Jonathan Rescues Mina (Final Scene) | Dracula (1931)

[@kagemaru259]

People in the theater actually fainted at the sight of Dracula's face. Many who'd seen the film made sure that their doors and windows were locked every night and church attendance increased. That's how good of a job Lugosi did.

[@douglasfreeman3229]

I fainted at the prospect of Bela Lugosi's acting.

[@navydad8916]

@@douglasfreeman3229 how ignorant are you ?

[@Joker_adrian]

Who told you that?

[@davidwagstaff47]

I can't think of a single person that would be scared by this poor excuse of a film

[@davidwagstaff47]

@SaleemFrazer I'm 86!

[@tadimaggio]

That final death scream of Renfield's -- "I CAN'T DIE WITH ALL THOSE LIVES ON MY HEAD!" -- is truly bone-chilling. This is a terror of the soul that millions of people have felt through history in the all-too-real world. We don't need vampires for this sort of darkness.

[@TheUnseenPath]

No but they help.

[@libertubey2199]

The worst part about it is that Renfield tries to flee and Dracula angrily screams to him "WAIT!" Dracula was going to kill him for his "betrayal." No amount of pleading or begging would save him at that point.

[@douglasfreeman3229]

Yes. That was pretty good. Quite horrific. I didn't remember it being that "modern" in it's execution. Kudos to Dwight Frye, legend.

[@navydad8916]

@@libertubey2199he snapped his neck with one hand !

[@James-p1b6s]

That is Dracula has twice the strength of a normal human being. Bone braking is easy to him. Only takes 8lbs of pressure to break any bones in the human body.

[@tadimaggio]

If I'd been in the cast of "Dracula", I'd have been far more terrified of having to play a scene on that hideously high, banister-less staircase than I could ever have been of a vampire.

[@GreenGlo1991]

Seriously. No wonder Bela looks like he’s just about ready to hug the wall.

[@eq1373]

What's a banister?

[@mrwerewolf1031]

@@eq1373 it’s like a handrail to help you upstairs

[@cautionTosser]

right? that immediately made my knees wobbly. I also thought that guy that did the tumble down the stairs was great.

[@TheUnseenPath]

The vampire through him off so yeah be afraid of the Vampire.

[@charlesderosas5577]

The performance from Dwight Frye was phenomenal for it's time.

[@scombs6543]

Really, he had so much potential. It's too bad that he died so young, imagine the things he could've done.

[@tvc515]

The Ballad of Dwight Frye by the original Alice Cooper group on their LP, Love it to Death, 1971.

[@odietamo9376]

What do you mean, “for its time”? It was phenomenal, period, for any time.

[@TheDylandProductions]

@@odietamo9376 Agreed. "For it's time" nothing. It's a performance that will remain iconic forever like Mozart's music and DaVinci's art.

[@terragthegreat175]

Bela Lugosi was a lieutenant in WW1. That's probably why his death gasp sounds so real.

[@cartoondude6944]

What? This movie came out in 1931. Long after WW1. How could Bela Lugosi have died then if he was in this movie?

[@TooCooFoYou]

I believe OP meant that his experiences in WWI, seeing people die horrible, allowed him to make his death sound terrifying.

[@cartoondude6944]

@@TooCooFoYou Who is OP?

[@diablito2341]

@@cartoondude6944 OP = original poster

[@josetteandres]

Yeah, he probably heard a lot of people die in battle. There've been no reports of him having PTSD from being in WWI, but he probably hid it.

[@williamschlenger1518]

Great movie. I like the lack of dialogue. The tomb was scary and so real.Lugosi is Dracula.

[@chauxone]

Bela Lugosi was, is and always will be Dracula. Remakes can not capture the time period of filmmaking in which this masterpiece was made. Compared to today's versions, this one just gets better and better!!!

[@wolterzz3267]

Christopher Lee did a great job too as Dracula.

[@logancomics]

@@wolterzz3267 that may be, but he’s no Bela Lugosi

[@wolterzz3267]

@@logancomics It's pronounced Bela, not Bella.

[@logancomics]

Also sorry for the autocorrect on his first name

[@groofoot]

I agree ... they had an opportunity with the Stoker version of ... was it 1992? .... Keanu and Gary Oldman ... and, in fact, the opening scene where Reeves first visits the castle is fantastic, but then that film sort of descends into the realm of the ridiculous ...

[@Kiiieeechiii]

Hearing him get staked was kinda sad

[@bigdick3228]

Vlad the impaler got imapled.

[@Kiiieeechiii]

In some ways they probably did him a favor though because I’m sure he was tired of living for centuries like he said in nosferatu 1979

[@slipstreamxr3763]

@@bigdick3228 At least he got to keep his head attached to his shoulders this time.

[@KaosNova2]

@@bigdick3228 Call the Doctor, Not Seward, because Vlad the Impaler has just been skewered!

[@TheDylandProductions]

In the words of Dracula (from earlier in the same film): "To be really dead... that must be glorious." His soul was freed from his evil, captured vampire form. And Mina was freed.

[@deathlyarrange6753]

I feel so bad for Renfield in the movie

[@groofoot]

He never got to sleep in that comfy bed Dracula prepared for him!

[@Angie2343]

@@groofoot Agreed.

[@groofoot]

@@Angie2343 It really did look quite comfy ... lol

[@Angie2343]

@@groofoot I'd rather have Sonic the Hedgehog sleep in it.

[@williamschlenger1518]

What a great movie.Great music & no extra duologue.Bela Lugosi is the one & only Dracula.

[@eddieblancher7557]

Poor Renfield he didn't deserved to die, he's always been loyal to Dracula.

[@rjtwigg1]

Satan's kingdom is not divided.

[@mosesking2923]

I have to say, this new remaster of dracula is simply stunning. Hopefully the release it on 4K UHD to enjoy in its full glory.

[@TrueUglyGamer]

I’m 102 years old, what a movie it was😊

[@mrperson0140]

I wish I could've seen this in theaters when it came out!!!!!!!

[@jerryhansen363]

FUN FACT: In the original movie renfield was screaming when he was getting tumbled down the stairs but they had to to silence it because they thought it was too violent.

[@Spiffyo]

It actually makes the death more terrifying as its his near lifeless body rolling down the stairs.

[@bohemianraspberry6825]

1:47 : me when I say I won’t fall for someone

[@tomy.1846]

Underrated comment! LOL!

[@vilmaortiz3671]

For 5 minutes "Mina!" Mina!" Mina!"

[@sammontanez6908]

This calls for a drinking game. Take a shot every time Jonathan Harker yells Mina!

[@stewiegriffin12341]

@@sammontanez6908 I’m not trying to die bro

[@aaronl221]

@@stewiegriffin12341 lol

[@danielchavez4403]

"A Beautiful Monster Movie!" An Absolute Masterpiece!! "Dracula is the King!!!" 👑👑🧛‍♂️🧛‍♂️🦇🦇

[@jeanneamato8278]

Best Dracula.

[@shipsinker8191]

Bella Lugosi and Christopher Lee were the 2 best at playing Dracula.

[@LandonRicketts1861]

Agreed 💯

[@brianwalters7855]

1:39 Count Dracula: "You have failed me for the last time, Renfield." 🩸🧛🩸

[@edwardcoronel4596]

It Deserves a Academy Award... Best Picture... Best Actor... Best Actress....

[@JuniorWarrior4Christ]

The sound that Dracula makes when he’s getting a stake driven through his heart is very Unsettling to say the least it sure sounded painful !

[@martyemmons1859]

I would say it sounded more than painful, it sounded fatal.

[@mackiemesser9319]

When they revived the play in the 1970's with Frank Langella starring as Dracula on Broadway, the sound effect when Dracula is staked was very much like this, but much louder. The entire audience was shocked!

[@delavalmilker]

After the premier in 1931, they edited-out most of Dracula's moans when he got staked. Making it much shorter than it is shown here. It was considered too upsetting for audiences of the time. For many years prints of the film only had a slight grunt in the soundtrack. When Universal restored the film, they re-inserted the original "extended" soundtrack.

[@DericMyersYT]

I remember seeing it on the SciFi Channel when I was a kid (maybe 94/95) and they didn’t have the moans at all and I don’t remember it implying at all he got staked. I don’t think they had the part where they find the coffins. I legit thought he had got killed by the sun because of what Mina says.

[@SB992REBORN]

there IS a version with those on vhs that i have only ever watched.... its on dvd but not in legacy dvds just the other dvds.

[@martyemmons1859]

That's why I'm watching this. At 4:24 of this video; without modern special effects, director Tod Browning left the driving of the stake into Dracula's heart to our imagination. Which in my case, is much more graphic and horrifying than any recent remake could ever be.

[@robertjamesplays9721]

Bela lugosi was actually buried in his dracula costume when he died

[@erintwomey3846]

Mad respect for the man,

[@birchwood5889]

Except for the cape which was a replica the original was handed down to his kids

[@nelifl.9756]

Lugosi did not need fangs to frighten, besides he is not the only one who did not use fangs. There is also Frank Langella and also Carlos Villarias

[@lilymoss-yerg9666]

Nelia Romero Bela Lugosi is my fave Dracula but I find Frank Langella’s interpretation to be the sexiest

[@barbkhan2323]

Lol Frank was so sexy, i totally didnt even notice he didnt have fangs!

[@minassecondarychannel5903]

Because the ONLY one who played Dracula that USED THE fangs was Christopher Lee.

[@aniseadhikari1667]

@@minassecondarychannel5903 He was not the only one. Jack Palance and Gary Oldman also used fangs.

[@aniseadhikari1667]

@@barbkhan2323 Also why doesn’t Dracula haves fangs but Lucy (role is Mina) has fangs.

[@antoniocastellaneta2714]

Legend...

[@justin_wayne_elrod_jrod]

If I had a hundred dollar bill for like literally every time I'd heard Jonathan Harker say Mina, i'd probably be really rich right now

[@tonynoname455]

Is it just me or does anyone else realize the fact that they would have an Actress playing the part of Mina, walk down a flight of stairs on High Heel shoes with no guard rail or Hand rail attached to the wall. Forget about Dracula, that is some Scary Sh@t right there.🙄

[@robbieirlam414]

Haha! The thought also crossed my mind. She looked a little unsure!

[@porflepopnecker4376]

That's a very dangerous stairway.

[@muse7746]

💋Only a woman would notice that! 👏👏

[@dennisjump8655]

I noticed that too. She only took like 2 steps so they must have known how risky that was.

[@StealthMode3924]

The camera was also far away, so it’s very likely that they allowed her to remove the heels for the stair scene. We don’t see her feet at all as she’s walking down the stairs. But that would be a scary thought for sure! Haha

[@stans303]

Hard to believe this film is almost 100 years old.

[@ilovetruffles99]

Anyone else notice how she grabbed her chest in pain, like she was getting stabbed too?

[@livclark8154]

In the book it's said Mina and Dracula share a pyshic connection after he fed her his blood (in the book from his chest, this movie from his arm) The whole reason they go after Dracula is to stop Mina from turning into a vampire. Great attention to detail there, Universal. Well played.

[@MrIMBECILE1]

wasn't that the idea ?

[@barakomamba]

In other news, water is wet

[@dodgelogical4076]

No. Didn't notice that all. RME

[@aniseadhikari1667]

For anyone wondering what happened to Lucy, I’m pretty sure it happened right before this scene. Also the Spanish version confirms it with just a scream and a talk.

[@rochebaudelaire]

1) Max Schreck 2) Bela Lugosi 3) Christopher Lee

[@alc4117]

Dwight Frye was the scene stealer in Dracula.

[@pascaldjemaa2995]

Dwight is so genius !

[@walterfechter8080]

"Bela Lugosi IS Dracula" - My Romanian grandparents

[@kelleyburks9777]

My dog Duke when he gets restless and can't fall a sleep Steve always put this movie in and he will dose off every time❤❤❤

[@Timothy-c4p]

The time period of this movie was essentially the beginning of the golden age of Hollywood where movies were made almost entirely within a studio. So what you saw was like seeing a play on a stage that allowed you to gaze into a world beyond you. So Bela Lugosi, who was a stage actor in Hungary before coming to the United States, was the right man at the right time. Since he had the ability to inject so much of himself into a character that you couldn’t take your eyes of him. Which is why he was greatest of all to play Dracula. And why his commanding presence, even without speaking, was second to none. l

[@joelperry8187]

Dracula didn’t even put up a fight. What a wuss!

[@xrendezv0usx]

I dont understand. Why would he put himself into such a vulnerable state knowing that Van Helsing was at his heels?

[@xrendezv0usx]

@dark_lord05 didnt he kill a man with his bare hands like 2 seconds earlier?

[@xrendezv0usx]

@dark_lord05 okay... so instead of ordering his servant to attack, he kills him with his bare hands. Then with van helsing hot on his heels, he climbs into his coffin to be executed. Like I said, it makes no sense

[@Richard-vu7kh]

dark_lord05 - earlier, when Van Helsing is describing Dracula, he states : he has the strength of 10 men....also, in the book, Dracula tears steel bars out of the sanitarium to kill Renfield - different in the movie. Another difference in the novel - Dracula could move about in daylight, but his powers were max during nightime. Resting in the soil of his native land was how he regenerated himself.....like charging the batteries, so to speak. Dracula movies have tended to underplay the supernatural qualities of the “undead”. A Vampire is really only scary when it represents a force outside the laws of the “real” world. Personally, I’d love to see Stephen King tackle the Dracula novel.....his Vampires in Salem’s Lot were truly weird and fantastical.

[@johnnypacheco6526]

BECAUSE IT WAS GOING TO BE SUNRICE AND VAMPIRES CAN NO TO SEE THE SUN..THE SUN BURN THEY..!!

[@ashclassics9181]

Paradox vail must I remind you that the book and the movie are different things with the same plot but changes were made and the vampire rules were different in each

[@jeronimomcdisneyhero5868]

I was upset Dracula's death wasn't shown

[@disneyknightspadilla1406]

Normally I was expecting a long fight like a stall before they impaled him.

[@RonSilver-k8x]

Safe Staircase , no one would ever fall from such & especially with no safety rails of any kind. Brilliant technology in the distance Rumanian past architecture .

[@frankpetrone2966]

Lugosi GOAT!

[@cosmicwolf9918]

It did kinda irk me that Dracula had a rather lame death

[@douglasfreeman3229]

Dwight Frye! Now there was an actor. No one quite like ol' Dwighty. I often wonder what these actors would think if they knew how much their work was being enjoyed nearly 100 years later. I'd love to let them know somehow, but alas...

[@nico-ie1pi]

can we please talk about how fucking funny renfield falling down the stairs is

[@erintwomey3846]

I guess, but I kinda felt bad for him

[@somewhatdubz]

Put some goofy music over it and its fucking hilarious

[@allister-malister9179]

Fun fact he was supposed to scream falling down the stairs, but it was too disturbing for its time.

[@johnheppenstall4904]

When you could make horror by making the audience think about the horror, rather than showing it.

[@KwatsanDarbinian]

I got up to get a soda and the movie was over. I came here to see if my movie was broken or if this was really the end.

[@henrydiaz1958]

magnifico!!!

[@yallowrosa]

great scenography

[@chuckgates1171]

Vampire and werewolf movie's were my favorite as a kid Mom and I watched dark shadows together

[@rick_from_yr]

MASTAAAA PLEEEASE DON KIIILL MEEEEE PLEEEASE

[@patrict527]

I will say what the original has in spades is the amount of atmosphere in the shots

[@justin_wayne_elrod_jrod]

When you try not faint from someone farting after they had something from taco bell and you fall down anyway, 1:47

[@allister-malister9179]

“Hey renfield, play that one about falling down the stairs!”

[@anthonyg7534]

We must keep our home beautiful beautiful work 1931 is the year master

[@thunderdeed1]

The set design should have won an Oscar.

[@kimcarothers2203]

Dracula 1931

[@elmultiversodejoaquin405]

4:29 FATALITY

[@Bigbuddyandblue]

Note there is no music in most movies of this era, because when they were originally showed in theaters, the audience would get confused wondering where the orchestra was - like when The Count Basie big band was playing the soundtrack in the desert in Blazing Saddles! 😂😂😂

[@montyrose78]

i would like to see the other version driving the stake

[@aspiregnostic1144]

Wow how desensitized we've become, to be frightened of this to now so much blood and gore. Like a Dracula fight now would be this epic explosion fighting etc. So funny how times have changed.

[@navydad8916]

Although depicted as a sophisticated,eccentric gentleman,we see a glimpse of Draculas true inner savage monster ,they didn’t show what he liked doing to his enemies and victims .Snapping Renfields neck was tame for Dracula .

[@kathiejohns1418]

They don't make films like this anymore

[@billthestinker]

Professor drove that stake into Dracula’s happenis ahhhh

[@lukasmiller486]

Oh so that’s how you defeat Kenneth Copeland.

[@georgeaguero25]

4:29

[@SmilingSynic]

One of the scariest things in "Dracula" must have been the utility bill. All of those high ceilings and walls must have bled that bloodsucker dry. Wouldn't want to have to pay for heating that place every month. :)

[@marcdewey1242]

Now that Dracula is dead his wives who are still at his castle will probably turn in to old hags and die.

[@aaronl221]

I’m pretty sure van helsing kills them early on in the novel

[@tadimaggio]

Has anyone ever counted the number of "Mina"'s in this scene?"

[@theregulator6214]

Lol. 254.

[@fritz9830]

WHY did Dracula decide to go to sleep 30 seconds after entering the burial chamber with van helsing hot on his heels? Not very clever. The filmakers should've had them sneak into the castle or something

[@bertmustin]

Ending isn't great. Dracula's death for whatever reason is off camera.

[@lilymoss-yerg9666]

bertmustin well this movie was made in 1931 so a death like Dracula’s wouldn’t be allowed to be again on screen

[@oliver91ist]

The film was made in a time of a Censorship Code physically seeing Dracula death was too graphic.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

Great ending. We don't need to see splattering blood, which you weren't going to get in 1931 anyway.

[@StevenFarmerComedy]

He runs away and falls asleep in a coffin. Dracula’s a real threat

[@charles1203]

bertmustin too graphic for an audience then.

[@AgeBetterDotCom]

Geez, I get the same reaction from myself when I look in the mirror!

[@craigsimons817]

Mina looks just like Helen Skelton in this movie.

[@samkresil6011]

3:32 You don't mean Mina's already been bitte, do you?

[@samkresil6011]

4:08 She's not in the crate?

[@peterraymond8470]

Even with Dracula carrying Mina Jonathan Harker still couldn't outrun him. As a kid I wondered why in Dracula's Daughter none of Dr. Van Helsing's friends including Jonathan and Mina who had just left the abbey moments before didn't come to defend him. Of course now I know David Manners had left Hollywood and Helen Chandler's career was practically over and Herbert Bunston was dead.

[@dangeroreilly2028]

How about Helen's famous hubby?

[@peterraymond8470]

@@dangeroreilly2028 Oh, my God, He was Billee in Svengali. I never knew they were married. That's another favorite of mine.

[@dangeroreilly2028]

@@peterraymond8470 Yes he was. But I think of him as Ralph Norton in The Mummy.

[@vincentalvarado1009]

Professor Van Helsing steak Count Dracula in his heart during finding Mina. 4:28

[@teresaportillo7977]

Me gusta muchusimo la peli de vampiro pero ya hay peli buena de vampiro y lo q hay no esta traducido en español que lastima ya no hay pali buena de terror.

[@alaine8342]

Dracula Saids Jonathan leave Mina alone

[@stevecallum7933]

This film was slow obane and as dull as watching paint dry. Lugosi wasnt a patch on Christopher Lee im afraid. Lugosi took half an hour to say a basic line especially at the start of the film and the OTT acting borders on camp. Christopher Lee truly understood the charisma and noble charm as well as the raging beast when it came to playing the vampire Count. I truly believed in him as Dracula... i have to say Lugosi is just playing the pathos and the lines without understanding any of the Counts inner monologues or motivations or more dangerous bestile qualities. This film has definately NOT aged well at all. However the castle interior sets and Dwight Frye as Renfield were the best thing about the film.

[@markula_4040]

4:29 I don't know why (something wrong with me I guess) but I just find Dracula's death yell funny.

[@richardobieta]

This is nothing compared to the stuff that they show now. Nothings held back

[@birkinstv4565]

i jsut watch the movie for the first time and i love it but the end....dat sucks :/ im sorry but...realy...he jsut close a door behind him and go to bed liek "oh well they never gona come kill me dodododooo" and get kill off screen and...end...waow :/

[@eroldcroft3045]

For it's time, and, for coppola's take on it, drac was terrestrial. Not to be feared as such. In my childhood, dracula terrified me, as is santa would punish me. As if

[@ridiculoussinner4]

This is what Big Boss was scared of in Metal Gear Solid 3? I expected something a bit more grim.

[@marioribeiro5741]

Bom

[@d-manthecaptain1382]

What were they implying when they had Helsing stay behind? They couldn't have known at the time that they'd later make a sequel in which he's caught alone and thought to be a murderer. So what was the original intent?

[@jokkemursula8731]

As far as I know, there was a part that was cut from the conversation with Renfield. Van Helsing promised to save his soul and that's why he stays behind. It was kept in the Spanish version.

[@d-manthecaptain1382]

@@jokkemursula8731 Thanks

[@fritz9830]

Maybe to do some scientific experiments

[@14DaveHunter]

Dracula's death was anticlimactic. Thought he would fight Van Helsing.

[@allister-malister9179]

That wasn’t the case in the book either, they never fought

[@Fraevo10]

This whole scene would have been so much more dramatic with music.

[@Bigbuddyandblue]

Yes, but there was no music in most movies of this era, because when they were originally showed in theaters, the audience would get confused wondering where the orchestra was - like when The Count Basie big band was playing the soundtrack in the deset in Blazing Saddles! 😂😂😂

[@erintwomey3846]

@@Bigbuddyandblue LOL

[@derekllewellyn6663]

Gaslight theater part of the same time years before New show before

[@CalumLewis-c3k]

Rumour had it he was buried in that cape but it wasent true

[@fabiokaercher7112]

Final sem noção. O vampiro deveria enfrentar os dois

[@brianwinters5434]

Almost anti climatic compared to the book.

[@jerrionshipp2752]

I'm glad Dracula is dead

[@isaacthedragon2271]

How do you know she is safe? She could be infected. Or, she could of been dead all along.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

If she were, then the dawn's rays which drove Dracula into his coffin would kill her.

[@isaacthedragon2271]

I've just been taught the hard way that things aren't always what they seem. *People* aren't always what they seem.

[@tombarter3287]

How anticlimactic.

[@TOFKAS01]

Differend times, differend standards...

[@kimcarothers2203]

Second

[@barbkhan2323]

Id like to know why bela lugosi didnt have fangs? Not very scary if he can't bite people....

[@BadGuyRants]

He does bite them we just don't see it.

[@barbkhan2323]

@@BadGuyRants so i see all movie vampires are supposed to show their fangs just before biting....even when bela lugosi smiles, or grimaces , whatever that expression is called....alas no fangs.....im thinking that he didnt want to wear them...not comfortable, im guessing

[@juantarango5142]

In the Spanish version you can see the fangs and the bite marks

[@abigail-8704]

No fangs, just bite marks

[@barbkhan2323]

@@abigail-8704 well that sort of takes the fun out of being a vampire, dont it. LoL

[@lazarusblackwell6988]

This scene is pure bullshit Drakula returning to his kasket to sleep while being chased

[@Cukito4]

First!

[@Glowing_Gamer]

Is sixth any good?