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Christopher Lee and Melissa Stribling in Horror of Dracula (1958)

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Horror of Dracula

directed by Terence Fisher, 1958

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Dracula (1958, Terence Fisher)

Also known as: Horror of Dracula

10/17/22

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Dracula (Horror of Dracula) (1958) Terence Fisher

March 2nd 2024

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"Dr Sewer is here."

"Tell him that we can't let anyone in after dark."

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The Horror of Dracula (1958)

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Ages of Dracula casts

This ask made me wonder how close past Dracula casts were to the ages of the characters as established in the novel. Looking at these adaptations:

Dracula (1931)

Horror of Dracula (1958)

Dracula (1974)

Count Dracula (1977)

Dracula (1979)

Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)

Dracula (2020)

In some cases characters are merged or changed; I've associated each character with the person who comes closest to having the same name.

Jonathan Harker (early 20s)

Dracula (1931) - David Manners, 31

Horror of Dracula (1958) - John Van Eyssen, 36

Dracula (1974) - Murray Brown, 37

Count Dracula (1977) - Bosco Hogan, 28

Dracula (1979) - Trevor Eve, 28

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) - Keanu Reeves, 28

Dracula (2020) - John Heffernan, 39

On average, Jonathan Harker is cast as 32.

Mina Murray (early 20s)

Dracula (1931) - Helen Chandler, 25

Horror of Dracula (1958) - Melissa Stribling, 32

Dracula (1974) - Penelope Horner, 35

Count Dracula (1977) - Judi Bowker, 23

Dracula (1979) - Jan Francis, 32

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) - Winona Ryder, 21

Dracula (2020) - Morfydd Clark, 31

On average, Mina Murray is cast as 28.

Lucy Westenra (19)

Dracula (1931) - Frances Dade, 24

Horror of Dracula (1958) - Carol Marsh, 32

Dracula (1974) - Fiona Lewis, 28

Count Dracula (1977) - Susan Penhaligon, 28

Dracula (1979) - Kate Nelligan, 29

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) - Sadie Frost, 27

Dracula (2020) - Lydia West, 27

On average, Lucy Westenra is cast as 28.

Jack Seward (29)

Dracula (1931) - Herbert Bunston, 57 (aged up to be Mina's dad)

Horror of Dracula (1958) - Charles Lloyd-Pack, 56

Dracula (1974) - none

Count Dracula (1977) - Mark Burns, 41

Dracula (1979) - Donald Pleasence, 60 (Lucy's dad in this one)

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) - Richard E Grant, 35

Dracula (2020) - Matthew Beard, 31

On average, Jack Seward is cast as 47, and also assigned Dad.

Quincey Morris (mid to late 20s)

Dracula (1931) - none

Horror of Dracula (1958) - none

Dracula (1974) - none

Count Dracula (1977) - Richard Barnes, 33

Dracula (1979) - none

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) - Billy Campbell, 33

Dracula (2020) - Phil Dunster, 28

On average, Quincey Morris doesn't exist. But when he does, he's 31.

Arthur Holmwood (mid to late 20s)

Dracula (1931) - none

Horror of Dracula (1958) - Michael Gough, 42

Dracula (1974) - Simon Ward, 33

Count Dracula (1977) - none

Dracula (1979) - none

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) - Cary Elwes, 30

Dracula (2020) - none

On average, Arthur Holmwood doesn't exist either. But when he does, he's 35.

Van Helsing (a generation older)

Dracula (1931) - Edward Van Sloan, 49

Horror of Dracula (1958) - Peter Cushing, 45

Dracula (1974) - Nigel Davenport, 46

Count Dracula (1977) - Frank Finlay, 51

Dracula (1979) - Laurence Olivier, 72

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) - Anthony Hopkins, 55

Dracula (2020) - Dolly Wells, 49

On average, Van Helsing is cast as 52.

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CHRISTOPHER LEE and MELISSA STRIBLING HORROR OF DRACULA (1958)

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Count Dracula (Christopher Lee) and Mina (Melissa Stribling) scene from the Hammer Film Productions, Horror of Dracula (1958)

I would take her place so damn fast.

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Dracula (1958) - UK film premiere brochure

AKA Horror of Dracula

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Finished watching Todd In The Shadows video fact checking James Somerton's wildly incorrect claims. At the beginning my partner warned me there was some Dracula fuckery ahead but THE thing that had me yelling at the TV was James confidently stating the Gary Oldman was the first actor to make Dracula fuckable.

HOW is it even POSSIBLE to look directly into a camera and be so deeply wrong? How?

Christopher Lee did not have his ENTIRE scene with Melissa Stribling cut out of the final film due to Too Much Sexiness just to have such lies spoken. Bela Lugosi is currently rolling (sexily) in his grave at this! I was so stunned I forgot Frank Langella even existed for a moment but yeah him too with his slutty open shirt look.

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Dracula (1958 film)

Dracula is a 1958 British gothic horror film directed by Terence Fisher and written by Jimmy Sangster based on Bram Stoker's 1897 novel of the same name. The first in the series of Hammer Horror films starring Christopher Lee as Count Dracula, the film also features Peter Cushing as Doctor Van Helsing, along with Michael Gough, Melissa Stribling, Carol Marsh, and John Van Eyssen. In the United States, the film was retitled Horror of Dracula to avoid confusion with the U.S. original by Universal Pictures, 1931's Dracula.

As Christopher Lee remarked in an interview in Leonard Wolf's A Dream of Dracula: "I was always against the whole tie and tails rendition. Surely it is the height of the ridiculous for a vampire to step out of the shadows wearing white tie, tails, patent leather shoes and a full cloak". Lee said that he never watched any other performances of Dracula until well after making his films, and that when he got the first [Dracula] role with little time to prepare he "had to hurry off to read the book...[and] played it fresh, with no knowledge of previous performances."

Source: Wikipedia

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DRACULA (1958), dir. Terence Fisher

I am Dracula, and I welcome you to my house. I must apologise for not being here to greet you personally, but I trust that you have found everything you needed.

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