This is such an iconic moment. No colour yet the atmosphere is absolutely perfect. Dracula's chilling presence still gives me goose bumps and the way Bela Lagosi captures the character of pure evil mixed with a hint of seduction and grace is just perfect. I've loved Dracula all my life and this movie hits all the right spots.
@superjetze Жыл бұрын
Those bats though...
@amaroszapatacolina5226 Жыл бұрын
"No color yet the atmosphere is absolutely perfect... Bela Lagosi! 🥰🥰🤗
@genericwhitekidthesecond4330 Жыл бұрын
Something that I think is worth pointing out is that by 1931 sound movies were still a relatively new thing being that the first sound film was in 1927 and even that the moments with sound in that movie were very brief. This is why it might seem jarring to watch today because outside of the main theme of the movie and when people were talking there was no effort made towards creating a soundscape or any sort of film score/soundtrack. This silence though just really works in these movies and doesn't come off as awkward.
@jackbrigoli7452 Жыл бұрын
@genericwhitekidthesecond4330 That's very true. I just love the way the silence works, and even the lack of music has a profound and creepy effect.
@sablebranwen2539 Жыл бұрын
Imagine giving a performance so iconic that people still imitate it nearly 100 years later. Truly, Bela Lugosi is as immortal as Dracula himself!
Bela's Dracula is the perfect mix of classy, charming, seductive, commanding, creepy and mysterious, I just adore him! Not to mention that iconic voice. Such a great performance, and the definitive take on the Count!!
@Wierdo_g Жыл бұрын
And gay
@eq137311 ай бұрын
Gay?
@gabrielelatorre227 ай бұрын
@@Wierdo_ggay ?🧐
@drewski15355 ай бұрын
No one can do better than Bela Lugosi they don't have talent like this anymore
@johnkamadeva47474 ай бұрын
@@Wierdo_g you’re talking about yourself son 😆
@fgraziani Жыл бұрын
I showed Dracula to an elementary English language class at a junior college in Japan and the students were absolutely captivated by it.
@MrEjidorie Жыл бұрын
I`m sure you made an excellent choice to motivate your Japanese students to learn English. Many Japanese people consider they cannot learn English because English is too hard to learn. But once Japanese people are motivate properly, I think they are quick learners of English.
@MelancoliaI11 ай бұрын
Commendable of you, but ironic. Lugosi learned his lines in the Dracula stage-play (upon which this film is based) phonetically. I'm not trying to sound pretentious, but it's true. That's why his cadence is so weird in this movie, and hence so effective. "Wee will be leaaaving....tomorrow....eeeeeevening."
@lisardo2 жыл бұрын
I know this is the start of the "talkies" and all, but the lack of music makes it creepier! Great scene!
@raulquiroz7492 Жыл бұрын
I agree. I hate that all these new horror films have obnoxious soundtracks. Don't get me wrong there are a few modern horror films with surprisingly great osts, but nothing beats pure silence, because like you said it forces the viewer to fully immerse themselves in the visuals and non-musical sounds.
@roarickshu Жыл бұрын
The absence of music makes it almost feel like a stage play (in a good way).
@alejandroperez-yy9ym Жыл бұрын
Very very creepy indeed
@Queen_Miku10 ай бұрын
I saw this movie in my 4th period class and the silence made me fall asleep about halfway into this movie and i really wish i could've seen those parts i fell asleep to now- (Don't blame me since school starts at 7am for me and i'm tired af more than half of the time)
@JeffreyPiatt5 ай бұрын
because not every town had a s aound equipt projector they were still distributing films in this era in Silent format. so the film has spacing to place the cards
@andromedaturnbull3512 Жыл бұрын
Wow, Bela Lugosi nailed ASMR over a half century earlier before it was a genre. Pure skill, class and perfection.
@Turtle1631991 Жыл бұрын
My life goal is to learn to mimic the accent and all the mannerism of the character and then open a little bed and breakfast.
@joerectifier Жыл бұрын
Hahahahahaha!
@LiveandLetDie007 Жыл бұрын
Excellent idea...I wish you all the success. For one who has not even lived a single lifetime, you are quite wise...
@XaVi_ToussainT8 ай бұрын
Haha 😂
@arty7128 ай бұрын
That actually sounds pretty cool.
@adamromero8 ай бұрын
Let me know when you do it, I wanna go! 🧛♂
@BB1951 Жыл бұрын
"I beed you velcome!" Fantastic restoration. The amount of work put into this is hard to fathom. Without the background hiss, scratches or frame jumps, it looks pristine.
@bezoticallyyours83 Жыл бұрын
5:38 The expression on Draccy's face is hilarious. He must have realized the property taxes went up
@AishaVonFossen Жыл бұрын
Right?! 😂🤣
@jenniferbassfirstchannel Жыл бұрын
Nothing better than watching Dracula on a rainy day or night! ❤❤
@someguy420935 ай бұрын
With the Philip glass/kronos quartet score!!! It’s so great. Swan lake Dosent work.
@ShannonFreng Жыл бұрын
I admire the way Lugosi was able to effortlessly reach for the wine glass and bottle (at 7:02), with perfect precision, though all the while, maintaining a fixed gaze upon Frye--not an easy thing to do (which probably took more than one take). It was with equal amusement, that I heard for the first time, "I never drink. . .wine" (considering I've always loathed the taste of it). Lugosi was the best!
@lw36462 жыл бұрын
So many films today are just wall to wall music, the lack of it here I think actually makes it creepier and makes you watch closer.
@DanBellFilmIt5 ай бұрын
This restoration looks absolutely amazing. So much detail. You can see everything like the set decorators and director intended. This is definitely the most iconic horror movie of all time. Bela is amazing. I could watch this movie over and over and never grow tired of it.
@eharper72 жыл бұрын
Dracula: I am Dracula Me: That's nice. I'll be going now.
@mikeshirleyforever2 жыл бұрын
What a restoration! Incredible! I've never seen this look so prestine.
@harrisonneves60072 жыл бұрын
Listen to them. The children of the night, what music they make
@rc59191 Жыл бұрын
I quite like the old gritty aesthetic but this is nice too.
@amaroszapatacolina5226 Жыл бұрын
...This look so prestine" 😍🤟😁
@Carface_Youtube3 жыл бұрын
Amazing set design.
@russiantroubleyakutsk16122 жыл бұрын
Watched this from Brasov, Romania!
@stefanbernhard27108 ай бұрын
Children of ze night🌙
@bretflemmusic Жыл бұрын
I remember my parents asking me if I was gonna be scared of watching this movie when I was 7 or 8 years old I told them no> But after watching the movie I went upstairs and went into my bathroom I was thankful that I had a nightlight in my bathroom I sat down on my toilet seat for a hour in a half processing everything that I watched I was totally blown away by the movie I love every single person in this movie. And yes Bella Lugosi is Count Dracula he iin bodys that charecter so well thats scary enough in itself for anyone who's seen this movie
@johnbarry50364 ай бұрын
amazing a 90 year old film looks this good. The 4k transfer was done well.
@barryvincentredmond39734 ай бұрын
Actually 93 years old.The film was released in 1931.
@andyrevo19 Жыл бұрын
Literally goosebumps when Dracula enters the picture. . So iconic.
@781Florist Жыл бұрын
In addition to the accent and the gaze, I am always struck by how very long Bela's fingers are! They add to the overall creepiness of the character.
@andrewattenboroughtwothumb46972 жыл бұрын
an amazing classic horror movie and one of my favourite classic horror movies and stunning in 4K
@captainamerica6525 Жыл бұрын
"I am Dracula. I bid you welcome". Gotta go!
@Angel-xd9lt Жыл бұрын
I always had a soft spot for vampires when I was 7 or 5 and Dracula was my favorite monster of all time... and Bram Stroker's Dracula 1992 was amazing and Gary Oldman was amazing as Count Dracula and Winona Ryder as Mia Murrary. I have both movies on DVD I still watch them for Halloween. Halloween is my favorite hoilday and Christmas.
@CountofBeretania Жыл бұрын
“I am…Dracula.” Lugosi is not saying he’s Dracula…he’s TELLING you he’s Dracula.
@caroltenge51472 ай бұрын
Lugosi is not playing Dracula…he’s TELLING you he IS Dracula!
@groofoot Жыл бұрын
That is one dedicated insurance salesman ... he deserves a raise!
@leftcoaster67Ай бұрын
He's a lawyer or a real estate agent.
@stevemuzak8526 Жыл бұрын
Dear Universal. Keep doing this. Restore this brilliant movies in 4K. Support physical media.
@josephnavarro914 Жыл бұрын
I'm Definitely Dressing as Bela Lugosi next Halloween.. Iove this Dracula I Bid You Welcome
@DR-mq1vn2 жыл бұрын
90 years old! Wow!
@JohnMartin-oh6bf4 ай бұрын
Those sets are amazing.
@javiergonzalezantonio9061 Жыл бұрын
Grande Bela Lugosi el mejor Drácula
@marcuscompton3772 Жыл бұрын
I would love to have seen peoples face in the theater watching this! I'll bet they were terrified!!
@lilypondlane10 ай бұрын
My mother was a teenager when she saw Bela Lugosi on stage as Dracula. She said that at one point, there was only the light of one candle on the stage and the women in the audience were screaming in terror when the Count bit one of his victims who was asleep in her bed.
@VincentGravesly Жыл бұрын
Love this scene so much it always makes me grin. I like watching this movie but with friends I get a little embarrassed about how happy I am to see Lugosi on the screen 😅
@scottyunitedboy29252 ай бұрын
The sets here are epic and look even better in HD
@lazarusblackwell6988 Жыл бұрын
The spider spinning his web for the unwary fly. The blood is the life,Mr.Renfield. :D
@SeanTheDisneyGuy Жыл бұрын
RENFIELD: Aren't you going to drink? DRACULA: I never drink Vine.
@garryferrington811Ай бұрын
Nice to see the lights, darks, and shadows. Matte painting looks great!
@WillScarlet16 Жыл бұрын
"Ah, fresh victims for my ever-growing army of the undead;" "Sir, you have to let go of that button." "OH, SON OF A...!!"
@Wierdo_g Жыл бұрын
Mr burns 😅😅
@SamuelBlack848 ай бұрын
"Hello, mother. Hello, father. I missed you during my uneventful absence"
@gregdark520311 ай бұрын
Beautiful black and white. That stare is amazing.
@hilalabbas4 ай бұрын
What an iconic scene
@anthonycrnkovich5241 Жыл бұрын
The creepy effect is enhanced when dialogue and sound effects break the silence. Music would ruin the sustained atmosphere this movie generates so brilliantly.
@anthonycrnkovich5241 Жыл бұрын
It's disconcerting to realize that more time has passed since I first saw DRACULA on TV in 1970 than from the time the film was made to that initial viewing.😮
@jasminnemcdonald94A2 жыл бұрын
I got the movie on DVD. Plus the 1979 remake with Frank Langella.
@SnmntlcR11 ай бұрын
Confound it!! This film is sooo iconic, Bela Lugosi is incredible charming! Once It has become a reason why I started learning Romanian. Dracula!!
@nelifl.97563 жыл бұрын
Bela 😍
@JohnDonovanProductions2 жыл бұрын
Browning ransacked his own earlier work for ideas ; preliminary set sketches by the designer John Ivan Hoffman are obviously based on production stills of Cedric Gibbons ' settings for London After Midnight . The director based his conception of Dracula's wives on actress Edna Tichenor's makeup as Lunette , the bat - girl in the same film , and as a final , perhaps tongue - in - cheek private joke , imported a passel of armadillos to scurry around the great hall of Dracula's castle , just as they had patrolled the shadows of Chaney's creepy house four years earlier . Regarding London after midnight, Forrest J Ackerman , one of the country's leading collectors of fantasy - film memorabilia , saw the film as a boy in San Francisco during its initial release , and likened Chaney's bizarre , scuttling posture to a macabre variation on Groucho Marx . The late horror writer Robert Bloch , who also saw the film as a child , recalled one of Browning's oddest bits of atmosphere : a pride of scurrying armadillos , hardly indigenous to London , but glimpsed nonetheless through the cobwebs of the vampire's mansion .
@Marcelo_DBZ_Music19 сағат бұрын
I know there's a charm to how faded the sound is in a lot of these old pictures, but can you imagine how different this experience would be if somehow the soundtape was preserved and remastered as well as this picture?
@Demille405 ай бұрын
The beauty of Dwight Fry’s performance is that he sees what a strange bird Dracula really is. Some of his stares at Dracula are classic. It’s like he’s thinking, “ who is this weirdo?” It even extends to Mina imitating Dracula’s accent to Lucy in London. They don’t take him seriously until the biting starts. This ironic sense of humor is what the Spanish version sorely lacks.
@leftcoaster67Ай бұрын
I know it would have over-worked Bela. But could you imagine Bela in the Spanish Dracula? It would have been amazing.
@Nic-tg2ei Жыл бұрын
Nice to see such a high quality original screen version boosted with a bit of contrast. No one liked the original anyway. My favourite part so far has been the smoothing in the midtones and noise in the highlights. When you see the face, the shadows are perfectly smooth and the lit parts of the face keep the noise and sharpen the hell out of it. Nice work.
@leftcoaster67Ай бұрын
The famous Transylvanian Armadillos!
@seprisusanto1652 Жыл бұрын
Listen to them.....children of the night...... what music they make
@pereserra20623 жыл бұрын
Bela Lugosi ... I L
@fletchkeilman2205 Жыл бұрын
Other kids watched Transformers or GI Joe, maybe even My Little Pony. I watched these films. I'm still mesmerized to this day by them. Don't get me wrong. I watched Saturday morning cartoons. But right after cartoons came monster movies, Three Stooges shorts, and Kung Fu movies. THOSE are what I anticipated all week long to see
@Dnvr808310 ай бұрын
English actor Ralph Fiennes has a similar facial structure, look and mimicry skills (Schindler's List, Anyegin). I think he would have been a good Dracula too.
@kenrozmislowicz94562 ай бұрын
No one can portray Dracula better than Bela Lugosi
@mac6510003 ай бұрын
Re watching these scenes, it is easy to see where Gary Oldman gained his inspiration for his own, excellent portrayal of the immortal Count.
@jamiewicker98373 жыл бұрын
It’s good, but I also enjoy it with the Philip Glass score
@MrSloika Жыл бұрын
The Glass score is intrusive, it can drown out the dialog.
@jamiewicker9837 Жыл бұрын
Disagree
@johnmurphy7674 Жыл бұрын
I disagree. Although the score is good, it's too modern for a 30s movie.
@Christian-97 Жыл бұрын
The lack of music makes it more immersive and creepy.
@cha5 Жыл бұрын
I always get a kick out of the Armadillos and Opossums in this film, even though they aren't native to Transylvania, we have a lot of them in Texas.
@yespls4184 Жыл бұрын
Lmao exactly what i was thinking
@lesliaorue54173 жыл бұрын
Awesome!🤩🩸🩸🩸🩸❣
@brenttaylordotus Жыл бұрын
Part of what makes all movies like this great is, what’s not going on
@tomphillips22142 жыл бұрын
AWESOME THANK YOU SO MUCH!
@dallaskoivu8951 Жыл бұрын
A very subtle touch many people miss his when Dracula walks up the stairs through the Spiderwebs without disrupting them That Was the point in which Renfield should’ve left saying nope nope nope This guy is too weird home office is going to Have to send somebody else To finish this real estate deal with this guy not me
@neliaferreira9983 Жыл бұрын
Noone missed that.
@markmcnary17852 ай бұрын
If it weren't for Bela Lugosi playing Dracula, there would never have been a Barnabas Collins, or Dark Shadows on TV at all in 1966. Dracula is the king of all vampires, and Barnabas Collins, is the descendant, that came after.
@maralisil3 ай бұрын
Love his "R's"😊
@walterfechter80803 ай бұрын
"Bela Lugosi IS Dracula." - My Romanian grandparents
@rgracia633 Жыл бұрын
Amazing scenes
@mars353Ай бұрын
“I bid you welcome” said the spider to the fly.
@ooEVILGOAToo Жыл бұрын
"I am Dracoola" :D
@FelipeSilva-pj8vl8 ай бұрын
This certainly is one of the Dracula movies - not to mention an example from the whole Universal Monsters gallery - I've really longed Konami had managed to fully acquire rights to create their own version of whole Castlevania franchise based on the former. Like a parallel franchise for both niches to draw the same amount of inspiration and detail from one another. It'd certainly be a dream come true.😅
@donkeykongisytpooping30027 ай бұрын
Well some elements were based loosely on these old movies in the games that came before IGA took over and gave the franchise more of a unique identity. As these films get older they get closer to becoming public domain. We’re getting close for this one.
@thomasreghi70529 ай бұрын
First seen in 1962. Unforgettable! Werewolf and Jeckle and Hyde somewhat complicated this genre. FRANKENSTEIN was (not sure) an improvement. Couldn't begin to guess what the Countess of Polignac saw in England when they were supposed to have a second type of summer near Brussels Belgium or farther westward.
@Elfspeth1 Жыл бұрын
Apparently some vampires can transform into armadillos
@davidviton10655 ай бұрын
Bella should be good at doing Dracula he did a thousand times in the theater
@gunzligah57642 ай бұрын
This movie still very much olds up for being a hundred years old
@Tool-Deftonesfan1013 ай бұрын
Bauhaus brought me here!🤘🏽😈🤘🏽
@thatodddoomer063511 ай бұрын
Best Dracula
@johnd7435 Жыл бұрын
Geniuses often have cluttered residences..
@someguy420935 ай бұрын
Will it have the Philip glass score? The new score is INCREDIBLE and makes the movie so much better. And scarier. So much scarier. Watch it with the Phillip glass/kronos quartet score
@ernst91 Жыл бұрын
This is historical footage.
@luckyday465768 Жыл бұрын
Armadillos in Transylvania?
@Chalwa Жыл бұрын
Am I going insane? I thought he cut his thumb on a knife while getting a piece of bread. I don’t remember this version. I must be nuts.
@veganmeatballsareyoukiddingme Жыл бұрын
I think you're thinking of Nosferatu.
@fabpe9141 Жыл бұрын
Si taglia il dito con il coltello nella versione di Dracula spagnolo del 1931
@bezoticallyyours83 Жыл бұрын
I have read the book but never actually seen the film
@annalisavajda2526 ай бұрын
Beautiful but why does he have armadillos though?
@jamescross5678 Жыл бұрын
When he said I bid you welcome, it would've cool when he turned he said "walk this way" like Igore.
@gregoriusu6 ай бұрын
This isn't Mel Brooks LOL
@BeauHoyt-n9p3 ай бұрын
1:16 Why are there Armadillos here ?
@oliverbrownlow5615Ай бұрын
Because if they were in the middle of the road, they'd get hit by a car!
@landonjr50637 ай бұрын
I am Dracula
@marcusbaker8305 ай бұрын
Dracula: *Sees that Renfield has a cut and gets turned on by it*
@CaptainVelveeta5 ай бұрын
4K Ultra HD? Hardly, I've seen DVD Rips that look better than this.
@njlillycline2 ай бұрын
I was Dracula about 5 Halloweens in a row as a kid
@marshmallowbudgie6 ай бұрын
1:16 rats, bats--armadillos?
@calrob3002 ай бұрын
IDK what's 4K about this. I tried watching @ 1080 and when I zoomed in, the image was still blurry and full of film grain. The audio hiss was so prominent it sounded like heavy rain. Surely a major studio could do better.
@Wonton-the-Sea-Snail9 ай бұрын
i see how Bloodbourne was inspired by this
@marshmallowbudgie6 ай бұрын
"my postillion has been struck by lightning"
@zhouly4 ай бұрын
Was that a pair of armadillos I saw crawling around Dracula’s castle at 1:18?
@BeauHoyt-n9p3 ай бұрын
Yes. I wonder why they're here.
@alexrupertfitness2 жыл бұрын
Not sure why they can't fix the graininess by restoring it frame by frame. At least the picture doesn't shake and I see minimal imperfections in the film itself. Audio hiss is still present, dunno why that wasn't fixed either.
@HoorayTV212 жыл бұрын
Graininess, Audio hiss? Its a film made in 1930.............you new to this? Its also unnaturally dark but you don't mention that? lol
@alanloewen414811 күн бұрын
I'm sorry, but I am sorely disappointed if this is 4K Ultra HD. I have seen much clearer presentations with much brighter colors. The first few minutes are far too dark. Also, I cannot find a 4K Ultra HD version for sale.
@jamesjackson4558 Жыл бұрын
I never drink... wine
@soundoflight8193Ай бұрын
Is Dracula wearing a Star of David brooch?
@Batmandarknitexx Жыл бұрын
Who else is here after watching Renfield?
@Penguins34455 Жыл бұрын
No,
@Yunginsanityy9 ай бұрын
I got a neca Dracula figure and just wanted to know why he wore a top hat cause it just seemed so goofy to me
@oliverbrownlow5615Ай бұрын
When Dracula goes to London in the 1931 film, he dons a top hat.