Bela Lugosi Documentry: The Rise of Dracula

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In 1897, theatrical manager Bram Stoker introduced the world to the most iconic horror character of the 20th century; Count Dracula. But, our visual image of Dracula was established some 34 years after the book was published, by a then unknown Hungarian actor who would become irrevocably associated with the role; Bela Lugosi.
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Summary of films in this video
Dracula: After a harrowing ride through the Carpathian mountains in eastern Europe, Renfield enters castle Dracula to finalize the transferral of Carfax Abbey in London to Count Dracula, who is in actuality a vampire. Renfield is drugged by the eerily hypnotic count, and turned into one of his thralls, protecting him during his sea voyage to London.
The Thirteenth Chair: Although his murdered friend was by all accounts a scoundrel a true "bounder" Edward Wales is determined to trap his killer by staging a seance using a famous medium.
The Black Cat: Honeymooning in Hungary, Joan and Peter Allison share their train compartment with Dr. Vitus Verdegast, a courtly but tragic man who is returning to the remains of the town he defended before becoming a prisoner of war for fifteen years. When their hotel-bound bus crashes in a mountain storm and Joan is injured, the travellers seek refuge in the home, built fortress-like upon the site of a bloody battlefield, of famed architect Hjalmar Poelzig.
Murders in the Rue Morgue: In 19th Century Paris, the maniacal Dr. Mirakle abducts young women and injects them with ape blood in an attempt to prove ape-human kinship. He constantly meets failure as the abducted women die. Medical student Pierre Dupin discovers what Mirakle is doing too late to prevent the abduction of his girlfriend Camille.
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Written and presented by Robin Bailes @robinbailes
Directed and Edited by Graham Trelfer
DARK CORNERS OF THIS SICK WORLD: Bela Lugosi: The Rise of Dracula
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@davidmays1115 Жыл бұрын

Bela Lugosi was an extremely underrated actor. He worked very hard at his craft and it showed. There was only one Bela Lugosi.

@tammy5654 11 ай бұрын

ABSOLUTELY RIGHT !!! ONLY ONE BELA LUGOSI. ALTHOUGH I LIKE CHRISTOPHER LEE AS DRACULA, BELA IS THE --- R E A L DRACULA. RIP TO THE GREAT BELA LUGOSI.❤️❤️

@Bigburpboydave 7 ай бұрын

I agree

@scotth6814 3 жыл бұрын

It was criminal how the studios took advantage of actors like Lugosi and Karloff, never paying them what they were worth.

@colleencrouch4346 3 жыл бұрын

Christopher Lee only got 750 UK pounds for his role in the original Hammer Dracula.

@Enriqueguiones 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, it is. The word is "repugnant".

@55Quirll 3 жыл бұрын

Now we have actors that aren't worth the millions that they are paid, go figure.

@colleencrouch4346 3 жыл бұрын

@@55Quirll Christopher Lee commented that it seemed that actors who had higher salaries were more likely to be hired!

@dzyanist 3 жыл бұрын

Scott H..Agreed..Soo True..Soo Verry True..Ugh..🦇☠🦇

@Torgo-and-the-Lucifer-Cat 2 жыл бұрын

I always remember the interview where he said "dracula....dracula never die"....prophetic words. RIP Bela.

@walterfechter8080 3 жыл бұрын

Lugosi's Count will never die as long as filmdom exists.

@colleencrouch4346 3 жыл бұрын

As Christopher Lee said, if you ask someone to "do" Dracula, they don't do Lee's voice, it's always Lugosi's accent & delivery that they attempt.

@walterfechter8080 3 жыл бұрын

@@colleencrouch4346 - I concur. I've been told that I impersonate Lugosi's Count and Lee's Count quite admirably. It might have something to do with my lineage, since I'm Hungarian and Romanian on my mother's side and English on my father's side.

@onlythewise1 3 жыл бұрын

oh knows illegals dont even know who George Washington was

@onlythewise1 3 жыл бұрын

@@walterfechter8080 do you want to bite necks ha ha kidding

@walterfechter8080 3 жыл бұрын

@@onlythewise1 Yes, indeed -- the necks belonging to younger versions of Caroline Munro, Jane Seymour and Julie Newmar.

@rociomiranda5684 3 жыл бұрын

Bela Lugosi is Dracula. The movie lacks many things, but it has him. And Karloff is Karloff, the magnificent Karloff.

@tonylast9181 3 жыл бұрын

No, Christopher Lee did the best portrayal of Dracula

@amysands2413 3 жыл бұрын

@@tonylast9181 Yes at this time. But you must remember it was different when Bela Lugosi was Dracula. Christopher Lee will always remembered as Dracula. But Bela Lugosi was the first.

@mickirving6779 2 жыл бұрын

@@amysands2413 I'm a fan of Christopher Lee' but Lugosi is the only Dracula for me! As much as I love the horror of Dracula' Peter Cushing stole that film anyway' Lee hardly uttered a word in it. No contest really' just my opinion.

@kerrylawson7515 2 жыл бұрын

@@tonylast9181 Christopher Lee was good as far as the color horror films go snd has an imposing presence, but he lacks the feel of Eastern Europe. Lugosi is exotic and unfamiliar.

@steveturner609 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry, but Christopher Lee IS Dracula, he has made the role his own! Bela Lugosi looks like a pantomime character, with little or NO menace about him whatsoever! I would actually say that Lugosi best Universal Horror performance was that of Igor in the 1939 classic “ Son of Frankenstein “ But his Dracula role , particularly now looks incredibly dated and very pale, it is quite spooky in parts but that’s about it. Christopher Lee’s Dracula had everything that Lugosi had, but far more savage and ferocious, and as a result far more threatening!

@bobmessier5215 3 жыл бұрын

Bela was so underrated as an actor. Thanks Robin and Dark Corners for highlighting his Universal Studio performances.

@sfdanceron1 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent analysis. I've probably watched Lugosi's Dracula 200 times.

@Bigbadwhitecracker 3 жыл бұрын

I hope Bela Jr. gets to see this. I know he'd be honored.

@colleencrouch4346 3 жыл бұрын

Looking at the photos of young Bela, you can really see the father-son relationship!

@catspaw3092 3 жыл бұрын

Bela Jr. is a spitting image of his dad.

@quinnzykir 3 жыл бұрын

Man. He looked amazing in his 40s-50s

@robotrix 3 жыл бұрын

And he was striking as a young man

@arrow1414 3 жыл бұрын

Twist: Because Lagosi was a real vampire.😁

@HitchcockBrunette 8 ай бұрын

Gorgeous man ❤

@nilsmuninsheim4279 3 жыл бұрын

I'm really glad that there are still honest folks like you guys, who are not out for a cash-in or just flimsy web-fame, but who put all heart and soul in their work. Your specials almost burst with such a deep love for cinema, its deviant genres and dark icons, that you manage not only to inform and entertain but even to bring the occasional tear to the eye. Thank you very much. And keep 'em coming.

@Tchernobog 3 жыл бұрын

when people mentioned Bela when I was a little kid, I instantly saw him as Dracula in my head. Now when people mention him, I see him as a person and a diverse and great actor! I don't just vision him in the cape anymore.

@garyfrancis6193 3 жыл бұрын

Envision. “Vision” is not a verb.

@garyfrancis6193 3 жыл бұрын

@@Tchernobog Not really. You don’t own the language. Being British gives you no special privilege.

@garyfrancis6193 3 жыл бұрын

@@Tchernobog I can see you’re an ignorant person.

@garyfrancis6193 3 жыл бұрын

@@Tchernobog That’s on purpose idiot. What’s this about money all the time? Why don’t you earn some rather than beg for it like the loser you obviously are.

@Tchernobog 3 жыл бұрын

@@garyfrancis6193 I don't understand your purpose. At least I am actually respecting the past and being a fan of an actor from 1930's movies, why don't you go attack some uncultured Xbox playing kid instead?

@sagev.5818 2 жыл бұрын

This documentary is fantastic!! Béla Lugosi is and will forever be Count Dracula! No other comes close in my opinion! Also, The Raven is a fantastic film and so is The Black Cat!

@connorbrennan4233 3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that this video points out that despite its flaws, the 1931 Dracula has an eerie power that helps it remain iconic among classic horror films. The film's stillness I think actually enhances the experience. Yes, David Manners is a weak hero, but with Lugosi, Frye, and even the reliable Edward Van Sloan to keep him in check, I can't complain too much. It's like Lon Chaney's Erik keeping Norman Kerry's Raoul under control in Phantom of the Opera. And one more excellent point about the Spanish version: just because a film is better made, doesn't mean it's better overall. It's not only the lack of Lugosi, but I think the actor playing Renfield in the Spanish version is too over-the-top and not creepy enough.

@WeeRattyMau5 3 жыл бұрын

I couldn't agree more. I have both versions and Bela has a screen presence and hypnotic power that is inimitable. The same goes for Dwight Frye. His almost tongue-in-cheek performance is perfectly juxtaposed by Bela's much more serious take on The Count. As for the slow stillness, which I always feel reflected Browning's (and the movie industry's relative newness to Talkies from Silent Cinema) worked so well in atmospheric terms and in giving the viewer a long lingering moment to contemplate the real horror of the situation.

@connorbrennan4233 3 жыл бұрын

@@WeeRattyMau5 Agreed.

@WeeRattyMau5 3 жыл бұрын

@@connorbrennan4233 Thank-you! Heh, I could gush about this movie all year long, I love it so much! 😊

@careyatchison1348 3 жыл бұрын

Why are all the early Universal horror films saddled with David Manners as the 'hero'? He was in "Dracula", "The Mummy" and "the Black Cat"; always as the ineffectual and clueless boyfriend of the female victim.

@connorbrennan4233 3 жыл бұрын

@@careyatchison1348 My guess is he had a good agent. I do have to say that with each new film, his character gets a bit less annoying. Perhaps casting a "leading man" in that sense was simply obligatory and the filmmakers must've known that the monsters or villains played by Lugosi and Karloff were the real stars.

@YorkistWhiteRose 3 жыл бұрын

"Spanish Dracula" has an accolade usually not commented on. It's the only Dracula movie (that I'm aware of) to use the crosses correctly. Most Dracula movies feature people wearing rosaries around their necks, which my Catholic husband tells me, is a massive faux-pas. They're meant to be carried in the pocket, or worn around the wrist, not treated as a necklace. In "Spanish Dracula," the actors wear plain crosses. Since it was a cast made of people from Hispanic cultures, they were probably more aware of that cultural rule than the makers of other Dracula movies.

@colleencrouch4346 3 жыл бұрын

In the novel, the old lady at the inn puts a rosary around Harker's neck "for your mother's sake" on learning that he is going to Dracula's castle. Either Stoker made it up, or the superstitions surrounding vampires in the old country permitted such a deviation from standard practice.

@barriolimbas 3 жыл бұрын

@@colleencrouch4346 Indeed, though most of the rosary loops are too small to be put around the neck. I'm Catholic, though I always wondered, Vlad who inspired Dracula himself is Orthodox. They have prayer beads but no rosaries, Hungary though, that dominated the region at the time is predominantly Catholic.

@colleencrouch4346 3 жыл бұрын

@@barriolimbas I'm not Catholic, but the vast majority of rosaries that I have ever seen, in films, catalogues and other places, are the 5 decade type, which are quite long enough to be worn as a necklace.

@barriolimbas 3 жыл бұрын

@@colleencrouch4346 Most, but not all though, emphasis on the beads rather than on it being worn, the 5 decades are standard.

@Jeffrey314159 3 жыл бұрын

Good point

@billdufour1630 3 жыл бұрын

Loved Hollywood Gothic which really detailed the long and torturous route of Dracula from book to stage to film....

@kevinmoor26 3 жыл бұрын

Ferenc Blasko and William Pratt. Existed at the same time nearly one hundred years ago and can still put a shiver up anyone's spine. God bless them both.

@Pathfinders_Ascend 3 жыл бұрын

I love Lugosi but I’m so curious to see what a Dracula played by Lon Chaney would look like. I wonder if such a universe would retain the iconic image of Dracula in popular culture

@cha5 3 жыл бұрын

Well if you’ve ever seen some of the photos from Chaney’s 1920’s lost vampire film London After Midnight it might have been interesting, Chaney actually looked more like Bram Stoker’s description of Dracula than Lugosi did, as did Conrad Veidt who I would also have loved to have seen him playing Dracula being that Veidt looked exactly like Stoker’s Dracula.

@georger64 3 жыл бұрын

Chaney was such a great actor, no doubt he would have been iconic if he‘d playd it. Bit it is what it is now, and the role will forever be Bela Lugosi. It‘s like watching the screen tests with different actresses for Gone with the Wind. I thought some of them could have been really great, but Scarlett is and forever will be Vivian Leigh.

@yohannbiimu 3 жыл бұрын

As good as Lon Chaney was I just can't imagine him playing Dracula nearly as well as Bela Legosi.

@scombs6543 3 жыл бұрын

Conrad Veidt was another person Universal wanted, and while he did great in The Man Who Laughs from 1928, I don't see him being Dracula, nor Lon Chaney. We have such a distinct look and feel of Dracula that we can't imagine another person being him.

@yohannbiimu 3 жыл бұрын

@@scombs6543 I kinda disagree with you regarding Veidt, in that, I think he could have been a fantastic Dracula, but in the end, I think that Lugosi was the best choice. Also, I think that Boris Karloff was the only possible choice for Frankenstein's monster. I can't imagine Lugosi playing that part at all.

@scombs6543 3 жыл бұрын

@@yohannbiimu I can see Veidt being a great Dracula, just not to Lugosi's level of recognition. I agree with the Frankenstein and Karloff thing too, even though Lugosi was the monster in Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, he was barely in it, and when he was it didn't feel like the monster. More like Lugosi under makeup.

@Gondarth 3 жыл бұрын

@@scombs6543 That's probably the worst thing about F Meets The Wolf Man, that Universal butchered Lugosi's role. I know the story is that the audience didn't like hearing Ygor's voice in the Monster, but they could've eased that issue by using a clip or two from Ghost of Frankenstein, where the Monster speaks with Ygor's brain. God knows they were already taking the stock footage route at that point with The Mummy's Tomb and Mummy's Curse, so it wouldn't have stuck out or seemed weird that much...

@escottamezcua6814 3 жыл бұрын

I agree with both of you

@kali3665 3 жыл бұрын

As always, a fantastic production, Robin. You and your people deserve all credit.

@junheceta268 3 жыл бұрын

Bela Lugosi never got the financial rewards and accolades during his lifetime that he deserved. I'm happy that, although belated, the years following his death have shown an increasing appreciation for the man and his body of work. Your excellent KZfaq channel has done much to contribute to that. Thank you for your splendid videos honoring the great actors, producers, and studios that have produced classic and iconic films of the horror genre. I look forward to seeing and savoring more content in the future.

@matthedlund502 6 ай бұрын

Lugosi defined the role for eternity, with Lee a close second. Lugosi's acting style and presence is a perfect match for such a gothic character. That being said, if you read the original book by Bram Stoker, you might be left with the conclusion that the definitive Dracula film has yet to be made! It is a very rich text - I recommend The Annotated Dracula with notes and bibliography by Leonard Wolf. Unfortunately this annotated edition is out of print, but there are other annotated versions out there. Dark Corners is the best, most insightful and knowledgeable Horror channel in existence, IMO. It warms my heart to see a young person such as yourself so devoted to these classic films. All the best.

@joeomalley2835 3 жыл бұрын

Legosi was excellent as Dracula. One of the epic performance of all time. When I read Bram Stoker's classic novel, he is who I envisioned as Dracula. Fascinating video! Thanks for this.

@francoisgermain3991 3 жыл бұрын

Your documentaries are always so well done. The early cinema must never be forgotten.

@GilbertoPOA 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the books indications! By the way, did somebody already tell you your videos are great? They are!

@DarkCornersReviews 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@dallaskoivu502 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for mentioning the thing with Dracula walking through the spiderwebs. Many people miss that it’s the point of the movie where Redfield finally realizes I might be in some trouble here. I remember seeing that on TV thinking that’s not right that man.

@ferociousgumby 3 жыл бұрын

I watched this again recently, and was struck by the silence and stillness of it - the inverse of what we expect from a "horror movie". This made it much more disturbing and compelling to watch. Somehow it brought to mind what Anthony Hopkins did in Silence of the Lambs. Nothing! He stood there. THAT was the horror of it.

@xKynOx 3 жыл бұрын

My nan's favourite actor, i remember her telling me how surprizing his accent was when talkies 1st came out.

@ryandtibbetts2962 3 жыл бұрын

Some film historians have argued that Lugosi was right to reject Frankenstein as it existed at the time. The script, by all accounts, was terrible, and the monster makeup (borrowing liberally from Paul Wegener's Golem) was ridiculous.

@goodwood-rc4nx Жыл бұрын

Bela Lugosi's voice is the one that people used when do a Dracula impression in the same way Robert Newton's voice is copied to do a pirate voice

@namekal6000 3 жыл бұрын

The shot of Dwight Frye (Renfield) crawling toward the nurse was a gag from the stage play that was inexplicably cut. Just as he seems about to attack the nurse, he grabs an insect that had landed on her and gobbles it up. It's still there in the Spanish version.

@Kazza_8240 3 жыл бұрын

Can't wait, I've been watching loads of old horrors lately, is this the 'listen to them.....the children of the night' one? Doesn't matter, I'll love it anyway. 😁

@CorbCorbin 3 жыл бұрын

It is!

@colleencrouch4346 3 жыл бұрын

Which is a direct quote from the novel!

@hamburgareable 3 жыл бұрын

This was a good, spot on analysis, Dark Corners! Keep it up!

@cassyblack3346 3 жыл бұрын

I'm sitting here with just mesmerized attention and I suddenly here "Join us next time". I can't tell if I feel excited or cheated! 😄

@FIREBRAND38 3 жыл бұрын

A brilliant documentary.

@antoniod 3 жыл бұрын

There used to be greeting cards with Carlos Villares mis-identified as Lugosi!

@colleencrouch4346 3 жыл бұрын

I've seen photos of Noel Willman (Kiss of the Vampire) mis-identified as Christopher Lee!

@wyrdwik4610 3 жыл бұрын

Bravo Dark Corners! Always enjoy your deep dives on film history and love the Vlad shirt!

@WeeRattyMau5 3 жыл бұрын

Oh my! Isn't it amazing? I've got to get myself one of those! 🧛‍♀️🧛‍♂️❤

@heathergibbs2904 11 ай бұрын

Bela Lugosi is one of the best Dracula 🧛‍♂️. Please restore all the Dracula movies 🎥 he was in.

@sneakyskunk1 3 жыл бұрын

I enjoy Dark Corners Reviews regular content, but these long form videos are always so well done! I especially enjoyed this one. I am eagerly looking forward to the next installment. Fantastic work here DCR, and thank you for it.

@colleencrouch4346 3 жыл бұрын

An excellent look at Lugosi's early career and the beginning of his relationship with Dracula. Very much enjoyed having voice actors read the quotations, which adds a nice dimension and insures that we know they are actual quotes. Looking forward to Part 2 & the American v Spanish Dracula comparison.

@monicariba4309 3 жыл бұрын

Finally a video about dracula

@adamjenks9613 3 жыл бұрын

I must say, this was a VERY well done video. The production value is obviously of top standard. I have been a fan of classic Universal horror films for a number of years. You touched on things I didn’t know. Best of luck in the future. Cheers!

@drummerwarrior1 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent again! I look forward to Dark Corners videos every week.

@allisont.5575 3 жыл бұрын

Outstanding job on this one! Your in-depth specials just keep getting better and better. They are so well crafted and clearly done with love. I can't wait for part two! I would be overjoyed to see you guys compare the Lugosi and Spanish films at length. The Spanish version was definitely better edited, but I just can't get past Villarias' performance. His Nicolas Cage-esque facial expressions sap all the menace out of the character, as far as I am concerned.

@CaesiusX 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for all the time and effort to bring us this truly terrific video. It's videos like this which can often make *KZfaq* the _go-to_ for quality content IMO.

@colleencrouch4346 3 жыл бұрын

As a direct result of this video, I just watched the original Dracula for the first time in more than 50 years. I was extremely impressed by just how effective it is. The extreme close ups of Lugosi's face, with lights sometimes not quite on his eyes, are, for me, not the best images for the film; the long shots, showing his trim figure & stately manner, are much more powerful. The lack of the now ubiquitous background music makes the music there is much more moving. Mina's descent into vampirism is very well done & even the mechanical bat is much better than many that followed. I'm looking forward to watching the Spanish version, and then the DC comparison review.

@jasonchildress4950 3 жыл бұрын

Been too long since you put out another great retrospective. Thanks guys.

@spews1973 3 жыл бұрын

You've done it again, Dark Corners people. I very much enjoyed this I'm very much looking forward to the sequel and, even more so, to the comparison video of the two 1931 Draculas.

@unperson5713 3 жыл бұрын

This is a great documentary. Thank you for uploading.

@Enriqueguiones 3 жыл бұрын

As an spanish person, I can't help but find the spanish Dracula HILARIOUS. I mean, cinematography it's great and all but, oh boy, THE VOICES. THE ACCENTS!!

@suedenim 3 жыл бұрын

Can you elaborate a little for non-Spanish speakers?

@Enriqueguiones 3 жыл бұрын

@@suedenim Every single one of the actors came from a different part of Spain or South America and it shows. Just imagine Dracula being from Brooklyn and Van Helsing having indian accent, for example.

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I love your documentaries and deep dives in cinema history! It was 'Top 10 Lost Films' that introduced me to your channel and I've been an avid viewer ever since.

@sherryglisson4885 3 жыл бұрын

Bella lugosi was famous for the play and the movie....its very sad what happened to him in the later part of his life....

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Very enjoyable, thank you. I subscribed after seeing your hammer videos. I prefer these great documentary style videos to the sarcastic, funny reviews. Thank you.

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How I love these videos, thank you so much

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Fantastic job Robin and the other fellas working on this . Great job

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Another great video I love your content, You should have way more subscribers and views . Thank you for it all I will keep watching and supporting anyway I can

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ahh i always love your videos! this one was great! i cant wait for the next episode!!!

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Thanks. Hopefully it will be out on December 12th.

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Nice t-shirt. Thanks for the video, looking forward to the next installment.

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Thank you for the video. Amazing!!

@frozenpumpkin9083 3 жыл бұрын

Another fantastic documentary! Keep them coming! :)

@stevemartin239 3 жыл бұрын

informative passionate & a wonderfully entertaining tube. Thank-you for all your hard work on this movie/horror icon.

@Horrorgang 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! I love these types of videos

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Another well written and presented video. Now I await the teased follow up.

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Enjoyed this very much...TY *Dark Corners*

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Hope you like the videos too.

@MIDNIGHTFREAKSHOW 3 жыл бұрын

thank you this is a SUPREME JOB, Dark Corners! GOD BLESS

@H3len50 3 жыл бұрын

What a perfect start to a Sunday. Thank you so very much.

@Wire_Clot 3 жыл бұрын

Great video!

@kennethrouse7942 3 жыл бұрын

A most interesting and informative video. Even though Bela Lugosi has become iconic I do have to say that Conrad Veidt, when made up as Dracula as described in the book, might have been quite effective also (see, The Man Who Laughs).

@cha5 3 жыл бұрын

Max Schrek and Bela Lugosi will always be my two favorite Draculas, even though Schrek’s name in Nosferatu was “Graff Orlock”. I actually have a 1929 printing of Bram Stoker’s Dracula with some pictures from the Broadway play and a Bela Lugosi cover.

@MrSloika 3 жыл бұрын

I suggest you check out Louis Jourdan from the 1977 BBC television production "Count Dracula". The special effects are lacking and it suffers from being shot on film for the exterior scenes video tape for the interiors, but the acting is solid from all concerned and this version is the most faithful to the book.

@Enriqueguiones 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing documentary, by the way!! A great companion to "Hollywood Gothic".

@HeavyMetalTones 3 жыл бұрын

beautifully made you are good standard on how to make documentaries. you can hear and feel the love and i love every moment

@Foxxy999 3 жыл бұрын

DC Classics is one of the best documentary series on fantastic film nuts and bolts that is available, huge props. I feel that Black Cat and Chandu the Magician are probably the two best places to enjoy Lugosi's astonishing screen presence, although the blu-ray of Dracula really improved my understanding of the special accomplishment of that film. I love Browning's silent melodramas, especially Unknown, Unholy Three and West of Zanzibar, and I now think with a cleaned up soundtrack and something near the sharpness of 35mm I can understand why audiences responded so strongly that wet winter back in 1931. It's not so much scary as what they used to call "uncanny", like some of Sheriden le Fanu's best stories where you are left baffled and disturbed in some way beyond description.

@maverickhuntersyd 3 жыл бұрын

Why would you make me wait for more 😭 this was sooo good

@filmfreak21 3 жыл бұрын

You make great specials 🙂

@stillhuntre55 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderfully done!

@meumnomen 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful video essay, per usual.

@bh8365 3 жыл бұрын

This Dark corners Reviews is a masterpiece. Hope they get the recognition that is deserved.

@rogerrendzak8055 Жыл бұрын

Excellent documentary👏!!!! You mentioned information, and scenes/photographs, that is all new to me. And, I've watched alot of them☺️. This was just as good, as the documentary included, on the 75th., anniversary box set of Universal's, Dracula. Love Belá Lugosi since, I was a kid.

@DarkCornersReviews Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@gloriahanes6490 3 жыл бұрын

An achievement to be remembered as "The greatest dracula to ever grace the silver screen" is sufficient reward. The idea of being typecast is a blessing and not a curse, for acting in bit parts he would never have reached monumental stardom of such great proportion.

@LSOK38 3 жыл бұрын

Holy 1989 Batman batwing cameo clip !!!!

@LSOK38 3 жыл бұрын

Thank You!

@adamjenks9613 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I noticed the same clip! It was an awesome reference.

@adameggers8146 3 жыл бұрын

I just discovered this channel but I am working to catch up! Well done.

@morgangallowglass8668 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant as always!

@johnbuckleyjnr32 3 жыл бұрын

Can we get another video like this on karloff and the frankenstein monster??

@orinanime 3 жыл бұрын

They did do a 24 minute video about the Universal Frankenstein. With some portion dedicated to Boris Karloff. Not as in depth as this. But if you haven't seen it, I recommend it.

@Young_Jim 3 жыл бұрын

Another great video, thank you. BTW love the Vlad shirt!

@willamsandell1082 2 ай бұрын

Fascinating and soooo well done

@Shane_T 3 жыл бұрын

Lugosi, Karloff, Chaney legends forever cinematic genius near on a century old never to be bettered

@nilskalsdorf5483 3 жыл бұрын

A fantastic Review - Bravo !

@joshua2814 3 жыл бұрын

Great stuff. Sharing with others.

@DYLANJJK94 2 жыл бұрын

I finally found this awesome channel again :)

@DarkCornersReviews 2 жыл бұрын

Welcome home.

@MichaelAndersxq28guy 3 жыл бұрын

KZfaq recommended your channel to me. And I'm glad it did.

@DarkCornersReviews 3 жыл бұрын

KZfaq working for a change. Glad to have you here.

@Tabish29 3 жыл бұрын

I recommend you guys watch Return of Dracula played by Eastern European actor Francis Lederer. Its from the 50's. Like Lugosi, Lederers European accent gives Dracula that aristocratic touch that Lugosi emitted.

@lallancashire2201 3 жыл бұрын

Another excellent documentary.

@rogermorris9696 3 жыл бұрын

Just finished watching the Universal Dracula collection this morning and now getting this excellent (as always) video . Thank you.

@andrewthomas8888 3 жыл бұрын

Great Review!!!! Dracula is my favorite Horror novel and the 1931 Dracula was the first universal classic movie i bought on dvd and got me into watching classic horror movies!!

@ConnorNotyerbidness 3 жыл бұрын

Someone who actually knows how to pronounce his name, bravo Im not hungarian but my mom once worked in banking in LA, and one contract she worked on a few occasions....was the Legosi Estate. And when she mentioned “Bella” oh boy were they not happy.

@robinbailes5236 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for noticing. I get called up on pronounciation a lot so I do make an effort to get it right.