Bram Stoker's Dracula | Full Length Reaction!
Added 2024-10-05 02:24:24 +0000 UTCSURPRISEEEEE!! One of the first movies of HALLOVEEN and it’s a movie i knew literally NOTHING about 😳
This film pleasantly surprised me and i hope it does the same for you 🥰❤️
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Since you liked this movie so much and the references would still be fresh, it would be amazing if you watched "Dracula: Dead and Loving It". it's a Mel Brooks parody of this movie, similar to "Blazing Saddles" and "Airplane!".
YodatheHobbit
2024-11-08 00:12:19 +0000 UTCwatch bbcs drecula
Samuel
2024-10-08 17:18:58 +0000 UTCI guess it works just don't forget spooktober traditions! Primarily seeing you getting mad at Evil dead for how ridiculously extra it gets with the gore
Jesse Darty
2024-10-08 00:34:44 +0000 UTCOf course it is!!! All month is Spooktober 🥰 you dont like HalloVeen? 😆
VKunia
2024-10-08 00:31:23 +0000 UTCSo no more spooktober :( ?
Jesse Darty
2024-10-07 05:43:31 +0000 UTCgat dam
Robingrlwonder
2024-10-06 18:23:39 +0000 UTCOMG, there is so much to cover to your questions, V. Lol. Dracula is the vampire that brought vampires to the forefront of the public eye. There have always been stories of “life stealers” in folktales around the world. Slowly evolving into stories of vampires. One of my favorites being the vampires of Chinese mythology. These vampires can’t walk or run; they hop, lol, really, they hop because of the rigor mortis, lol. 100% honest. Anyway, Dracula (and Nosferatu) is the reason vampires ended up as sexy skinny boys that sparkle in the sunlight, lol. Dracula brought romance to vampire lore. Nosferatu isn’t the first vampire. He is just one of the original ideas of what a vampire was. One of the folktale interpretations of the night-stalker/home-invader that steals your life/blood while you sleep. Nosferatu brought romance too but in a more Phantom of the Opera kinda way; a beauty and beast perversion, a Quasimodo story. Dracula brought the sexy looking exotic prince from a far away land obsessing over a fair innocent maiden of London. Gary Oldman goes hard in this film, lol, I love it. Transylvanian people actually dislike all the vampire lore connected to their city (aside from the tourism it brings, lol). Most local lore they actually care about revolves around werewolves. Vlad the Impaler was a Romanian lord that got his name from putting people on spikes all around his battlefields. He is attached to the vampire lore for his bloodlust and cruelty. Various stories circulate about how he became Dracula. Below here are the most common bullet points you will see in mostly every version and adaption of Dracula and the story around him. Mina and Lucy are actually almost never seen in most versions of the story. However, here, Mina is one of those “up to your interpretation” as to whether Dracula implanted his memories of Elizabet into Mina or if he unlocked Mina’s past life as Elizabet. I am of the mind that Dracula was so taken with her, and is inherently an impulsive romantic, that when he was pursing Mina, he couldn’t help but implant his desire for her to be Elizabet into her mind. Kinda like, his powers were his own downfall because he instinctually wanted her to be Elizabet so bad that he inadvertently made Mina think she was Elizabet. I say this because when she pushed the blade further into him and he ‘died’, the mark on her head disappeared. She was no longer under his spell and no longer cursed with the ‘unholy infection’ as Van Helsing would call it, lol. But she was aware of her experiences throughout this. That was why she was able to cut off his head and then not kill herself. Elizabet was finally gone from her mind. Imho. Dracula lore. Dracula always has an assistant, a Ghoul, by the name of Renfield. Often depicted as having an all bug diet because that is what he survived on when Dracula locked him up as he broke his mind. He sees every insect as a gift of nutrition from his master, now. Ghouls are protectors of their vampire masters especially in the day, and known for procuring their masters fresh victims. They are often seen as irreversibly brainwashed servants. Which leads me to Dracula’s powers. One of the most important, his enchanting and mesmerizing gaze. Dracula is known for bewitching the minds of his prey rather than physical confrontations. He prefers psychology warfare over open combat. He can send thoughts and images of both seduction and torment. He can teleport short distances. He can transform into a bat or a swarm of bats, a rat or a swarm or rats, a wolf/beast, into mist (this is how he teleports so quickly), and any version of “in-between” transformations of these as well. He can summon a storm but he can’t control the storm. Often, he is seen as having 3 vampire brides, almost always a blond, a brunette, and a redhead. He likes having a harem. These are his preferred Thralls; devoted vampires sired by him. His last power is his immortality. Not just because he is a vampire but because he is very tricky to kill as he is very good at barely surviving or using misdirection on his attackers. Often his killers never notice that they didn’t fully kill him because of his mind tricks. Its easier to do things if your enemy thinks you are dead, after all. He is the Houdini of vampires, lol, the escape artist. Which leads to his skills of disguise. He can change his appearance of age at will. Blend in with crowds. All connected with his ability to panic your mind as you can never tell when or where you might encounter him or see glimpses of him. Point being to catch you off balance. To get your blood pumping. He loves the hunt, gets excited by it. A much lesser known (and very unused) aspect of Dracula is his partnership with werewolves. Werewolves are typically his enforcers and body guards; his thugs as it were. Dracula’s shadow and his ability to spy on Mina and Lucy from so far away is sort like Astral Projection but he is able to use his mesmerizing powers through it and seep into the minds of his prey. Its easier to break through mental barriers/defenses when your prey is panicking from whispered voices and moving shadows. That’s the idea of this effect in the film. BTW, all of these breakdown of powers can be found in the RPG Vampire the Masquerade where they go super deep into classic vampire lore from all over the world and the different types of vampires and vampire powers. Not every vampire has the same powers and not every vampire is a sexy noble lord, lol. Then we get to Van Helsing. Van Helsing is classically known as Dracula’s mortal enemy. Often depicting generations of Van Helsings hunting Dracula through the ages. John Harker is often seen as an apprentice to Van Helsing. Defeating a vampire that can change to mist involves stabbing it in the heart as quickly as you can. Stabbing a vampire in the heart paralyzes the vampire long enough to cut its head off. Then the remains must be burned. The movie Van Helsing with Hugh Jackman is also a great depiction of Dracula lore, albeit a much different take on the original, lol. But very fun, campy, and action-y. It connects the other classic movie monsters (Frankenstein and the Wolfman) in a very cool way. The movie Renfield stars Nick Cage as Dracula, not Renfield. Its actually pretty good and takes a very different perspective on the Dracula/Renfield relationship. Its a comedy, btw. There also is a Dracula movie called Demeter that very recently came out. Demeter is the name of the ship that brought Dracula to London. Some were not very excited about the industry making an entire movie out of such a tiny piece of Dracula lore. I don’t think it did well. Never saw it. One of my favorites is the anime Helsing where the descendant of Van Helsing is working with Dracula. Lastly you have Castlevania, just substitute Van Helsing with the Belmont family and give Dracula a son named Alucard (Dracula backwards) and you get the Castlevania series.
Raptor
2024-10-06 07:03:40 +0000 UTCTwo things... One, I laughed out loud when during the Lucy/Dracula scene in the manor grounds, Vee's initial reaction was "LUCY!... you have a fiancé!..." Like, THAT was the immediate go-to?! Two, I have gained a greater appreciation of this adaptation after initially being critical of the story elements that did not seem to match the novel including the ending. However, this was one of the only movie adaptations that had all of the characters including the Texan Quincy Morris (who in the novel died after stabbing Dracula in the heart with Harker beheading Dracula) and the three demon-brides. I have acknowledged now that the novel is a collection of letters and transcribed recordings about the events which are strictly the point of view of Dracula's enemies. If Vee hasn't read the book, I recommend it as a good novel.
Michael Labs
2024-10-05 17:22:38 +0000 UTCIf you enjoyed the dark romance aspect of this movie, you should watch Legend.
Louie G.
2024-10-05 16:15:41 +0000 UTCIt’s fairly faithful to the book. The book is very good. It’s made up of letters and diary entries written by the characters so there are some bits they’ve had to make a choice where the book is ambiguous. It would be fun to see a follow up reaction to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994) which was made as a follow up to this.
Jacob King
2024-10-05 10:46:39 +0000 UTC🤞
Matt
2024-10-05 08:34:56 +0000 UTCYou might enjoy the 2012 animated film Hotel Transylvania if you haven't already seen it, has Adam Sandler as Count Dracula
Matt
2024-10-05 06:46:34 +0000 UTCGlad you enjoyed it. This movie is a work of art. The more you watch it the more little details you notice. This was the first time I noticed the shadow puppets in the background of the opening scene are also in the theater during the wolf incident on one of the contraptions. A reminder of who he really is.
Jorge Hernandez
2024-10-05 06:36:57 +0000 UTCIt ended the way it did because... that's the way (more or less) the book does. You'd have to go back to 1897 and ask Bram Stoker. But, fwiw, it does play into the sequel novel, written by his great grand nephew, Dacre Stoker.
Chief
2024-10-05 05:43:41 +0000 UTCBram Stoker's Dracula is my favorite adaptation of Dracula so far, although I think this year's Nosferatu might top it.
Othorious
2024-10-05 05:38:57 +0000 UTCMan, you've picked/polled some scary movies this year.
YodatheHobbit
2024-10-05 05:28:00 +0000 UTCPoor keanu got dragged for that accent back in the day 😅. Im so ready for spooky season. Also gonna shout out late night with the devil for a movie reaction! It came out this year and was suprisingly good
Rey
2024-10-05 03:12:41 +0000 UTCGreat choice. Love this movie.
Trevor Go
2024-10-05 02:55:55 +0000 UTCThank you V!!! :) I love this movie, grew up with it and all that. Also, love your look.
Derder
2024-10-05 02:36:08 +0000 UTCDidn't expect this but interested in your reaction, again want to recommend Mandy 2018 for Halloveen 🎃 thanks V
Matt
2024-10-05 02:29:55 +0000 UTC
