Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) First Time Watching! Movie Reaction!!

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
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[@txlyons2937]

13:40 "OK, nevermind, she's not getting shredded, she's getting pounded!" That's where I lost it. Thanks, this is the hardest I've laughed at one of your reactions.

[@Lospollos24]

Lost what brain cells?

[@Khay-77]

Gary Oldman really deserves more accolades for his performances. The man is leagues better than most of lead actors he plays supporting to now.

[@gargsuraj7133]

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[@perrymalcolm3802]

Agree

[@ThatPurpleGirl81]

Oldman always disappears into every character he plays. Truly impressive.

[@gmunden1]

Oldman won a BAFTA and an Oscar for Darkest Hour in 2018.

[@jjkhawaiian]

Similar to Daniel-Day Lewis

[@gmunden1]

It was a communion Host van Helsing applied to Mina's forehead to save her soul. She is not a vampire. She was saved. Van Helsing was a renowned vampire slayer. The boxes on the heads of the insane asylum guards was to protect them from the patients who were prone to biting and gouging at their faces. Jonathan was powerless to leave Dracula's property. His hair turned due to the trauma inflicted on him.

[@sandramorris893]

Yes, that's where the phrase 'Basket Case' comes from when the staff had to wear wooden 'baskets' on their heads to protect themselves as you rightly say.

[@DoubleMonoLR]

@@sandramorris893 All references I could find say that that this term originated in WW1, seemingly due to myths surrounding soldiers who had lost all their limbs in WW1, and/or possibly those that were suffering mental issues due to the war('basket' referring to crafts they were doing for recuperation)

[@sandramorris893]

@@DoubleMonoLR Yes I can agree with that also but I've read actual records from a psychiatric hospital in York, 'Bootham Park' built in 1775 (demolished in 2015) I worked there for 4 years and down in the basement there remained shackles on the walls where patients were put when 'out of control' and lots of other things including old records of some individuals where 'Basket Case' was written by the side of the name as a description to how they 'helped' them with their problem. No actual baskets down there but it's well known within psychiatry that that is what they referred to. I don't know what happened to those records. I've also read an article with regard to 'Bedlam' where the rich would pay to view the 'lunatics' from the safety of a veranda as some sort of entertainment and one man wrote about " How he particularly enjoyed observing the 'Basket Cases'" Maybe the word evolved into another meaning by WW1 which is highly likely as head baskets were no longer used in psychiatry by then.

[@richieb7692]

This has to be one of the best telling of Dracula Gary Oldman always said one of the main reasons he took the role, was to say the line " I have crossed oceans of time to find you..."

[@TheMeloettaful]

It was such a romantic line! Not to mention Vlad couldn't go through with biting her then until she herself gave permission to him later. This movie is definitely my number one favorite vampire movie. Followed by Fright Night 1 & 2 (1985 and 1988), and Dracula 2000 at third place 🥰.

[@d.w.strangeman4963]

​​​@@TheMeloettaful don't want to sound like a d*ck or anything but this film is a pile of sh*t. The only reason it is regarded so well is because of Francis Coppola and the novel, the novel wasn't that good neither was the director at the time! Opinions differ though, Fright Night is good. Also, not Vlad. Vlad the impaler was an actual person. This is Dracula.

[@4everhealthwellness344]

​@@TheMeloettafulhave you seen the 2014 Luke Evans portrayal of Dracula in "Dracula: Untold"? I personally liked it but if I remember correctly it didn't do well in theaters and got negative reviews from critics but I think it is way better than the reception it got. I've seen the first Fright Night when I was 12 and it terrified me. What do you think if the Underworld franchise? They aren't scary at all but give an interesting perspective into the lore of both vampires and werewolves

[@TheMeloettaful]

@@4everhealthwellness344 no I haven't seen Dracula: Untold, but maybe I'll check that out one day 😃. And I wasn't terribly interested in the Underworld franchise when they originally came out with them. Normally action movies don't do it for me EXCEPT maybe Blade (Wesley Snipes). And even then I wasn't into the later Blade movie(s). As for Fright Night one I wasn't born when it came to theaters originally, and I was way too young to watch the second one when it came out. It wouldn't be until much later I could watch them. It was even more later when I discovered Fright Night had a sequel lol 😂. Shocked to find out the second one didn't do as well as the first unfortunately. I personally found it refreshing when it's the man (Charlie) who is the damsel in distress for the most part 😆!

[@JnEricsonx]

@@TheMeloettafulDracula Untold was good. Ok, it feels like Dracula as a superhero origin film, but it was good, and Luke Evans did a good job.

[@TCHC85]

One of the BEST openings to a movie ever. The score, the imagery, the story it tells, all phenomenal.

[@gargsuraj7133]

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[@joelwillems4081]

Yes, the opening is great. Which it was all done more in that epic style. Now that I think about it, it is sort of like the beginning of LOTR.

[@lauce3998]

My favorite opening ever.

[@matthewcastleton2263]

The battle at the beginning of the movie is the famous Night Attack at Târgoviste. If you don't know about it, look it up.

[@closeencounter1954]

We went on opening night at a brand new theater. The owners wanted to impress us with the new Dolby sound system so they cranked it to “11”. 😳 I’ve never forgotten it….

[@vidarsmestad9143]

"I've crossed oceans of time to find you" is one of the most beautiful lines ever.

[@BuccWylde]

"Civilization and Syphilisisation, have advanced together." Is a great line.

[@jflaugher]

When the novel Dracula was written the mythos of the vampire was not yet as fleshed out as it is today and the difference between a werewolf and a vampire was fluid and interchangeable. That's why, in the movie, Dracula was able to move about by day - because the idea of vampires being destroyed by sunlight was an invention of 20th Century filmmaking. The boxes on the heads of the orderlies/guards of the mental hospital were actually what was worn to protect the hospital employees from being hurt by the patients. And the devises over Renfield's fingers were there to prevent him from scratching people.

[@melenatorr]

And just to be clear, the Stoker novel is, actually, pretty different from the movie, though the movie has most of the same characters and has several of the same plot points.

[@hulkhatepunybanner]

*If I recall correctly, the sunlight issue was introduced in Nosferatu (1922).*

[@jflaugher]

@@hulkhatepunybanner yup, that's correct

[@HuntingViolets]

A vampire is not a werewolf, but a vampire can take the form of a wolf, a bat, or mist. Maybe a hoard of rats too, but I forget.

[@jflaugher]

@@HuntingViolets 1) Vampires and werewolves aren't real. Any differences between them are make believe. 2) You don't know history. In the 1800s when Dracula was written there were no clear distinctions between werewolves and vampires. The lines of distinction between these monsters were not yet determined. Such distinctions didn't happen until Hollywood started making movies about them.

[@DaniBlazin]

Harker’s hair turns white from the trauma of being prisoner in the castle 🎥

[@drusillathetinsmith]

Re: Mina's head wound. It came from contact with a consecrated Host (the wafer w/c Roman Catholics believe becomes Christ's body after it's been blessed, technical term is "consecrated"). The wound disappears because Mina is no longer cursed. Her action facilitates Dracula's repentance (or at least his surrender to God), and God gives her this mercy (we see Dracula's normal face when divine light touches it). Mina still had to decapitate him (sins have consequences), and she does, giving Dracula peace and herself a new lease on life. The movie doesn't show it, but I'd like to believe their story ended the way the novel did. The novel ends with Mina married to Jonathan, and naming their son after their friend (one of Lucy's suitors) that died fighting Dracula alongside them.

[@SansMerci1013]

I really like this - well said

[@jkhristian9603]

Deleted scenes show her leaving with Jonathan.

[@toddbonny3708]

" Mina still had to decapitate him (sins have consequences), and she does, giving Dracula peace and herself a new lease on life." Funny story, it wasn't originally written for her to decapitate him. It was George Lucas who said she should, to give his soul peace. However, Oldman and Ryder didn't get along, so there was an open question as to whether she would come back to chop his head off. Someone said, "That's probably the only reason she ever would!"

[@heathen3550]

Lastly, Mina was cured once she killed Dracula. What Harker meant by, “her work has just begun” was that only Mina can truly kill him. Harker came to the realization that Mina did love him. True love cured him & God Forgave him.

[@Xagzan]

Not that any of that is in the book 😏

[@LA_HA]

@@Xagzan I don't think Most of modern Dracula lore is in the book. It's may be more like Santa Claus -- a little is taken from different sources (history, lore, myth, Hollywood, comic books, other writers' versions, etc) to create what many people Think of when they think of Dracula

[@immanuelcunt7296]

@@Xagzan It doesn't have to be, the movie is a separate work

[@ciphernine7824]

There are actually two versions of Dracula. The historic Vlad Tepes "The Impaler," was the mid 15th century ruler (Voivode) of the Wallachia region of Romania, Christian knight of the Order of the Dragon (Dracul), and son of Vlad II Dracul. He is regarded as a national hero for leading the forces that drove the invading Ottoman Empire out of Romania. The other Dracula is the fictional vampire Count Dracula from Bram Stoker's novel. Stoker was partly inspired by the Romanian Prince, as well as by European folklore about blood-sucking "undead," while writing his book, and decided to use Vlad's moniker of "Dracula," meaning "son of the dragon," as the name of his titular character.

[@MikeB12800]

Saw a good documentary about Vlad. It made him the hero even though he was ruthless against his enemies. Neighboring countries wouldn’t help him and he was outnumbered so he used brutality and psychological warfare to try to protect Romania.

[@ciphernine7824]

@@MikeB12800 When granted an audience with the Prince, the custom was to remove your hat, as a gesture of respect. The ambassadors refused to do so, thus Vlad had their hats (turbans) nailed to their heads. Ouch.

[@matthewcastleton2263]

@@ciphernine7824 not hats. Turbans. The Muslim Turk ambassadors refused to remove them because of their religious beliefs.

[@dblshotz75]

@@matthewcastleton2263 gives new meaning to when in Rome lol

[@matthewcastleton2263]

@@dblshotz75 kinda. But also like Vlad Dracula grew up in the Ottoman Court, and grew up to really hate them because they were responsible for his father's death

[@ericreed5648]

If nothing else, I love this movie for Tom Waits as Renfield.

[@alucard624]

He was having a blast with that role.

[@shanenolan8252]

My salvation depends on a kitten.

[@dnllrnt]

@@alucard624 role? That's him every day! 😆

[@Madbandit77]

Tom is one of my favorite actors who has a musical background. Him, Dwight Yoakum, Flea and Ruben Blades bring a lot of quirk to their characters and the production they're in.

[@LordVolkov]

@@Madbandit77 Flea is always a great cameo! Henry Rollins is another rocker who I love to see on screen.

[@Acme1970]

This movie came out at a time when special effects were being used to define movies and it got some unfair criticism for it's look and style but Coppola deliberately chose to film this on sets because that's how the original 1931 Dracula was filmed and he also chose to use old fashioned camera tricks instead of more modern special effects and what you end up with is a very unique look to this film, it was very bold of Coppola to film it this way.

[@scramblesish]

Coppola is a film genius - from the Godfather to Apocalypse Now to this every frame is carefully considered and is worthy of hanging on your wall in a frame

[@FrancoisDressler]

Makes it timeless IMO

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

I absolutely love the look of this film...every shot is very purposeful and looks gorgeous.

[@tophers3756]

His choices definitely have have this a unique, timeless feel

[@cboscari]

I think all the effects were filmed in-camera, at least I remember that from the press at the time. No CGI, no compositing.

[@johnneails9747]

It was said that Gary Oldman was so immersed in the role that it took months for him to come out of it. One of the best working today.

[@mckenzie.latham91]

That opening scene with the blood pouring out of the chapel and rectory and etc and Oldman's performance with the music, is beyond anything I've ever seen in the like it's literally now among my most favorite openings to any film ever

[@johnneails9747]

@@mckenzie.latham91 He's in my top 5 of the best.

[@Jerrongamereview]

He's so method they had to grind down his teeth for months because they kept growing into fangs

[@Vohaul86]

If I remember right from the novel, Dracula wanted to move to London simply because there was more people to feed from and interact with - to feel young again. Dracula finding out about Mina via Jonathan in this movie was probably a coincidence or - more likely - fate (like in the Greek tragedy kind of fate).

[@matthewganong1730]

This is one of the closest adaptations to the original novel, but the prologue and love story between Mina and Dracula were added. The really amazing thing about it is that all of the visual effects were done in-camera. Coppola realized that the year Stoker’s novel is set in (1898 or 1899) coincided with the dawn of film and he wanted to restrict himself to visual effects that would have been possible at the turn of the century. His original effects crew told him this was impossible so he fired them all and hired his son, Roman, who had studied stage magic and illusion to lead the effects crew. There’s some fascinating behind-the-scenes documentaries that show how they accomplished everything without optical or post-production effects.

[@fredfredburger5150]

True. I've read the book and big sections of this movie are literal translations of those words.

[@matthewganong1730]

@@fredfredburger5150 Anthony Hopkins really nails the Van Helsing from the novel.

[@ashscott6068]

@@matthewganong1730 Nah. Book Van Helsing is way more creepy than Dracula. He sounds like he's in love with these people, 5 minutes after meeting them.

[@ashscott6068]

You can't really make a perfect adaptation. The end of the book is just so lame. Even in book form it's hugely underwhelming.

[@gargsuraj7133]

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[@atuuschaaw]

♥ Y'all should watch "Interview with the Vampire" sometime in the future. It stars Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, and Kirsten Dunst. Adapted from an Anne Rice novel.

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[@Faybian1000]

Fantastic film!! Very underrated

[@cherrypi_b]

Oh yes, please! I don't like Cruise but he's awesome here. And Dunst steals the show!

[@darrenjones1413]

Yes great film another great vampire movie blade

[@shawnlopez2317]

This Dracula, Interview with the Vampire and the Swedish film Let the Right One In are the three best vampire films ever. (The American remake of Let the Right One, Let Me In was ok, but it lost some of its heart in the translation.)

[@kevinnorwood8782]

One of the main reasons why this film remains one of my absolute favorite Dracula movies of all time is that, unless I am very much mistaken, this was the first one to give Dracula the Vlad The Impaler origin story, as Prince Vlad was one of the main inspirations behind Bram Stoker's character. And ever since this film, it has almost honestly become "canon" that when the Vampire Dracula was human, he was the Romanian prince known as Vlad Tepes.

[@nlemieur7516]

Agreed.

[@mrjdgibbs]

It was and it has. It was also the 1st to make the whole reincarnated mina a thing. And that's now also de riguer. It was highly influential.

[@BradLad56]

Actually it was the second after the 1974 version by Dan Curtis, complete with the reincarnation element too. Although he most likely took that from his show Dark Shadows.

[@LordVolkov]

"This Texan is gonna get killed by Dracula..." Close prediction! Quincy is a fun character who is left out of most adaptations. The trio of Lucy's suitors become a great revenge team after her death. It's a shame that Quincy dies so close to the end, and not Jack 😅 While not entirely accurate to the novel (the Dracula/Mina romance is not in the book), this is still my favorite adaptation of the novel. The in-camera special effects and narration that mirrors the epistolary format of the novel are particularly great.

[@Cadinho93]

Bram Stoker's Dracula is a purposeful descent into madness. The original Dracula could change forms, into a wolf, into a bat or appear as human. Also, you guys really should react to "Interview with the Vampire" (1994) with Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt and Kirsten Dunst. Just a brilliant vampire movie. 🎥🦇

[@TheMarcHicks]

...and a decent adaptation of the Anne Rice novel.

[@paulbass8265]

@Anthony Casey near dark

[@sullyfox4993]

Interview With The Vampire is an amazing movie. That and Bram Stoker's are my two favorite Vamp films.

[@JCG52577]

@Anthony Casey Shadow of the Vampire

[@nitrokid]

I really enjoy the short story too, also by Stoker, called Dracula's Guest. Take a look, if you haven't already. And yeah, Dracula was pretty OP. He can control the elements, has control over the beasts of Earth, also can turn into all sorts of beast himself. I wonder what he thinks when he sees those 'vampires' from Twilight 😂

[@dtnetlurker]

No film lover can live their entire life without seeing what is hands down the most iconic Dracula of all time, the 1931 Dracula film starring the great Bela Lugosi. His performance alone is worth the watch.

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[@donna25871]

I disagree - it’s Nosferatu (the producers couldn’t use the name Dracula because Bram Stoker’s widow threatened to sue them if they did).

[@paintedjaguar]

I agree, you have to see Lugosi. The other actors do well too. It has to be said though, that the film is rather static, and really shows its roots as a stage production.

[@The-Underbaker]

Christopher Lee > Bela Lugosi

[@petersvillage7447]

@@donna25871 In fact, they just assumed they could dodge legal consequences with these changes, it wasn't because they'd been threatened with action - but after the fact Florence Stoker DID sue them, and because they couldn't pay her off she had the film destroyed. Obviously some prints survived, so we can still see it today, thankfully.

[@sca88]

Gary Oldman is amazing in 'Immortal Beloved' 1994 where he plays Beethoven. It was one my late mom's favorite films.

[@davidw.2791]

And then in Leon The Professional he plays a Beethoven fan.

[@ricocampos1331]

I loved the shadow of Dracula. That was based in a myth that the shadows was personification of the spirits and could be independent when you are dead. I remember the Peter Pan's shadow, that was the same. For who don't know the story behind Peter Pan, he was dead, and that's why he and the other dead kids couldn't age.

[@bigneon_glitter]

Fun fact: there is *zero* CGI in the film - all practical FX. Coppola's _Dracula_ was the first of a '90s trend of big name auteur horror reboots. More: 👉 _Wolf_ (1994) - with Jack Nicholson & Michelle Pfeiffer - very cool movie directed by Mike Nichols _(The Graduate,_ _Charlie Wilson's War)_

[@Fatherofheroesandheroines]

Oceans? Thanks for making me feel old lol

[@15blackshirt]

There's also Mary Shelley's Frankenstein with Robert De Niro

[@Heritage367]

I disagree with this as the definitive Dracula (I prefer Christopher Lee in Hammer's films), but this movie is still a ton of fun. I *do* agree that *Wolf* is an underrated gem, and worthy of being watched.

[@SansMerci1013]

Wolf is an EXCELLENT suggestion - James Spader EATS in that film. 😍😍

[@nenabunena]

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

[@JnEricsonx]

I'd like to thank this movie for introducing me to Monica Belluci. Did my young heart good in 1992.

[@revylokesh1783]

Monica Bellucci is a true godess, even to this day. 🤤🤤🤤

[@chrisleebowers]

"Brotherhood of The Wolf" If you haven't seen it, do it now, thank me later

[@JnEricsonx]

@@chrisleebowers I saw it in theaters. :) The director should have done a lot more. :(

[@WolfHreda]

@@JnEricsonx last I checked it's on Shudder. Such a unique movie.

[@mckenzie.latham91]

@@chrisleebowers That movie scared the crap out of me the first time i saw it, but yeah that's a really good one.

[@Kainlarsen]

The reason for Mina's 'flip-flopping' between Jonathan and Dracula is because Dracula has such strong influence over the minds of others, pretty much control... and then there's the matter of her remembering her previous life as his betrothed. That's a lot of baggage to deal with.

[@kwdenman]

There’s a lot of Dracula lore that’s been added or subtracted thought the ages. In this Dracula is a shapeshifter rats, bats, wolves, mist, etc etc. Red Letter Media does a great breakdown of why this is such a fantastic adaptation. Francis Ford Coppola really made a movie using so many different styles and homages to film in this. I could watch this movie everyday and not get bored with it.

[@lizan2678]

I love the fact that every effect outside the blue flames was done in-camera. This film is gorgeous.

[@NefariousKoel]

Using much older film techniques from the earlier days of film. Some people hated that style, back in the early 90s when this came out, but I thought it was a great touch for this story and was a nice nod towards the many vampire films made throughout film history. Guess I'm the type willing to give up some perfection for more notable style.

[@bhurzumii4315]

The score for this movie is brilliant.

[@petersvillage7447]

I find the film close to unwatchable, always have - but the score may be my favourite film soundtrack ever...

[@FrancoisDressler]

Kilar's film work is criminally underrated.

[@drusillathetinsmith]

I saw this movie so many times I'd memorized everyone's lines. (It didn't stick so well after a couple decades, sadly. But I still remember all of Dracula's lines.). The novel is almost clinical, a series of journals showing the different leads' POV. The choice to bolt the plot to a love story was likely a product of the 90s. All the straight up villains laid low after the 80s, so they had to give Dracula more humanity via the love story. If you want a good laugh, you could watch Dracula Dead and Loving It, directed by Mel Brooks and starring Leslie Nielsen. All the jokes have roots in the Coppola film.

[@prisonerofthehighway1059]

One of my favorite films of all time and a cinematography masterpiece. So happy to see a reaction that doesn’t whine about Keanu’s accent through the whole thing.

[@deedeestardust2535]

I can understand Mina, Gary Oldman with that long hair, the glasses, the hat ohhh yes! 🔥 for me this is the best adaptation of Dracula! Please react to “Interview with the Vampire” with Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise like you’ve never seen him before and if you are more into vampires a little Swedish movie called “Let the Right One In”, trust me is a masterpiece.

[@SansMerci1013]

Yes, chile, those John Lennon sunglasses and that Velvet suit - hook me up! LOL

[@carlnaranjo3962]

Totally agree with Let the right one in. That show was well done. I didn't like the remake of it though. No where near as good as the original.

[@GarmrsBarking]

I'm more into count orlok myself... And yes "låt den rätte komma in" is a must if you like vampire movies...

[@chermebrownsauce8049]

Gary Oldman was a perfect Dracula, with all the elements. Anthony Hopkins was a perfect Van Helsing, love him. A true masterpiece.Lot of changes from the book, but find its own way to tell the story.

[@ralphroshia9247]

I think Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee would like to say something about that

[@lanzknecht8599]

Sir Anthony Hopkins also played the orthodox priest in the beginning of the movie.

[@noone1704]

Being born in Transilvania I have to say this is a true story and completely accurate 😂😂

[@lauce3998]

45:57 The novel begins with Jonathan going to Transylvania and then continues with Dracula going to London and vampirizing Lucy and Mina, they are simple food. He buys these properties to have places to hide in London. In the film Coppola invents the prologue with real historical facts (Turkish battle) and some legend (beloved throws herself into the river) and creates the love story, the reincarnation of Elizabetha in Mina, the Prince betrayed by God who becomes a vampire, and the coincidence that they are in London.... The book does not explain how Dracula becomes a vampire, nor does he love anyone, he is a murderer without more, pure evil. In the film he is a victim of circumstances who falls to the dark side, a fallen angel.

[@alucard624]

Love how Coppola actually tried to stick to the original story unlike most adaptations by having all the characters in it versus composites as well as even using Jonathan Harker's journal, Mina's dairy, and Dr. Seward's medical journal for a few scenes. That was a nice touch. Yes, Keanu's attempt at an English accent is bad but even he's admitted it was terrible. That being said, Gary Oldman owns the role of Dracula and the supporting cast is amazing. Hands down one of the best adaptations still to this day. Side note: The creators of Castlevania actually tied the character of Quincy Morris to the franchise with the game Castlevania Bloodlines as well as its sequel Portrait of Ruin.

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[@StCerberusEngel]

And that's not even getting into the artistic and technical filmmaking on display here. He also produced my favorite adaptation of Frankenstein.

[@SansMerci1013]

I love this adaptation too - A lot of people didn't realize Dracula was an epic love story until this film made it clear.

[@TheMarcHicks]

@@SansMerci1013 the book wasn't a love story though. The book doesn't even make mention of how Dracula became a vampire.

[@baneh1329]

@@SansMerci1013 Yeah Mina hated Dracula in the book and he used her to attack Johnathan, their was never a love plot

[@crust8016]

One of my all time favorite movies for so many reasons, especially for filmmakers/film enthusiasts. It's like a gothic theme park ride with so much atmosphere and style.

[@daystyrfer7887]

This is one of my favorite movies. It’s visually unique and it has an atmosphere I haven’t seen in any other.

[@kalandkarazor-el3088]

This movie just has a special place in my heart. More of an actual monster movie than modern supernatural stuff seems to be It is really stylized and weird and it can put a lot of people off. And we can't forget Keanu Reeves' amazingly perfect British accent lol

[@Billinois78]

Speaking of different film adaptions of Dracula, the oldest surviving film adaption is called Nosferatu (1922). It's 100 years old this year, so if you ever want to react to a silent film, maybe consider that for the Halloween season. Even if you don't do a reaction, it's worth watching. Follow that with movie "Shadow of the Vampire" (2000) which stars Willem Dafoe and John Malkovich. It's a fictional account of the filming of Nosferatu.

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[@fionnmaccumhaill3257]

Whenever I think of moderated Nosferatu, I think of Salem's Lot!

[@donna25871]

@@fionnmaccumhaill3257 Nosferatu is an adaptation of Dracula - Stoker’s widow threatened to sue if they used the name.

[@jarrettenaope7038]

Happy 100 Nosferatu🥳🧛‍♂️

[@richardzinns5676]

The term "nosferatu" comes from a book Stoker used for research on the novel, which said that this was a synonym for vampire; Stoker used it accordingly, and it has become known worldwide. The information Stoker read was erroneous: there was no such word in any language until that book was written, and no one knows where the author got the impression that there was.

[@jaymanuel3396]

OMG, I was 24 when I saw this opening night! Ugh how time flies. The huge Loews Astor Plaza (RIP) was packed and the audience went crazy. Such a beautiful film to see on a huge screen. I especially loved Dracula’s shadow doing whatever it wanted!

[@ruimichael18]

This is the best Dracula movie ever, and one of the best romantic stories ever.

[@jerrychubb6168]

I watch this movie every year for Halloween. It's a fantastic example of Coppala's work. Fun fact: Gary Oldman only did the film so he could say the line 'I have crossed oceans of time to find you.' Godsdamn if that isn't eternal love.

[@warrenjohn]

You are so right about the big screen...I saw this in cinema when it was first released and it was so epic! The set design, costume design and sound were all fantastic on the big screen. Great reaction!

[@robertombricen7966]

This is a really close adaptation of the book, though the love story prologue was added. But is really close to the book they even kept the idea of telling part of the story from letters of journals, because the book is not tell as other stories from the point of view of a narrator, was wrote as a collection of diaries, news papers and letters put together.

[@christinehorror8178]

This is the most creatively made movie with all the movie tricks used.. all in camera effects except the blue fire.. just beautiful!

[@Brothaman2k]

I swear when she said, "I don't know if there are a lot of Dracula movies", I heard a record scratch. I almost turned to break the 4th wall and look directly at the camera like an episode of The Office...lol

[@gerardcote8391]

One of the Dracula Brides was Monica Bellucci who would later appear as Persephony in the Matrix Movie with Keanu Reeves.

[@defunctus408]

Dracula and Sherlock Holmes are two famous characters that a lot of actors portrayed.

[@billparrish4385]

Rennfield, the first lawyer sent to Dracula before Jonathan, was eating all the bugs because he was trying to be like his master Dracula, eating life, to try and supplement his own life force with theirs. This is also why he wanted the cat, larger form of life, more immortality by eating it. The end credits had a great song, 'Love Song for a Vampire' by Annie Lennox, which I wish you could have also reacted to. But I know for various arcane copyright reasons that I don't pretend to understand, music reactors can react to music, and movie reactors can react to movies, and 'ne'er the twain shall meet'. Although I have seen one reactor, a vocal coach, doing both, reacting to songs in movie musicals, and to the movies themselves, so maybe she's found some loophole. Anyway, 'Love Song for a Vampire', Annie Lennox. It's a killer song (no pun intended).... 🧛

[@matthewcastleton2263]

Yeah. Renfield had what is known as clinical vampirism, a real medical condition. It’s also now know as Renfield’s Syndrome, as it’s named after him. It’s when patients obsessively desire to ingest blood for some unknown reason: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinical_vampirism#:~:text=Clinical%20vampirism%2C%20more%20commonly%20known,F.

[@jjkhawaiian]

I saw this in the theaters backing '92. I already knew of Wynona Ryder but this introduced me to now one of my favorite actors, Gary Oldman. I loved the movie as it seemed to follow the original with more drama. Billy Crudup, Tom Waits, Cary Elwes, Keanu Reeves, and Anthony Hopkins rounds out this stellar cast.

[@rxtsec1]

I got so see a special screening years ago

[@JeffersonMills]

Billy Campbell played Quincey Morris. I don’t think Billy Crudup is in it.

[@fashizzle78]

the first movie I felt sorry for the character of dracula I had tears at the end when Mina sets him free and she looks up and the painting shows He's united again with his love Elisabeta in the afterlife

[@jasonsabbath6996]

Such a great movie! Gary Oldman is an acting genius! The make-up and fx were AMAZING! The only down part was Keanu's terribly accent. Dracula/Gary Oldman were the bat, the wolf, the old Dracula, and the young Dracula. Tour de force performance.

[@Fedorevsky]

Not just his accent, his acting in general in the film is pretty horrendous. Reeves' was never much of an actor. Stiff as a log.

[@Korradoar]

"Look at what your god, has done to me..." omg I love that moment. epic. awesome. the creature effects remain absolutely legendary.

[@TheRodentSama]

Love the way this was filmed as though it was a stage play on screen. Coppola used every trick in the book on this movie... and no CGI. The shaving scene, they moved the walls in the background to make it feel more and more claustrophobic, reverse camera angles, the visions in the clouds and sunsets and the eyes in the sky during the train ride, were all done in camera, not post production. A lot of the train ride was done with miniatures and stuff too. Oldman is the best Dracula as well.

[@punkinhicktown]

The metal cage helmets those people in the asylum wear are like Victorian head protection I was always told. And I always figured Keanu reeves hair change was supposed to be from shock, like someone going through so much stress their hair turns white. I think that's even an old timey thing people would claim could happen. Great video, love how genuine you both are.

[@jjkhawaiian]

Spielberg used that in Poltergeist as the Mother's hair turned white after that initial frightful night of trying to save the little girl from "there."

[@TheMarcHicks]

Yes, I believe that is explained in the book.

[@petersvillage7447]

Yeah, even about 20-30 years ago it was a cliche that people who underwent stress (especially if they'd seen a ghost) their hair would 'turn white overnight'. Back then I think it was more understood to be something that happened in old stories than something that actually *could* happen in real life, but I dare say the Victorians believed in it. Oscar Wilde makes a joke about it in Dorian Gray when a widow's hair is cheekily said to have turned gold overnight because of her loss.

[@sexysadie2901]

@@jjkhawaiian It also appears in Nightmare on Elm Street

[@mickmack1409]

Yeah, a large streak of Ash's hair turns white in Evil Dead 2 when he sees the monstrous head burst through the cabin door. Also, the flowers whither simultaneously.

[@pablom-f8762]

By the way "Nosferatu", the old German film, is the stuff of nightmares.

[@geraldvance7925]

To answer your question. Dracula can transform into a wolf or a bat and even a swarm of rats. Basically vampires can transform into any night creature at will. But usually a bat or a wolf. Not to be confused with a werewolf but both are repelled by silver. They can also transform into a mist or teleport back to their coffin. You should check out Dracula films with Christopher Lee, Frank langella or Bella Lugosi playing the role of Dracula.

[@o0pinkdino0o]

Every single effect in this movie was captured in film. Utter genius.

[@MrSporkster]

Yet another incredible performance from Gary Oldman. He can do no wrong!

[@jean-philippedoyon9904]

That's a nice pick ! One of the best Gary Oldman role ! The book is build like a bunch of letters....i love they did the same thing in the movie, it's a fun way to move the story along ! Also the visuals, for a 1992 movie are impressive and mostly hold up !! A very underrestimated movie because of the Keanu Reeves performance and the hairdo of Dracula...the rest it pretty impressive and that added backstory for Dracula's wife is a good addition....

[@lauce3998]

If you want to know more about vampires you have to look: "What we do in the shadows". It is a comedy, but it shows very well all the topics, rules and winks of most vampire movies, apart from being the most laughable movie I have seen in the last ten years. Taika Waititi is a genius!

[@filthycasual8187]

The TV show is pretty damn great too.

[@mattaaf1]

Dracula coming into the room while Keanu is shaving scene was my first experience of ASMR before I'd heard of ASMR. I had this on VHS and wore out that scene watching over and over at 12 years old or fourteen, addicted to the brain tingles.

[@4dbright]

I love this movie, I've seen it sooo many times. This is my favorite vampire movie other than Interview with a Vampire, and Dusk till Dawn. 🙂💖

[@shaggycan]

Yeah, Vampires are supposed to be just facinating to get in close and kill you. They aren't people any more, the movies you listed portray them properly.

[@shanedaley6236]

This and van Helsing with Hugh Jackman are my two favorite movies for vampire and Dracula

[@4dbright]

I forgot to mention Lost Boys, also top on my list.

[@Talonz501]

Near Dark!

[@dannyjoe3343]

Underworld is great.

[@desmoove]

TBR Schmitt: "Van Helsing, Shut her up" I don't know why but I laughed so hard at that but I was pretty much laughing the whole way through this with ya'll. My all time favorite with ya'll is the Monty Python flicks but your reactions to this one is up there too. There's just something about that guy's (TBR) delivery that just cracks me up to no end. I've literally spit drinks out watching with these folks. Too funny and the after critique is cool too. Keep on keeping on ya'll!

[@vlavelmoorehead]

13:40 “Okay, never mind. She’s not getting shredded. She’s getting pounded!” ☠️🤣

[@vanpiisu88]

This movie was so scary to watch when I was a kid. Definitely one of the greatest movies ever made.

[@Kreative_Katz]

One of my favorite movies of all time! It's awesome to see someone reacting finally to this criminally underrated movie.

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[@shanenolan8252]

Thanks guys , hope tbr is feeling better. This blew my mind whn i was 11 . Fun fack bram stocker , is Irish, from my home town , he wrote this while working in cleary department store. First Dracula movie was a silent ( nosferatu ) then 1930s, and from the 50s Christopher Lee, and they never stops making them .

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[@Vesohag]

Keanu's hair goes white because of the horrors he witnessed. Not because of him turning into a vampire. It is like when people under a lot of constant stress start to get white hairs prematurely.

[@meadmaker4525]

This movie is excellent for his time. I remember when it came out and the impact it had on people. Dracula Untold is a more recent version of the Dracula story, but not Bram Stoker's tale. I enjoyed it. Consider having a look, if you have time and the inclination.

[@Eduardo-yj5cd]

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) - Starring: Gary Oldman. - Supporting actor: Anthony Hopkins. Hannibal (2001) - Starring: Anthony Hopkins. - Supporting actor: Gary Oldman.

[@gargsuraj7133]

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[@TheMarcHicks]

The novel is brilliant. It eschews a consistent 1st or 3rd person narrator style of storytelling, in favour of telling the story via diary entries of various characters, letters, newspaper clippings & the like.

[@andrev5992]

One of the first epistolary book.

[@parcaleste]

Stunningly beautiful, with, I'd dare say, perfect screenplay, masterful acting and a majestic soundtrack. What could you want more from a movie?

[@mychalwilliams9411]

Dracula Untold 2014 is great also. Love Bram Stokers as well. Amazing storytelling!

[@JasonMoir]

I kept waiting for Keanu to say "woah."

[@15blackshirt]

This is a direct adaptation of the Bram Stoker story, while there are numerous other Dracula films from the 1930's until fairly recent. The most recent adaptation is Dracula Untold. The companion to this is the 90's adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

[@paintedjaguar]

"This is a direct adaptation of the Bram Stoker story" Uh, no. It isn't. But it's closer than a lot of them.

[@15blackshirt]

@@saltywinchester1600, I know from reading some of it that the majority of the novel is a collection of letters

[@mrjdgibbs]

​@@15blackshirtAnd in the novel D isn't vlad the impaler, and there is no love story, and Mina is just food. There's a lot that's different. Lots of license taken.

[@robertschlemmer6032]

"When my time comes will you do the same to me?" Schmitt: "Yes!"

[@matthewcastleton2263]

Renfield had clinical vampirism. He ate flies for their blood. But then he started eating spiders because they eat flies, thus ingesting both the fly's and the spider's blood. Thus why he wanted to eat birds (who eat the spiders) and then also kittens/cats (who eat birds). And so on and so forth. It was also a scheme to quench his thirst for blood, which likely came as a result of serving Dracula for a long period of time. Clinical vampirism is an actual medical condition where patients obsessively crave blood for some reason. It's now known as Renfield's Syndrome, as it's named after the character of Renfield from the novel. Also, you are correct. Bram Stoker based aspects of his Count Dracula on the historical Vlad the Impaler. Dracula was his last name (Vlad Dracula). However, Vlad the Impaler likely did NOT drink blood, and he was only accused of doing so by his enemies in the Ottoman Empire. I also admire Vlad Dracula, as do Romanians, because he did what was necessary to protect his country from invasion via the Ottoman Empire. Vlad Dracula is a national hero in Romania. One of the things that horrified Romanians under communism was that Communist Dictator Nikolai Ceacesçu often compared himself to Vlad to try to gain the affection of the people. The battle seen at the beginning of the film is the historical Night Attack at Târgoviste.

[@XanderDorn]

I have lost count how many times this book had been adapted. If I remember correctly the first time was in 1921 under the title "Nosferatu". But I still think the best one was the one from 1995.

[@jgsrhythm100]

TBR my grandmothers first cousin Cochi) was from Translvania (Romania was part of Hungary at the time). She was a Holocaust Survivor and last tear passed at 105!! The story of Draculs was inspired by the true story of Vlad the Impaler.

[@dharmalock5032]

Out of allll of the stellar, amusing and utterly entertaining performances in this film. To me, as absurd as it sounds, Anthony Hopkins’ is routinely overlooked. I always feel his charisma pulling my into the screen during his scenes

[@flak8882]

The overlay scenes like they eyes in the sky during Keanu's first train ride were all achieved in camera, no CGI effects

[@tolkienismaster]

Never saw you that confused! lol I love the atmosphere this film has. And the intro is just so great. Is Children of Men on your watch list?

[@TBRSchmitt]

Unfortunately, we’ve already seen it! One of Sam’s all time favorites!

[@cst8068]

@@TBRSchmitt It would be an incredible to see you guys do a double feature reaction around Halloween of both of the original film versions of Dracula, back to back. By watching the 1922 German silent film Nosferatu starring Max Schreck, then immediately go into the American version from 1931 called Dracula starring the legendary Bela Lugosi. Both films hold up rather well, and some of the visual effects in Nosferatu are quite impressive even now. See, they're both a little over an hour, so watching them as a double feature, it would come out to essentially a 2 hour and 20 minute running time. I think it would be a big hit on your channel, because most of the people who watch your channel, including myself, who were born before 1990, most of the old Universal Horror films were played non stop, so countless people have seen them, so they'd probably get a decent amount of traffic. Also that could open you guys up to watching both the originals of The Wolf Man, Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, The Invisible Man and all of the modern remakes for comparison. There's also a few sequels from the 30's called Dracula's Daughter which is incredible, as well as Son of Dracula. And by the way.... Nosferatu is a made up fake Romanian word by Bram Stoker, which means plague carrier, but since the German distributors couldn't get the rights from Stoker's estate to call the vampire Dracula in Nosferatu, they just changed the name to Count Orlok, since then the film and it's title became synonymous with the title Nosferatu. But essentially it means the same thing as vampire. Also, the 1931 Dracula with Lugosi, who is incredible in the film, was filmed simultaneously with a Spanish language version starring Carlos Villarias, using the same sets. It's around 1 hour and 40 minutes and is the far better film of the two, even though it lacks the presence of Lugosi. So maybe that one you guys could watch as well, if you love the other one.

[@jenniferdarling6]

just a gorgeous, rewatchable film ❤️

[@bradleymcavoy3432]

This Won 3 Oscars: Best Costume Design, Best Make-Up and Best Sound Effects Editing! When I saw this in the theaters I actually said " Great Costume design" and "Really good sound effects", while being enamored with the Cinematography! 🙄🤨😉

[@thegoatchild3545]

One of my favorite movies. The sets, the costumes, the soundtrack and of course Gary Oldman. He's just incredible. I highly recommend the behind the scenes documentaries.!

[@FaithZBubbles]

Love this movie. Thanks for the vid 😊 Also, Mina wasn't the new Dracula. When she killed him, it was to ease his suffering so was done with love. Ended the "curse". That's why her wafer burn on her forehead disolved. Not evil anymore.

[@MichaelBalchaitis]

9:00 "They just put on her spe... awe fuck." I can't believe you made it through Arachnophobia.

[@Zombie_Trooper]

A couple fun tidbits is that in most vampire lore, vampires are NOT killed by sunlight. They can be weakened or prefer to hide in the dark, but it wasn't until Nosferatu in the 1920's that sunlight was established as the killer of vampires. Also this and the original film from 1931 feel like plays because they were based on a play. It's his role as Dracula on stage that won Bela Lugosi the role.

[@dereknolin5986]

I can't believe Rosemary's Baby was so low in your poll! That's truly a horror classic! It's a masterclass in suspense and atmosphere.

[@hylianbatman3153]

Omg this brings back so many memories. It came out when I was ten. On my 11th birthday I got this on VHS and BugsBunny Rabbit Rampage on SNES. Damn...time is a sonofabitch

[@zatoichi1]

Another great reaction from you too. This movie was pretty amazing on the big screen. Love Coppola and of course the Dracula novel. You should check out other Coppola movies like Peggy Sue Got Married and Apocalypse Now (not sure if you reviewed that). Also, Dracula Dead and Loving It with Leslie Nielson is good for parody laughs.

[@AspieMediaBobby]

When Vlad calls to the wolf "Strigoi,moloi", those are Romanian words for vampires implying Dracula`s pet white wolf is another vampire,possibly a childer or sibling of his,shapeshifted.

[@harveybojangle475]

Because the main vampire (Dracula) was destroyed, Mina was released from the curse and is human again. Nosferatu isn't a being, but is synonymous with the word "vampire". It was also the title of a silent film, and the plot is based on the Stoker novel. The character of Van Helsing is also from Stoker's "Dracula". The movie "Van Helsing" was an attempt to reinvigorate the Universal Monsters franchise by making him more of a dark action hero fighting different creatures. And, the object used on Mina's forehead was a communion wafer.

[@DanielGonzalez-vo5ni]

Think this is actually my favorite Dracula film its got so much going for it Gary Oldman was perfect and Van Helping is also pretty cool

[@theTemplar08]

None of the opening scene of his origin is in the book. This is based on vlahd the Impaler who has a real life Romanian prince who impaled his enemies on spikes. It’s said Bram Stoker took this as his inspiration.

[@terrigaines1812]

The thing that Van Helsing pressed to Mina's forehead was a holy wafer.

[@nightmaster5593]

I love this movie so much. Its aesthetic is unmatched. I can't get enough of the handmade and old-school visual techniques. Such a gem of the 90s! Great reaction. I love you.