directed by Tod Browning
and starring Bela Lugosi
as the title character
. The film was produced by Universal
and is based on the stage play of the same name by Hamilton Deane
and John L. Balderston
, which in turn is based on the novel Dracula
by Bram Stoker
.
Renfield
(Dwight Frye
), a British solicitor, travels through the Carpathian Mountains
via stagecoach. The people in the stagecoach are fearful that the coach won’t reach the local inn before sundown.
I am...Dracula. I bid you...welcome.
For one who has not lived even a single lifetime, you are a wise man, Van Helsing.
And after you deliver the message, you will remember nothing, I now say...Obey.
Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make.
No, no, Master! I wasn't going to say anything! I told them nothing! I'm loyal to you, Master!
I'm loyal to you Master, I 'm your slave, I didn't betray you! Oh no, don't! Don't kill me! Let me live, please! Punish me, torture me, but let me live! I can't die with all those lives on my conscience! All that blood on my hands!
[Overhearing Van Helsing discussing vampires] Isn't this a strange conversation, for men who aren't crazy?
You know too much to live, Van Helsing!
Master, we're here. You can't hear what I'm saying but we're here. We're safe.
I'm warning you doctor Seward! If you don't send me away you must answer for what will happen to miss Mina.