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by Booyakasha » Thu May 27, 2021 1:24 pm
Well, from that list, I've seen 'Nosferatu', and the old Bela Lugosi 'Dracula', and 'Dracula (1958) aka 'Horror of Dracula' (with Christopher Lee), and 'Monster Squad', and 'Shadow of the Vampire'. Think 'Shadow' was the first movie I ever saw Willem Dafoe in.
Here's a fun trivia fact------------back when they were filming Bela Lugosi's 'Dracula', they simultaneously filmed a Spanish-language version of the movie, using all the same sets and props (even some costumes) from the English-language version. (Presumably the technology hadn't yet advanced to the point of subtitling or dubbing in another language. I mean, it was 1930-------talkies had only been around a couple years at that point.)
There's something about the dignity of Dracula that makes it especially funny to put him in a farce. Whether he's having his schemes unraveled almost accidentally by Abbott and Costello, getting turned out of his castle by Eastern Bloc government thugs in 'Love at First Bite' ("Without me, Transylvania will be about as exciting as Bucharest! On a Monday night!"), or having trouble commanding people from afar in 'Dead and Loving It', there's just something comical about seeing Dracula all flustered.
boo--------------a real american weirdo
