Dracula (in movies) - The Transylvanian aristocrat who wrought terror into the hearts of the innocent in novels, motion pictures and later television programs. Dracula first appeared in the 1897 novel Dracula written by Bram Stoker (1847-1912). The first movie version of the popular bloodsucker was the 1921 Hungarian film Drakula. A series of vampire movie sequels followed including:

• Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) starring Max Schreck.

• Dracula (1931) starring Bela Lugosi.

• Dracula's Daughter (1936) starring Gloria Holden.

• Son of Dracula (1943) starring Lon Chaney, Jr..

• Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein starring Bela Lugosi as the Count.

• Blood of Dracula (1957) starring Jerry Baline.

• Dracula (1958) starring Christopher Lee.

• I Was  A Teenage  Vampire (1959) starring Donald Glut as Dracula's Son.

• Dracula Meets the Outer Space Chicks (1968).

• Blacula (1972), starring black actor William Marshall.

• Dracula 2000 (2000) starring Gerard Butler as Dracula who is revealed to be the tormented and cursed soul of Judas Iscariot, the betrayer of the Jewish prophet, Jesus Christ.

           

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