Dracula on screen

Dracula's screen history repeatedly reshapes the novel's narrator-heavy pursuit into a visual confrontation with the Count.

This map covers the versions currently supported by PlotGeeks, rather than every adaptation ever made.

1. Source book | 1897Dracula
2. 1931 | Feature filmDraculaAdapted from | Tod Browning

   The film draws heavily on the stage version and centers Bela Lugosi's controlled, theatrical Count.

3. 1958 | Feature filmDraculaAdapted from | Terence Fisher

   Hammer's version increases pace, color, and physical conflict while simplifying the group pursuit.

4. 1979 | Feature filmDraculaAdapted from | John Badham

   This version turns the Count into a more explicitly romantic figure.

5. 1992 | Feature filmBram Stoker's DraculaAdapted from | Francis Ford Coppola

   The film restores more characters and incidents while adding a reincarnation romance absent from the novel.