotic homoeroticism you’ve ever seen

[@carolusrex5213]

You can find them from an even earlier work, 1819s The Vampyre

[@TellItAnimated]

My favorite Dracula May be Christopher Lee or Mr. Burns haha, but Lugosi is an absolute legend *Edit: The Hays code sounds similar to KZbin’s rules haha

[@TylerPCoyne]

Lugosi set the stage for all the future Draculas!

[@istrasci]

"You're fired!"

[@BennyLlama39]

I'm pretty sure the Hays Code had nothing on Skanky McGee's Censorship Gestapo. At least the Code didn't consider certain words "offensive" when used correctly. Like one starting with "R", describing the inhibition of growth/development or chemical processes. (And people like Skanky. 😈 )

[@spectralknightgaming8364]

@@istrasci "D'oh"

[@thedotgiver2820]

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[@projectalpha22_va]

0:36 Shout out to the editor on this one for grabbing the absolute best Castlevania moment for this clip, that speech has no right to go as hard as it does, and I'm glad to see it even briefly on the Kill Count!

[@TheJesterCW]

The fact that you mentioned Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter got me excited, because I used to love that movie.

[@cristianparedes9173]

Used too?

[@TheJesterCW]

@@cristianparedes9173 haven't seen it in *years*, but I've been trying to find it anywhere online.

[@basementdwellercosplay]

That movie goes way to hard for a film titled Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter

[@unipup3014]

Silver was actually used against both vampires and werewolves in lots of old stories. Silver has a history as a purifying metal.

[@shawnbass-ig2bv]

Yeah and because Jesus was betrayed by Judas for 30 pieces of silver, it kinda has some holy properties to it, which is why silver affects vampires in a lot of different stories

[@dominiquefaught5116]

another fun fact that people might not know about Bela Lugosi and his role of Dracula, was that he was so fused to the character that when he passed away in 1951 it was rumored that he was asked to be berried in the costume he wore for Dracula

[@katymckay9478]

He was:)

[@Man_Person_Best_Hero]

As a romanian i can safely say that this gets an approval from me (also little history fact about Vlad Dracula the Impaler: calling him a Transylvanian Prince is correct as he was born in Transylvania HOWEVER, he ruled Wallachia, which was south of Transylvania. Also his last name is in fact Dracula, as he was part of the Drăculea family/clan, which was known as the Dracula clan to outsiders!)

[@presiyanmihaylov9803]

Well, hello, my northern neighbour!

[@spelunkingmonkey7630]

Thank you for the fun facts!

[@alaouijaafar8266]

I feel proud to know this prior to reading your comment. Your history is truly fascinating

[@cantoffendanyone5786]

I thought his true last name was Țepeș

[@Man_Person_Best_Hero]

@@cantoffendanyone5786 Țepeș is the romanian form of "The Impaler", if that was his actual name then things would be weird

[@ilikebeanies3499]

Dracula's son really said "The ladies called my Dad 'Count Rizzula'" 💀💀

[@5hadow5talker]

James hitting on Chelsea in kill counts will never not get old hehe. Love the costumes James+Zoran! This is also one of the best and most well written kill counts in terms of joke flow. Also, I'm also loving the additional info on "let's get to the kills" more and more

[@cheneethompson5756]

I don't blame him! Chelsea's gorgeous!

[@jackwilliam4436]

2:28 Actually, silver was originally a Vampire weakness, in Bram Stoker's Dracula novel. It's only later that people decided to associate it with Werewolves, just to make it less confusing, while rebalancing those two iconic monsters : Each would have their own abilities and weaknesses. A similar thing happened with Wolf form. Vampires kept a lot of their shapeshifting abilities (most notably, bats and mist), but lost their ability to transform into wolves (which became a pure Werewolf power, only). Vampires also retained many of their weaknesses (such as holy water), but became immune to silver (which harms Werewolves). Vampires are also incredibly strong (Dracula's strength being compared to that of twenty men), but Werewolves became stronger and much bigger. It's just a matter of rebalancing iconic monsters, to make movies more interesting, instead of having everyone say 'Vampires have practically all the powers and Werewolves are just weak men/wolves hybrids. Vampires rule, Werewolves suck - and even when it comes to 'sucking', they remain below Vampires.'

[@nicoleb695]

A fellow fan of OverlySarcasticProductions? 👀

[@christianjudeberbano3134]

@@nicoleb695 just call it osp

[@92bagder]

A thought: vampires are parasites; feeding off the living to survive. Garlic is a common remedy to get rid of parasites and that is why vampires hate garlic.

[@Jvegas2281]

Silver is also the origin of vampires not appearing in mirrors. They used to make mirrors with a thin layer of silver behind glass.

[@ellis7622]

@@Jvegas2281 is that a fact? very interesting.

[@kylescomet6984]

The delivery of “I’ll stop now” is comedy gold. I don’t think your line delivery skills get enough praise!

[@riffraff7942]

Can you leave a time stamp please?

[@Raspberry1111]

@@riffraff7942 Its literally in the first 10 seconds on the video

[@jessiepinkman2082]

Bros meat riding

[@riffraff7942]

I thought it was a quote from Dracula. I’m sorry

[@unknownchoujin1436]

@@jessiepinkman2082 Dead Meat riding, to be exact. He's not doing enough, though because I would have loved to hear James do the Dracula voice through the entire video. However, he might get tired from doing so.

[@Psychoedits-ju9te]

“It’s a straight up invisible ass!” Had me on the ground

[@NekoHibaCosplay]

"His taste in humor is more irony" is by far the most clever joke ever used in the kill count

[@clarkbar]

i like the Gamestop comment right before that

[@jacobskinner3522]

Dare I say this is one of my favorite Kill Counts? The usual care and attention to detail from James and the Dead Meat team is fully on display. Thanks, y’all. Side note: the William Seward reference is maybe my new favorite niche joke on the channel.

[@DeadMeat]

Hell yeah! History!

[@auroraborealis1060]

Mine is when he made a joke about pocket sand from king of the hill. Love that show.

[@vampiregamingyt8754]

Finally, a movie fit for a count! Honestly, I've been super excited for this kill count for years.

[@julesrules7297]

Ha! Nice. 😄

[@Syonval]

The scene where Van Hellsing resists Dracula might be one of my favorite scenes in all of cinema, Really great acting from both of them. You feel like they really could destroy each other.

[@LoneGallifreyian]

Love the coverage of the classic horror films. Definitely hoping to see Phantom Of The Opera at some point

[@rubyrose9258]

Such a flashy outfit, James! I love it!

[@ryukomatoi592]

A true classic! Hellsing is really must watch for horror enthusiasts!

[@tuszkki9357]

@@ryukomatoi592 just make sure not to go on a walk afterwards

[@mysticpenguin8327]

a slashy outfit? if you will.

[@TylerPCoyne]

Haven’t seen this much flash for an outfit since the “tales from the Hood” kill counts!

[@JaydenKieltyPlays]

@@mysticpenguin8327 true

[@MemesToa]

Y’know, having read the Dracula book, I always find it odd yet humorous that every single film adaption manages to shaft John Harker in their own unique way despite him being the one to actually kill Drac (with help from a certain Texan who’s only been in 1 movie and a TV miniseries). Hell, I’d go so far as to argue that Jonathan Harker is the main protagonist of the book, and yet almost every adaptation somehow takes the spotlight from him and puts it on Prof. Van Helsing, who actually gets curbstomped by Drac the one time they fought face to fang in the book.

[@reddove13]

John and Quincy never catch a break with adaptions don't they lol

[@alexvancini2155]

And Mina Harker! She plays such an important role in the novel, but that never translates to the movies for some reason.

[@SeiLa-zf1sf]

Another thing is that in the book Van Helsing never got to have a direct fight with Dracula, while in the adaptations he is the one who usually kills Dracula

[@LeafGirl1988]

I didn't even know about Quincy for many years until I read the book. And what really killed Lucy.

[@MrBlueSkyof1607]

Agreed.

[@MrSalad-om8td]

“Draculas taste in humor is more irony” Not only a great joke but a clever joke only horror buffs will catch on

[@Minimojojoy]

I got it cause I’m a horror buff, but also anemic!😂

[@LuckyBones77]

Dude this isn’t a horror buff thing 😂 Knowing that Dracula is a vampire and that there’s iron in blood isn’t a niche

[@staffelgren4508]

Loved the spongebob reference at 3:52

[@UndertakerNeverDies]

I love seeing a Kill Count on a Universal Monster movie because while the deaths aren’t graphic there still something to appreciate about these films that were early beginnings of the horror genre in cinema. If James can’t do all universal monster movies for a Kill Count I would love for it to be a podcasts episode and have the whole universal monsters movie franchise get highlighted.

[@cruzcamel]

I hope he’s able to generate enough interest/views to cover most of the Universal classics. And the Hammer Films remakes as well for that matter. They’re a massively important part of horror history.

[@fredbearchannel976]

Did he do the original mummy that will sound like a fun kill count the classic 90s one not the 2014 shit film

[@ianmartin279]

I'm sure older films don't get as many views as most of your kill counts, but I'd love to see more. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari could certainly be an interesting one and expose the film to people who otherwise would never give a silent film a chance. Thanks for all the great videos!

[@music_horror]

Not to be rude, but Kill Count recommendations are only accepted by email

[@pizzaparker7480]

​@@music_horror boo 👎

[@curtistumicki1016]

3:38 “Stop spooking people Swann!”

[@deanb5055]

i loved the iconic scene when he says “it’s morbin time”

[@vharkerandco]

You.

[@shawnbass-ig2bv]

And then he morbed all over the place, it certainly is one of the movies of all time

[@awdimmick]

“His taste in humor is more irony” has got to be the greatest line ever on this show. Bravo James and Co.

[@eevv2229]

"Dracula is basically Universal's Iron Man" Wow, I never even thought someone would call Dracula that.

[@TylerPCoyne]

If Dracula is Iron man, than Frankenstein is the hulk!

[@dxm028]

“Why would you say something so controversial yet so brave?”

[@thepubknight6144]

@@TylerPCoyne well Stan Lee based the hulk on Frankenstein's monster

[@damianprock1650]

Ironic since he actually did fight a Marvel hero if you remember *Blade Trinity,* where Dracula was the main villain

[@alexisbidule5555]

@@damianprock1650 In comics, dracula have a long history fighting super héro, he haveve fight x-men, avengers.... (blade was an avengers...)

[@journeysoutloud1990]

OMG. This was the movie I watched with my Grandpa as a kid(he died in 2005 at 76) thank you for releasing this. Made me think of him.

[@danjackson1016]

Crazy how well this film holds up at 90+ years old. Other than the bats theres nothing I would change.

[@ezelfrancisco1349]

Fun fact about the book: Apparently, Dracula is a book version of a found-footage movie. It consists of dairy entries, newspaper clippings, etc. What's scary about the Dracula book isn't the monster itself, but the build-up and suspense. (Source: OSP)

[@dackdack8047]

Noice shout out to OSP

[@unknown_limes]

Thank you for pointing out the storytelling structure, the Dracula novel is what's called an epistolary novel. Reading the book nowadays, the style is extremely effective as we the audience clearly know what's going on, even if it's our first time reading, simply because the character is a pop culture icon. However, I find the horror still lives in how the characters slowly realize the gravity of their situation.

[@Sluggadome_Rotunda_Bernardson]

When I read the first few sentences I thought you meant it was based off of a found footage movie

[@mixalonos667]

yeah I've read the book and it was very creative for the time I really like it

[@arnahunas4048]

OSP represent!

[@sandratanner3379]

This episode perfectly encapsulates why I love this show to death! The variety in topics and movies, the costumes, the humor, the passion dripping from every frame of it, it's all just bloody awesome!

[@jackmusic5994]

Oh I get it ‘bloody’ awesome

[@sandratanner3379]

@@jackmusic5994 not my best joke, but hey, I tried...

[@samuelwaterhouse9343]

I love how once Dracula realizes that Van Helsing and the others know his secret, he pretty much screws with them for the rest of the movie. It’s kinda funny.

[@Randolo10]

Bela absolutely murdered the role, deserves all the praise today for his Dracula. The Ed Wood scene with him in the "chair" is absolutely great to his lore in cinema.

[@iamapancake7946]

This was the first horror movie I ever watched. My mom was a huge fan and showed it to me. Now it’s one of my favorites 🥰

[@halloweenfreak4660]

Same. My father let me watch it as a young kid. I was scared to death, but was hooked.

[@laurajames9379]

I love the way they highlight Dracula’s eyes with a beam of light…. So simple but effective

[@axelnilsson5124]

Almost wish they continued that in his later appearances (since the highlights are supposed to make his eyes white and not like someone using a flashlight on his eyes)

[@laurajames9379]

@@axelnilsson5124 yeah it’s very cool. They did the same with Morticia Addams too haha

[@minemaster1337]

Fun fact: Philip Glass also composed the score for Candyman (1991) and he also made orchestral renditions of David Bowie’s Berlin Trilogy

[@theblueflamingo2352]

10:48 I laughed when you did that

[@theblueflamingo2352]

I'm pretty sure they have another movie now or something and I think it's called Beavis and Butt-Head do the universe

[@tetoterritory]

@@theblueflamingo2352 he’s seen it

[@Dorelaxen]

Nearly a hundred years later and it's still one of the finest movies ever made. The silent sequences add SO much to the overall atmosphere.

[@cha5]

I agree, the alternative added on Philip Glass music score for Dracula really grates.

[@Mister_Cool]

I've heard that the creation of Dracula started the modern-day depiction of vampires and their abilities. There was this video called "Grudge Match Unlimited 14: Vampires vs Werewolves" that mentioned that vampires were a bit more like zombies that would leave the ground to drink from the living at night and go back to the ground before the sun came up.

[@teogonzalez7957]

That’s where the “kill a vampire by staking them” comes from. To literally stake them in the ground so they can’t get up at night.

[@Andy-ld8zk]

I think "Dracula" (1897) was really the book that got the ball rolling, but there were other vampires like that before. "Carmilla" in 1872, "Varney the Vampire" (1847) and "The Vampyre" (1819, it's also the sister story of "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley being made during the same period).

[@bernardolange8739]

I love Kill Counts from older movies. Thanks for doing these, James. I imagine they are not very algorithm-friendly, so I really appreciate the effort you and your time put into making these.

[@DoubleKay31]

If you saw the third “Hotel Transylvania”, you would’ve seen that in the beginning which was a flashback to before Dracula met Martha and had Mavis that in one of the scenes where Van Helsing tried hunting him down, Drac was in a wolf form.

[@tuckerreda1759]

James, Chelsea and Co. this is one of the best Kill Counts you've done. Cheers to many more!

[@MKing2024]

@@Shadow15-f3z he was included in the co. james and chelsea are the ogs

[@youtubecrackhead761]

This was my grandad's favorite movie. when I was six we would watch old horror movies. he would show me old movie posters. He passed on in 2017 I was his only grandkid so he gave me his film collection. Thank you James for covering this movie : )

[@olioli8015]

R.I.P goated gramps

[@gaycatlover3030]

Those Universal Monster movies were my introduction to B&W movies. I started watching them about 10 years ago when I was 12, then I got obsessed with Hitchcock, Kubrick and now I love black & white movies in general.

[@LateMarch]

So excited to see the old Universals featured -- this was great and The Wolf Man will be the same! Also Dracula's Daughter is SUPER UNDERRATED. Like it's a fantastic movie, and no one seems to know about it. Talk about sapphic undertones...

[@thegameplayer125]

imagine how different the horror genre would be if we didn't have bela lugosi's dracula, boris karloff's frankenstein, or lon chaney's phantom of the opera. they definitely helped create the horror genre

[@gemstar7286]

I agree👍🏼💯.

[@emsguybob]

I'm kind of old myself, my grandmother actually saw this at the movies when it first came out. She said once it was the way the Renfield guy acted that scared her. I read the book, and it must have come out when they could do blood transfusions, but did not know about blood types. The doctor says in the book that sometimes transfusions work, and sometimes they kill the patient. There are lots of transfusions in the book, from and to various characters, they all work.

[@emsguybob]

@@Shadow15-f3z It did seem odd.

[@elenachristian9860]

So everybody was O+. Cool

[@emsguybob]

@@elenachristian9860 lol exactly

[@howard2liu]

@@elenachristian9860 Well, if everyone had the same blood type then it wouldn't matter what type they were. But O- is the universal donor type since Rh+ people can take Rh- blood but not vice versa.

[@TidusX16]

Love the classic horror movie monsters! So much fun watching these movies. Also have to say that Chelsey looked like she was channeling her inner Buffy with that stake.

[@scottylovesthings]

I’ve seen James talking about the lower amount of views on this KC, which is a shame, because this is honestly one of my favorites yet. Great job, James and Dead Meat!

[@CarlosHernandez-sp8jk]

GLORIOUS 11:24 XD

[@rockthatsits]

I remember borrowing this from the library a few years back. Bela Lugosi's performance was just phenomenal. Every scene he was in was enchanting in some way. Which reminds me, I've got to check out the other Universal horror movies.

[@scarletblack4887]

I remember as a kid my mom took me to the library to get two movies to watch while the babysitter was home. It was a Cinderella movie (1997) and what we thought was a SpongeBob episode. Apparently there was a mix up and it was this Dracula movie. We were going to return it immediately but I already watched and enjoyed it.

[@circeh9499]

Make sure Creature from the Black Lagoon is on your list too. Great classic monster movie, and it was filmed about 5 minutes from where I used to live!

[@hardlytomhardy7657]

I just wanna go on record and say that doing Kill Counts on these older films is awesome, it’s great to have a “lesson” of sorts of horror history. Much love to James and the team!

[@twilightanimate9893]

4:25 during the business gag, I love how his monocle falls off at 4:28 as he is shocked to hear Dracula’s name.

[@GoreyBits]

This film will forever be ICONIC 🦇

[@thedotgiver2820]

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[@CalifornianCuttlefish]

true

[@cheneethompson5756]

You BAT it'll be!

[@hufflepuffle864]

LOVE THE VIDEO! Some fun facts about Dracula: -Lucy, though turned into a vampire like in the book, isn’t ever brought up again after seeing her undead form, because staking her was too violent. In the Spanish film, she is killed off-screen, but in this one she’s just... there still -In the official graphic novel of this film, released by Universal in a collection that also included The Mummy, Frankenstein, and Creature From the Black Lagoon (entitled Cavalcade of Monsters, if I remember right), Renfield’s death is much more graphic; the “hug” is Dracula literally ripping his beating heart out of his chest (then he tumbled down the stairs) -The script would be repurposed into The Mummy the following year; a timeless monster seeking the fiancée of a helpless protagonist, who’s aided by a wise older professor. The story beats are note for note-and Harker’s actor David Manners and Van Helsing’s actor Edward Van Sloan both play pretty much the same people! -The only other time Lugosi officially played Dracula was in Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein which was almost 2 decades later! Please consider a ranking video when the other major films have been covered (The Mummy; The Wolf Man; Creature From the Black Lagoon) of all the Universal Monsters! It’d be great to hear your thoughts on them compared to one another!

[@CalifornianCuttlefish]

Fun Fact: Bram Stoker is from Dublin and you can still see his house to this day! (also side note: I think it's absolutely amazing that Dracula has exploded so much, people really don't give the Irish enough credit for there contributions)

[@thefuturepresidentofameric5957]

10:43 I think what she is selling is those flowers that people on their coat. In basic, she is selling lapel flowers.

[@jaydenkielty]

13:00 - “Dr. Otto Octavius” haha nice one, James.

[@axelnilsson5124]

Peter, Ned and MJ: *laughs*

[@jaydenkielty]

@@axelnilsson5124 lol

[@NGMonocrom]

10:36 ~ No, she's selling flowers for a gentleman's Button Hole. It's a lapel flower. You insert it through the unfastened button hole just below the left shoulder. A nice little flower accessory for a high-class gentleman's suit. Often picked by, and then sold by poor women to make a few coins. Ironically, the women were often elderly. But I guess even back then, hinting at an elderly woman being done away with was just too horrifying. So they used a younger one instead.

[@tetoterritory]

I love misunderstanding comedy

[@brandonlovelady8659]

Nice Bela Bartók-Bela Lugosi pun at 14:10, lol.

[@27haruhichan]

I read the original Dracula book this year and it has become an instant favorite which made me eager to check up as many theatical versions as possible. Needless to say, I was jumpy when I saw this Kill Count appear and really showing why this version is a classic

[@tylerharris1443]

You killed it in this one James, hilarious script and very informative~*

[@BennyLlama39]

The humor/comedic timing in this one reminds me of Horror Geek or CinemaSins. 😀

[@Emeowy]

Honestly the reveal of Van Helsing was so cool to me i dont know why, really cool character to me, and i love the way James just gives context to everything that might have come up as weird in the movie because sometimes i was confused, and can i say the outfit is great?

[@morgumal]

I realy hope he does kill count on Bram Stoker's Dracula by Francis Ford Kopola.

[@3-Rats-Stacked]

Honestly I would love to see this channel cover psycho, as it's generally considered one of the first impactful slasher/horror movies (at least what from I generally heard and read from other people)

[@Tarnthewarrior]

4:42 it's true, Dracula can turn into a wolf. In fact you could consider him in the original novel as a between between Wolves and Vampires before they diverged again

[@axelnilsson5124]

And seemingly everyone forgot that ability until Adam Sandler in Hotel Transylvania

[@Tarnthewarrior]

@@axelnilsson5124 and even then people don't seem to make the connection because...well...it's fricken Hotel Transylvania

[@genericname2747]

He can also turn into mist

[@Tarnthewarrior]

@@genericname2747 thats kinda interesting, the only character of monster history I know who can do that is the Captain from Hellsing ultimate.

[@cosmicdoggo9296]

Both vampires and werewolfs are originaly one and the same the wich or black magician

[@emiranda2491]

It really feels wonderful to see James doing Kill Counts in the Golden Age of Monster Movies from Universal. Bela Lugosi remains legendary and became what we all envisioned Dracula to be in many, many cultures when it comes to media. Lugosi is my favorite next to another Legendary actor from the Hammer Dracula movies -- Christopher Lee.

[@pocketmarcy6990]

Christopher Lee was just a legend in every role he was in

[@yez2293]

@@pocketmarcy6990count dooku

[@piplup2009]

@@yez2293 Christopher Lee: "I'm sick of hearing about Dracula" George Lucas: " we want you to be a villain in star wars, you'll be a count and wear a cape but not Dracula"

[@LadyDreamfyre]

The puns and jokes are so good! Also this movie was so terrifying, although not as much as Nosferatu (1922)

[@madxico]

Excellent work as always James! Not only great laughs as always, but a lesson in horror movie history.

[@teogonzalez7957]

Fun fact: the bee at 5:18 is supposed to be a giant bee in a human sized coffin, but the special effects don’t really sell it well so it looks like a bee with a custom made tiny coffin.

[@TheNightmareRider]

This is one of my all time favourite films! I love the atmosphere and how much of it defined the early pop-culture images of Vampires. Heck, I'd even describe Bella Lugosi's performance here as subtle (in the context of the film). Of course he's chewing the scenery as much as any villain, but if you look at him during the theatre scene, his outfit and mannerisms aren't all that different from anyone else. For the time, when vampire mythos wasn't as well known as it was today, Dracula would just be some eccentric foreign count, with no reason to suspect he's an unearthly creature of the night. This makes Van Helsing's detective work even better in hindsight. You could say that it was Van Helsing, not Dracula, who codified the Vampire tropes since it's him who shows all the red flags for those in the know. Van Helsing made sure that people knew what signs to look for in a Vampire, bringing traditional folklore to the big screen. So while the effects are indeed extremely primitive, I feel it adds to the charm, especially when you look at it through the lens of early cinema. As James mentioned, both effects work and direction were coming in leaps and bounds, as Frankenstein proved. You could say the universal horror monster movies are what pushed for cinema to define itself as distinct from theatre! So for all its flaws, this movie fascinates me, and still has some amazing comic relief even after 85+ years!

[@mesozoicisland22]

Love you taking a look at old/original horror! Would love to see more!

[@Minimojojoy]

I highly recommend everyone to put the subtitles on, if you haven’t, you’ve been missing out! Hats off to the cc!!👌

[@CameronFulbright]

4:42 As you mentioned, it is based from the original book, which does mention that Dracula not only can turn into a wolf, but also calls the nearby wolves "The children of the night".

[@alexisbidule5555]

In the book dracula can also turn into mist.

[@fighthubcentral]

Nothing beats a Friday afternoon Kill Count! James is such an amazing presenter it's actually crazy. ♥️

[@olioli8015]

I get a Friday morning kill count

[@Avabug61207]

Me too

[@GorillaFan_32]

For me it’s a morning!

[@zacharyrosemann]

@@olioli8015 more like Friday mourning, ha ha ha

[@olioli8015]

@@zacharyrosemann lol

[@leachy_]

I have just started watching the newer kill counts and I’ve forgotten how much I love them. Also the “don’t get cross with me” joke is the most big brain thing ever. So funny.

[@davidharvey6250]

The classics are definitely worth a view. Sometimes it is nice to see how things started and how far they have come since.

[@iamluhy1930]

Petition for James to make a playlist for all universal monster movie killcounts. (I mean the really known ones) We are missing some like: Creature from black lagoon, Wolfman, Phantom of thre Opera. It could be a fun time!

[@jimmybrown4205]

The email address for requests is in the pinned comment.

[@zaksharman]

Wolf man is being done in September

[@moritzstrohriegel8724]

apparently there was a silent version of this movie (for the theaters without the fitting technique) and i heard that they had a shot where you can see the death of dracula more explicitly.

[@coreyrider8056]

Hey Dead Meat, you should definitely check out Netflix's Dracula from the creators of Sherlock. It admittedly falters quite a bit in its third and final episode, but it's a an extremely fun re-imagining that not only pays homage to classic Drac films like this one, House of Dracula, etc, it also homages films like The Thing, mixing Gothic horror with body horror. But most of of all Claus Bang (The Northman) is incredible as Dracula, who plays him like a classy, extroverted Freddy Krueger. While not perfect (and questionable female characters in Ep. 3), it's still underappreciated (albeit still fairly recent) and deserves more attention. Love the new set btw! It looks incredible!

[@ethanchambers02]

there’s something so gorgeous about scoring such an old movie with the newer, more contemporary/minimalist compositions of Glass! I’ll have to watch that version

[@shinyninja8107]

See, these are the types of vampires that I love. Not those “tortured, woe is me” or sexy teen vampires. I love those vampires who are creepy, ominous and evil and have a good time while being such.

[@soildarr598]

I absolutely love James’ outfit in this video. It brings so much more to the Kill Count, than if he was wearing regular clothes. 10000/10 would recommend. 😄

[@jamesdevoto7266]

I can't believe more people aren't watching this. Dracula is one of the cornerstones of the horror movie genre. Today it might seem slightly campy, but that's only because of Lugosi's performance has become part of the "language" of horror. And James does a fantastic job of dissecting the movie and adding in great pieces of info (I knew that they simultaneously filmed a Spanish language version but I didn't know that that version had better production values) as well as interesting observations about the characters' motivations. You also have to transport yourself back in time 90 years, as a theater-goer for whom movies with sound is still a novelty. In the darkened theater, watching (and hearing Renfield losing his sanity. That must have been terrifying. This may not be Chelsea's cup of tea, but I'd sure watch any podcast she'd be willing to do on this movie, or even this mini-genre (Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy etc.). I think that would be awesome. So watch this Kill Count---you won't be disappointed.