Dracula (Universal film series)

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Dracula is a film series of horror films from Universal Pictures based on the 1897 novel Dracula by Bram Stoker and its 1927 play adaptation by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston. Film historians have had various interpretations over which projects constitute part of the Dracula film series. Academics and historians have found narrative continuation between Dracula (1931) and Dracula's Daughter (1936), while holding varying opinions on whether Son of Dracula (1943), House of Frankenstein (1944), and House of Dracula (1945) are part of the series. Author and academic Gary Don Rhodes has stated that all of Universal's Dracula films would require audiences to be familiar with Count Dracula as portrayed by Bela Lugosi, and the various character traits the actor established in the original 1931 film. The only actor from Dracula to return as a character in any sequel is Edward Van Sloan who returned as Van Helsing in Dracula's Daughter; here renamed Von Helsing. The films following Dracula...

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