Fear aside, did Dracula have a peculiar seductive allure, or charm.

Fyrefox said:
I prefer Renfield myself. If you want to see an interesting take on Dracula, check out the horror-comedy movie Renfield. Nicholas Cage is a hoot as Dracula, and Renfield presents as almost an English butler to the Count, easy on the eyes, seeking to liberate himself from Dracula, and into self-help psychology … 🧛‍♂️
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Cage also played another vampire in an early film, The Vampire's Kiss, not to be confused with The Kiss of the Vampire, an entirely different movie. It was one of his more quirky films, and Cage can get quirky when he carries over-acting to an extreme. It failed at the box office, but later became a cult classic. I think it's a riot, but it's too weird to warrant an enthusiastic thumbs up. But if you liked Cage back then, you may like The Vampire's Kiss.
 
bobcat said:
He was a dark mysterious, often rich, figure with penetrating eyes.
Was there some sort of magnetic attraction to his personality? or his accent?
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I have no opinion about the Dracula legend, but Bela Lugosi, who originated the recognizable film role, was himself handsome, tall, and alluring, with penetrating eyes. I'm certain some women found him very sexy.

Lugosi had been a popular actor in his native Hungary before he emigrated to the U.S. in the 1920s. In fact he originated the Dracula role on Broadway. In films he quickly became heavily type cast in horror. I'd love to have seen him in some regular dramatic roles. He was actually a fine actor.
 
This is the ruins of Slains castle. A relatively modern building set on a cliff top near Cruden Bay in Aberdeenshire. Bram Stoker was a frequent visitor to the village and wrote alt least some of Dracula while staying there. When Slains castle was an intact residence, Bram Stoker was an occasional guest, leading to the speculation that the castle location was his inspiration for Dracula.

The story of Dracula is very much connected to Whitby Abbey in Yorkshire and be that or not, unfortunately some people can't distinguish between where the book was written and where the tale is set.

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Slains castle
 
Bella said:
I suppose it depends on who is cast as Dracula. As far as I'm concerned, no matter how outwardly attractive he might be, knowing what he really is makes him completely devoid of any charm.

I seriously doubt anyone would find Nosferatu remotely attractive.

There was a time when vampires didn’t sparkle in daylight or give interviews to Christian Slater. They were the menacing undead who were best avoided – Count Dracula, in particular. In the case of F. W. Murnau's Nosferatu (1922), the first vampire movie and a legendary piece of filmmaking, starring Max Schreck,, that was especially true.

Nosferatu 1922, The First Vampire Movie Still Scares 100 Years Later


The film cribbed the tale of Dracula, changing the names of the characters to avoid lawsuits. That plan failed, and Bram Stoker’s estate filed a lawsuit after Nosferatu’s release. As a result, all copies of the film were ordered destroyed. However, one copy survived. That sole print was reproduced again and again, moving down through the generations, and over the years, it’s become a cult classic. But is the classic vampire movie Nosferatu (1922) really any good? Look, it’s not Daybreakers, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Van Helsing or Dracula Untold, but it’s still pretty decent.

The Nosferatu Story. > Nosferatu 1922, The First Vampire Movie Still Scares 100 Years Later
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To me "Nosferatu" is a most fascinating film. Max Schreck (Schreck is the German noun for fright!), who played the lead role, did an awesome job, as did the director Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau.

The movie impressed the director E. Elias Merhige so much, that he did homage for Murnau and at the same time a parody of his movie with "Shadow of the Vampire" (2000) in which the actor Max Schreck (played by Willem Dafoe) appears as a real vampire and Murnau (played by John Malkovich) as a maniac in the end.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0189998/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_Shadow%20of%20the%20vamoire


The YouTube channel "Dark Corners Reviews" gives an excellent look at the silent horror films of F. W. Murnau.




 
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