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SUMMARY:Dracula - DVD
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DESCRIPTION:"I am....Drac-u-la. I bid you velcome." Thus does Bela Lugosi d
 eclare his presence in the 1931 screen version of Bram Stoker's Dracula. Di
 rector Tod Browning invests most of his mood and atmosphere in the first tw
 o reels\, which were based on the original Stoker novel\; the rest of the f
 ilm is a more stagebound translation of the popular stage play by John Bald
 erston and Hamilton Deane. Even so\, the electric tension between the elega
 nt Dracula and the vampire hunter Professor Van Helsing (Edward Van Sloan) 
 works as well on the screen as it did on the stage. And it's hard to forget
  such moments as the lustful gleam in the eyes of Mina Harker (Helen Chandl
 er) as she succumbs to the will of Dracula\, or the omnipresent insane gigg
 le of the fly-eating Renfield (Dwight Frye). Despite the static nature of t
 he final scenes\, Dracula is a classic among horror films\, with Bela Lugos
 i giving the performance of a lifetime as the erudite Count (both Lugosi an
 d co-star Frye would forever after be typecast as a result of this film\, w
 hich had unfortunate consequences for both men's careers). Compare this Dra
 cula to the simultaneously filmed Spanish-language version\, which makes up
  for the absence of Lugosi with a stronger sense of visual dynamics in the 
 lengthy dialogue sequences. In 1999\, a special rerelease of Dracula was pr
 epared featuring a new musical score written by Philip Glass and performed 
 by The Kronos Quartet. ~ Hal Erickson\, All Movie Guide
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