This first American sound adaptation of Bram Stoker's Gothic novel launched Universal's great horror cycle of the 1930's! Hungarian actor Bela Lugosi achieved instant stardom as Count Dracula, a vampire who rises from his grave each night to drink the blood of the living! Edward Van Sloan gave a memorable performance as Dracula' s nemesis, vampire-hunter Van Helsing, and Dwight Frye enacted the greatest screen performance of his career as Renfield, Dracula' s demented, fly-chewing servant! Heinz Roemheld' s score consists of brief excerpts from the works of Tchaikovsky, Wagner and Schubert. Lugosi' s magnetic, hypnotic performance assures the film's status as a genuine horror classic!
