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"Listen to them, the children of the night. They make such beautiful music." ~ Dracula

Dracula

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Bela Lugosi as DraculaHave you ever taken time to listen to the children of the night? Well, you should. They have wonderful stories to tell you, along with great warnings. If only Renfield had listened to them, but, alas, he did not. He ignored them and became a slave to the most dastardly man to ever live, or die for that matter. Count Dracula. You see, Dracula wanted to move from his dreary castle in Transylvania to an Abby in London. He needed someone to watch over his coffin while he slept and get him places during the day, like to the boat. As fate would have it, the Count brought his terrible plague of the undead with him, and transferred it to Lucy, the dear friend of Mina. And then he moved on to her. She was engaged to Jonathan Harker, and he and Dr. Seward promptly noticed a change in her presence and attitude after Dracula's arrival. They called upon a Dr. Van Helsing to help them figure out what was the trouble. He found out the trouble all right, by discovering the Counts darkest secret. He was a vampire. They promptly decided that he must die, and they succeeded, at the cost of Renfield If only they had all listened to the warnings of the children of the night.
Starring: Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Dwight Frye, Helen Chandler, Edward Van Sloan, Frances Dade, Herbert Bunston.
Director: Tod Browning
Released: 1931
Time: 75m/ 1 hour and 15 min.