Dracula (1931)

Dracula is a 1931 American pre-Code supernatural horror film directed and co-produced by the late Tod Browning from a screenplay written by the late Garrett Fort and starring the late Bela Lugosi in the titular role. It is based on the 1924 stage play Dracula by the late Hamilton Deane and the late John L. Balderston, which in turn is adapted from the 1897 novel Dracula by the late Bram Stoker, and followed by Dracula's Daughter.

The dashing, mysterious Count Dracula (Bela Lugosi), after hypnotizing a British soldier, Renfield (Dwight Frye), into his mindless slave, travels to London and takes up residence in an old castle. Soon Dracula begins to wreak havoc, sucking the blood of young women and turning them into vampires. When he sets his sights on Mina (Helen Chandler), the daughter of a prominent doctor, vampire-hunter Van Helsing (Edward Van Sloan) is enlisted to put a stop to the count's never-ending bloodlust.

Victims

• Ten Unnamed Seamen - Blood drained by Count Dracula off-screen, bodies shown.
• Unnamed Captain - Blood drained by Count Dracula off-screen, body shown.
• Unnamed Woman - Neck bitten and blood drained by Count Dracula off-screen, body shown.
• Lucy Weston - Blood drained by Count Dracula off-screen, body shown.
• Wilhelmina "Mina" Harker - Neck bitten by Count Dracula off-screen. Revived as a vampire.
• Fly - Eaten by Renfield.
• R. M. Renfield - Thrown down a flight of stairs by Count Dracula.
• Count Dracula - Stabbed in the heart by Professor Abraham Van Helsing with a stake off-screen.

Deaths

• Total - 17
  • 15 Humans
    • 12 Men
    • 3 Women
  • 1 Vampire
    • All Men
  • 1 Insect
    • All Flies

Kill Counts

1. Count Dracula - 15 (Deceased)
2. Professor Abraham Van Helsing - 1 (Alive)
3. R. M. Renfield - 1 (Deceased)

Note

• Renfield is only shown eating the fly in the Spanish version of the film.