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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: DRACULA 75TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION: UNIVER (DVD
EAN: 0025193102225
Format: Black & White, Dolby, Full Screen, Subtitled
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 26, 2006
Running Time: 179 minutes
Sales Rank: 3629
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: February 14, 1931
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The legend of Dracula continues in this gripping, masterful 2-disc edition of cinema's most ominous vampire, digitally remastered for the 75th Anniversary Edition. Relive the horror, the mystery, and the intrigue of the original 1931 vampire masterpiece starring Bela Lugosi and directed by Tod Browning. The inspiration for hundreds of subsequent remakes and adaptations, this classic film launched the Hollywood horror genre with its eerie passion, shadowy atmosphere, and thrilling cinematography. The children of the night are calling…
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When Universal Pictures picked up the movie rights to a Broadway adaptation of Dracula, they felt secure in handing the property over to the sinister team of actor Lon Chaney and director Tod Browning. But Chaney died of cancer, and Universal hired the Hungarian who had scored a success in the stage play: Béla Lugosi. The resulting film launched both Lugosi's baroque career and the horror-movie cycle of the 1930s. It gets off to an atmospheric start, as we meet Count Dracula in his shadowy castle in Transylvania, superbly captured by the great cinematographer Karl Freund. Eventually Dracula and his blood-sucking devotee (Dwight Frye, in one of the cinema's truly mad performances) meet their match in a vampire-hunter called Van Helsing (Edward Van Sloan). If the later sections of the film are undeniably stage bound and a tad creaky, Dracula nevertheless casts a spell, thanks to Lugosi's creepily lugubrious manner and the eerie silences of Browning's directing style. (After a mood-enhancing snippet of Swan Lake under the opening titles, there is no music in the film.) Frankenstein, which was released a few months later, confirmed the horror craze, and Universal has been making money (and countless spin-off projects) from its twin titans of terror ever since. Certainly the role left a lasting impression on the increasingly addled and drug-addicted Lugosi, who was never quite able to distance himself from the part that made him a star. He was buried, at his request, in his black vampire cape. --Robert Horton
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so many reviews i couldnt read them all, butt this guy was the greatest actor for count dracula and who directed did superb job. butt the real count dracula lived for real and he did drink blood of the people and he killed them if they crossed him , he was a real count and very rich and mean and had a castle so just in case nobody knows this. this is based on true story
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Excellent album for all the tracks it has, not only for the films (English and Spanish version) but also for the documentaries. Don't miss this album if you are a true Bela Lugosi's fan. This special edition for anniversary is of as high quality in its conception. 75 years is easy to say but let's imagine the hard efforts in making the mos famous Holywood's Dracula.
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I've seen Dracula movies many a time in my day, but I tell ya, nothing like looking at the original! Pick this up! All subsequent Dracula films take their cue from Lugosi.
Universal Pictures made this 75th Anniversary edition, 2 DVD set perfect, that any horror fan/geek would love.
Lugos almost didn't get the part. It's all explained in this DVD. As you know the Stoker story very well, no need to detail it. What I didn't know is that it's loosely based on the Stoker ... Read More
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Back in 1931, the gloves came off. American cinema firmly grasps full-fledged horror and all the shadows that surround it. This is such a beautifully shot B&W classic that paved the way for the genre.
Watch The Count glide with commanding grace during his nocturnal exploits. Dark, spellbinding, and terrifying, Director Tod Browning does a masterful job. No graphic horror shots or cheap scares, we've got ATMOSPHERE. Something current horror films are sorely lacking.
Plus you can't ... Read More
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There's always going to be a rift when you tamper with a classic film. That's why I think that both this Anniversary Edition and the Legacy Collection edition offer us such a rare opportunity, being able to watch the film with its original soundtrack or the new Philip Glass soundtrack, depending upon our preference. I was initially reluctant to watch with the new soundtrack, believing that classics should generally be left untouched. It was only after more than thirty minutes of viewing, when things ... Read More
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