Dracula (1931)
Directed by Tod Browning this film is based on a play based on the famous novel and stars Bela Lugosi in the title role. A vampire travels to England and starts to prey on the locals.
As one of the original Universal monster films this is a fairly famous film but I do not think it has aged as well as Frankenstein (1931). There is some decidedly dodgy acting on show here and the special effects are pretty poor too. Having had somewhat of a rockey production it seems cinematographer Karl Freund actually directed large portions of the film and at least some sections of the film are light really well but ultimately this is not an especially scary film.
2/5
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