Whether you loved or hated this version of Dracula, there's no denying that Francis Ford Coppola's vampires as creatures were incredible. Evil and menacing as hell. Just from the first seconds of the movie, you know that this isn't the crap we get nowadays, and that he takes the classical vampire and makes it a thousand times more intense.
I think the point was that Dracula WAS NOT evil in this. Literally the whole purpose of the film is to make him a tortured anti-hero. Loyal soldier of Christendom who felt betrayed and in the end was redeemed. Pure evil cannot be redeemed
@@tomb2289 yeah people rave about the intro scenes of the Nolan Batman films as being the best intro scenes in film history, because they're like their own individual short films right at the beginning of a full length feature film. But Copolla already made the best intro/short film to a feature length movie when he made this Dracula film. It's so intense. At the premiere of the film, people's wigs literally blew off their heads because of this intro, it war that good.
The opening to Coppola's Dracula, besides being absolutely spectacular, gives background and a frame of reference to the story like no other film has. Puts all these limp-wristed, teenage vampire movies to shame.
Completely agreed. The opening of this movie gives me goosebumps every single time i watch it. The score, the scenery, the direction, the acting. An amazing movie.
Yes, you just know this is going to be a serious movie, but unlike all others, I find the end sad. She came to love him and he her, but at the end they were parted again! In this movie there is no happy ending for anyone except Van Helsing. I often wondered what happened between Jonathan and Mina afterwards. Did they continue their marriage or did they go separate ways? Did Mina hate the three men for what they did? We know she tried to delay them by using her dark powers. Did she understand, but refuse to forgive them? This movie is dark from the start and a love story but without a happily-ever-after! What type of movie or story is this then? Easy, unique.
This was Gary Oldman best performance hands down. He emotes pure rage and frustration and hooks the audience from this first scene. He should open the Oldman school of acting.
One if the best opening scenes ever. I'm 44 and just watched this movie about a year ago. I remember when it first came out and it got weak reviews but I like the movie alot and this opening scene is just perfection and shows how Dracula is a tragic figure.
Yes, that part struck me as well, they faith they had in him as a military commander that they would follow him into a battle where they were vastly outnumbered and faced certain defeat. An unbelievable intro to a horror classic, a truly tragic and powerful story. Definitely one of the best interpretations of the Stoker original made up to this point. I don't know of anything that can compare to this one.
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The Priest surely had the lowest EQ all the time... Telling a hero of church bluntly who just got home exhausted physically and mentally from the battlefield that his lover was damned, such a no perfect time to tell.. "Welcome hero, you must be exhausted, anyway your love was dead, and she damned"
In life there are no rights or wrongs. Only what you choose to do and what you choose not to do, so choose wisely. It was his spiritual test. The words from the priest should have been ignored. Instead he became pure evil in his choosing. It damned him to live an eternity in hell on earth without his love who was waiting for him in paradise in death which should never be feared as it is the unknown. This scene is very symbolic. If this were to happen you or anyone for that matter, to be broken and distraught in your love lost is expected. In that moment wanting the answer to why is best followed up with forgiveness in your heart for those responsible rather than wanting revenge and becoming the deadly sin known as wrath. To truly forgive another in this thing we call life is one of the most amazing feelings one can ever experience. It cleanses the soul and opens your mind in a way unique to each person that encounters everything that lead up to that decision while in an emotional moment of heartbreak. This goes along with our current moment of time. These are unprecedented times. Best of luck to everyone. Remember to avoid wrath at all costs. Don't allow yourself to be damned. It's your choice. We all have that chance to choose in a defining moment of life.
THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE!!! This is a FANTASTIC movie, and one of my favorite intros of all time. The waterfall of blood spilling from the cross is so amazingly disturbing.
I love how Coppola embraced Expressionist film and turn of the century visual tricks in this film; I'm also pretty sure Mike Mignola did some conceptual design for the film too.
This opening scene shows to us enough how is Gary Oldman great actor! So pure powerful and hatred goes out through his suffering...ultimate evil was born we can see, but everyone can feel his despair in the scene. Amazing opening scene of the horror movie.
@@doriangray2020 Eee 😂 your life is so miserable, you try to put others down because you crave true love, it is okay young grasshopper, hope is there for you or not 😏
People still pray to the order of the dragon, and to Vlad Dracul the impaler, somewhere in the mountains of Carpathia in Transylvania. Some tourists never came back.
You can really see the priest/monk failed his perception check by telling the grieving husband that his wife is going to hell after he fought for the church.
You would have thought Elizabetha would have realized the implication of suicide leading to damnation, rather than write a note assuming she would be reunited with her husband in heaven, she was an Orthodox catholic.
A cross doesn't have a soul. It's an inanimate object. It's sacrilegious, but not enough to damn one's soul this way. That takes the blood of life. Guess Hollywood wasn't ready for thst truth?
This movie is the most vivid memory that I have of my best friend that I grew up with in the 70s, we went and saw that movie together. And then we couldn’t wait for the VHS to come out and rewatch it over and over because we thought the love story was just the most beautiful thing ever. And then my friend and I were sitting on my couch in my apartment, watching the movie on VHS, and she fell asleep with her head on my shoulder, and she never woke up again. She died of a brain aneurysm right there next to me watching our favorite movie. Anyway I don’t mean to be a party pooper, this movie just has such strong memories for me, And I love watching it despite it all. It brings me closer to my friend Jacqueline. May she rest in peace.
@@taraelizabethdensley9475 I would take my blanket and grip it as hard as I could and my 9yo dumbhead self would be so terrified at the scenes of the bat monster hahahahah good times
Great actor. One of the best on this planet. I met Gary a few years ago after a screening for his film, Darkest Hour. We sat on this sofa. Just him and I. He was so nice. We chatted a bit. Never sensed an ego. And here I was sitting with one of the best in the world. Humble guy. He won the Oscar too that year for best actor. I told him at the end of our conversation that he will win. Glad he did.
The thing about the book, you never see anything from Dracula's point of view. You never know his motivation for anything as a character. So connecting him to the historical Vlad and the resurrection of a lost love gives him that. Historically his first wife did jump from the window into the river and died. Although her name is lost to History.
One of the best openings ever. The creative story telling. The visuals like smoke rising around the cross, Elisabetha falling through the letter, the shadow fight scene and the bloody cross. The end with the writing with the flames looked like a cremation and the Carmina Burana like music reminded me of bits on the neck or stake stab through the heart. Just perfect.
I love how after the impaling of a soldier the scene cuts into a forest of impaled people, as if he is behind all of it… there is so much to love about this opening, the blood red skies, his armor, the horse ride back to the castle with all of those impaled bodies, his love drifting from the high skies, the absurd amount of blood pouring from the cross
I can feel his bitterness and rage.....that's authentic acting. " I shall rise from my own death!!.....to avenge her with all the powers of darkness! " wow man........ The great Gary old man and Anthony Hopkins....The way he praises GOD after battle as a loyal servant...........Only to be deceived and let down by so many false promises and exaggerated claims..........Now thats how you introduce the back story to the birth of Dracula........This is still my favorite Vampire film..........It ssuch a work of art....the actors are incredible and the set. music, and wardrobe design are just so beautifully detailed.
What the hell! I'm really impressed, so damn impressed! What a motherfucking scene, and the sound of the trumpets when he goes crazy is fantastically done. I take my hat off, not only to all the actors, but also to Francis Ford Coppola. For me the best Dracula film of all time..
"Bram Stoker's Dracula"(1992) is an Epic Vampire horror movie masterpiece! The movie's opening scene was inspiring and well made! This movie looks like a perfect painting!
I am waiting on the day that someone gets enough vision to film the REAL, whole story of how"the Old Vlad" came to be. The actual truth is a hair-raising story of he was abused by his father, hated by his own brother, bartered for military advantage & held hostage in Turkish prison while his younger brother became a concubine of the then-Sultan. And even thru all.of that (he was a teen ager @ the time), he got himself together enough to.talk the Turkish authorities into giving him.an audience w/the Sultan where he pledged his loyalty to him & said that he knew how to.defeat his father, who by then had turned against the Turkish Empire to defend his own country. He offered to do so if the Sultan would give him enough men & weapons to do.the job, & the Sultan released him from prison & gave him.his blessing. This young Prince from Transylvania kept his word & went after his father & brother on the battle field & killed them both, then turned around & used the forces at his command to drive out the Turks. The man who.became Dracula spent the rest of his life alternating between a fierce protector of his homeland & people & the unholy creature his people believed He had become He was astoundingly reverent in his worship of God & showed great compassion for the people he ruled who.lived near his castle. Of all.the small.kingdoms in Eastern Europe, Turkey coukd never quite manage to conquer Transylvania while he lived. But he was also extremely demanding of his subjects, requiring them.to bathe regularly - which was actually considered unhealthy at the time! - & to keep their clothing clean & in good repair & for the men to.keep.themselves clean shaven. To my knowledge, he took no wife but he did have several.mistresses. The most notorious of those was a woman who, one evening as she entertained him, told him.that she was now pregnant. They finished their usual business, after which he calmly got out of bed, picked up.his sword & killed her, then cut open her womb to expose the pregnancy. Hearing the ensuing racket, guards came rushing in to protect him only to.find this scene. And he flat out told them: "Let all see what I.have done...& where my fruit lay..."; & he just walked away & left the house & the mess. We have by now all.heard the reports of how "Vlad, the Impaler" took.hi meals while watching those he had ordered impaled die. We have also.heard abt what happened when the envoys from.Turkey came to.broker peace w/him & wouldn't remove their hats. He had his guards nail.their turbans to their heads & sent them.back to.the Sultan. During his lifetime, he established several monasteries & convents along w/ many public shrines to.Christ, some of which were resting places for travelers where they could get water from the springs there. Those shrines all had dedicated jeweled goblets of silver where the travelers could drink; & it was known that any theft from those shrines would be punished by the warlord who.had put them.there. As long as he lived, those giblets were not disturbed.
Totally agree, films today have lost the power to capture imaginations because they rely on CGI instead of investing long hours of prosthetic appliance coupled with a great story. Old horror movies are the best, nothing today compares.
First saw this around Christmas time in 2006. My brother had borrowed it from his girlfriend at the time and I instantly fell in love with it. I watched it over and over again. Best Dracula ever!
I went to see this movie November 13th 1992 at AMC rivercenter San Antonio the day it came out. Saw it again immediately at the next twp showings trying to pick up all the small practical effects. Amazing movie.
About the font of the subtitles: in streaming sites they just use the plain, digital letters. This scene didn't hit the same without the font used here. Someone had to make a conscious choice to use it. Just shows how much effort went into this film that even the way the letters look when reading subtitles feels congruous to the world of Dracula.
This score, cinematography, art production design, costume, gary Oldman and Coppola direction It's make this movie different from other vampire movie this is movie is timeless classic
The day this flick came out there was a hard Nor’easter that hit the NYC area and they sent us home and it was payday. A bunch of us went to a BBQ joint and pigged out. Then me and two of my coworkers hit the Loews Astor Plaza theater and saw this and it kicked ass. Afterwards, the storm blew through but the winds were crazy (as if someone was summoning them 😅). The storm sucked but it was a good start of that weekend. Long winded story but a good memory.
The crazy part is that the priest claims that Elizabeta’s soul is beyond salvation, citing “God’s law,” however the Bible never mentions that a person who commits suicide is beyond salvation. In fact, numerous people in the Bible have committed suicide and still have gone on to heaven. People such as the first king of Israel, Saul the Benjamite. He “fell on his own sword.”
Concerteza amigo , filme se olha primeira para a direção e esse aí e o gênio , Francis Ford Copolla! Fotografia perfeita , enredo top e uma aula de história ainda , contando sobre a queda de Constantinopla pelos turcos Otomanos , que tinha influencia Mulçumana , idade moderna e etc. Cássico do cinema juntamente com Frankenstein de Mary Shelley d mesmo diretor !
Fantastic book! Fantastic movie! A favorite of mine. Its a love story. Im reading it now for the first time and am very much enjoying it. Bram Stoker is brilliant! ❤
I met the man once in Napoli, Italy. All of my fellow americans were asking him about THE GODFATHER, THE GODFATHER. (scuffs) Not to many people know that he directed this movie. I say this is his most Stylistic work to date. This is one of the few movies that I cant watch over and over, its just done to perfection.
They did all the effects in camera for this movie! They used paper puppets in the background, projecting their shadows while Gary Oldman walked around and swung a sword- no post-production effects.
This movie has been and always will be one of the best vampire stories, This movie has been and always will be one of the best vampire stories, it is art.
Gary gives some of the best character sketches be it Dracula or Churchill but my most favorite is him playing Beethoven in Immortal beloved that deserved an Oscar.
Let’s be honest Winona>Keanu. Keanu is an amazing action star but even he said he was miscast. Couldn’t pull of the accent or the emotion off at all in this role.
This is my absolutely favourite Dracula movie, and I’ve seen them all … I think! Way better than Anne Rice’s vampires by a long shot, but her books are epic. 🇨🇦🖖🏻🇨🇦
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One of the greatest openings of all time
AMEN 🙏 to that PrimalElf. 💪
My personal favorite!
Very true and can listen to the intro music score over and over again.
You right
Truly.
The action, the romance, the costume, the acting. Just pure perfection. Ford Coppola is a genius and Gary Oldman is the greatest Dracula of all time.
set design.
One of my favorite movie
Mina and Drácula never was loved, Ita disgusting!
Dude I agree. Gary oldman is definitely the greatest Dracula of all time. I'm a grown man now and I know it's acting and I still get terrified.
and music - Kilar
Whether you loved or hated this version of Dracula, there's no denying that Francis Ford Coppola's vampires as creatures were incredible. Evil and menacing as hell. Just from the first seconds of the movie, you know that this isn't the crap we get nowadays, and that he takes the classical vampire and makes it a thousand times more intense.
no it doesnt
@@mattimorottaja8445 yes it does
@mattimorottaja8445 It's this guy the I'm the only one whose right guy! #fuckoff
Hard pass.. that movie was a love story. I rather prefer Hammer version with Christopher Lee
I think the point was that Dracula WAS NOT evil in this. Literally the whole purpose of the film is to make him a tortured anti-hero. Loyal soldier of Christendom who felt betrayed and in the end was redeemed. Pure evil cannot be redeemed
You can almost feel his rage. Gary Oldman, what an actor.
Yes, Gary Oldman is definitely one of the best actors alive.
He was in Hannibal and the professional so good ! He cray cray
He is one of the greats
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@@NicThatOneKid don’t forget Sirius Black in the Harry Potter movies or Commissioner Gordon in the Dark Knight trilogy
One of the best first 5 minutes of a movie I have ever seen. The opening music goes so well with Anthony Hopkin's narration. Pure brilliance
*_"The year... fourteen hundred and sixty two. Constantinople had fallen ... "_* My gosh, I want Anthony Hopkins to narrate my life 😂
@@princejohn6560a master class of acting from two of the greats, Sir Anthony Hopkins and Gary Oldman
Almost like a bonus movie it hits so hard at the start
@@tomb2289 yeah people rave about the intro scenes of the Nolan Batman films as being the best intro scenes in film history, because they're like their own individual short films right at the beginning of a full length feature film. But Copolla already made the best intro/short film to a feature length movie when he made this Dracula film. It's so intense. At the premiere of the film, people's wigs literally blew off their heads because of this intro, it war that good.
this looks like made for tv movie
The opening to Coppola's Dracula, besides being absolutely spectacular, gives background and a frame of reference to the story like no other film has. Puts all these limp-wristed, teenage vampire movies to shame.
Does it? IDK, I don’t watch teenage vampire movies
they are not in the same genre...
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Have to agree.
Dracula and other vampires are predators. And humans are their prey ...
And, yes, they can be sexy, but it's really just a lure ...
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Even after 31 years, this movie and every detail in it are timeless. Great job by Francis F. Coppola
Jesus is this movie really 31 years old
Completely agreed. The opening of this movie gives me goosebumps every single time i watch it. The score, the scenery, the direction, the acting. An amazing movie.
Yes, you just know this is going to be a serious movie, but unlike all others, I find the end sad. She came to love him and he her, but at the end they were parted again! In this movie there is no happy ending for anyone except Van Helsing. I often wondered what happened between Jonathan and Mina afterwards. Did they continue their marriage or did they go separate ways? Did Mina hate the three men for what they did? We know she tried to delay them by using her dark powers. Did she understand, but refuse to forgive them? This movie is dark from the start and a love story but without a happily-ever-after! What type of movie or story is this then? Easy, unique.
Yeah it gives you goosebumps more popcorn oh ninaaaaaaaa she must have take it up the arse
The opening 5 minutes is better than 95% of entire movies being produced these days...
When I was a kid, Gary Oldman scared the piss out of me in this role.
Olman's performance is awesomely over the top. You can't help but love all the passion he put in to the character.
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I think it's perfect, doesn't feel over-acted
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The music score is epic and fit so perfectly. Oldman is a master of his craft.
Thank you!
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When you’re Orthodox and your ancestors fought the Ottomans for centuries in the Balkans this scene hits different.
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Why? Because every bloody religion is evil to its bones?
Salute from Serbia
I bet. It's interesting. I'm part Romanian actually, so I relate to it on a historical level.
One of the best first 5 minutes of any movie, ever.
Try Terminator 2, or the 2004 Dawn Of The Dead.
15 years ago you made this comment.
I know! Crazy
I hear you on that one.
Once Upon a Time in the West.
This was Gary Oldman best performance hands down. He emotes pure rage and frustration and hooks the audience from this first scene. He should open the Oldman school of acting.
I dunno bro. Have you seen him in True Romance? Even tho he's in limited scenes in that movie, his performance is fantastic!
one of his better but i think stansfield in leon was his peak
And yet, his Oscar win was a typical Oscar bait role.
One if the best opening scenes ever. I'm 44 and just watched this movie about a year ago. I remember when it first came out and it got weak reviews but I like the movie alot and this opening scene is just perfection and shows how Dracula is a tragic figure.
One of the most badass intros ever. When he walks out to his army and they all cheer. Hell I grab a sword..
Yes, that part struck me as well, they faith they had in him as a military commander that they would follow him into a battle where they were vastly outnumbered and faced certain defeat. An unbelievable intro to a horror classic, a truly tragic and powerful story. Definitely one of the best interpretations of the Stoker original made up to this point. I don't know of anything that can compare to this one.
Gary Oldman did an amazing job for portraying Dracula.
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The Priest surely had the lowest EQ all the time... Telling a hero of church bluntly who just got home exhausted physically and mentally from the battlefield
that his lover was damned, such a no perfect time to tell..
"Welcome hero, you must be exhausted, anyway your love was dead, and she damned"
So much for the Bible verse of “mourn with those who mourn!”
3:03 lmao reading this as Vlad enters
In life there are no rights or wrongs. Only what you choose to do and what you choose not to do, so choose wisely. It was his spiritual test. The words from the priest should have been ignored. Instead he became pure evil in his choosing. It damned him to live an eternity in hell on earth without his love who was waiting for him in paradise in death which should never be feared as it is the unknown. This scene is very symbolic. If this were to happen you or anyone for that matter, to be broken and distraught in your love lost is expected. In that moment wanting the answer to why is best followed up with forgiveness in your heart for those responsible rather than wanting revenge and becoming the deadly sin known as wrath. To truly forgive another in this thing we call life is one of the most amazing feelings one can ever experience. It cleanses the soul and opens your mind in a way unique to each person that encounters everything that lead up to that decision while in an emotional moment of heartbreak.
This goes along with our current moment of time. These are unprecedented times. Best of luck to everyone. Remember to avoid wrath at all costs. Don't allow yourself to be damned. It's your choice. We all have that chance to choose in a defining moment of life.
Hahah yeah right@@jukee67
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The music is an absolute masterpiece. It makes the whole intro. 🤩
I agree
Gary Oldman didn't hold back with his performance as Dracula. I think it was his all time best role for an already respected actor.
THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE!!! This is a FANTASTIC movie, and one of my favorite intros of all time. The waterfall of blood spilling from the cross is so amazingly disturbing.
I love how Coppola embraced Expressionist film and turn of the century visual tricks in this film; I'm also pretty sure Mike Mignola did some conceptual design for the film too.
You sir are a man o culture
Saw It In The Theatre In 92 Brilliant Gary Oldman Is Electrifying As Dracula
This opening scene shows to us enough how is Gary Oldman great actor! So pure powerful and hatred goes out through his suffering...ultimate evil was born we can see, but everyone can feel his despair in the scene. Amazing opening scene of the horror movie.
Saw this at the theatre a Saturday night in 1992. Still gives me the chills to remember the grandiosity of the scenes.
Eh okay boomer
@@doriangray2020 Eee 😂 your life is so miserable, you try to put others down because you crave true love, it is okay young grasshopper, hope is there for you or not 😏
People still pray to the order of the dragon, and to Vlad Dracul the impaler, somewhere in the mountains of Carpathia in Transylvania.
Some tourists never came back.
@@doriangray2020 12yo spotted. Go clean your room David !
@@doriangray2020 go to your room you 12 yr old
romantic + horror = one of the best classics around
Great movie, the best movie about Dracula.The beginning is heartbreaking.
You can really see the priest/monk failed his perception check by telling the grieving husband that his wife is going to hell after he fought for the church.
Yeah, the man clearly couldn't read the room.
There wasn't a way to sugar coat it, though.
You would have thought Elizabetha would have realized the implication of suicide leading to damnation, rather than write a note assuming she would be reunited with her husband in heaven, she was an Orthodox catholic.
Then he should have kept his mouth shut also she reincarnated so he was wrong
A cross doesn't have a soul. It's an inanimate object. It's sacrilegious, but not enough to damn one's soul this way.
That takes the blood of life.
Guess Hollywood wasn't ready for thst truth?
This intro is amazing,it gives the back story and lets you get comfortable with the character. This is the ultimate vampire movie.
This movie is the most vivid memory that I have of my best friend that I grew up with in the 70s, we went and saw that movie together. And then we couldn’t wait for the VHS to come out and rewatch it over and over because we thought the love story was just the most beautiful thing ever. And then my friend and I were sitting on my couch in my apartment, watching the movie on VHS, and she fell asleep with her head on my shoulder, and she never woke up again. She died of a brain aneurysm right there next to me watching our favorite movie. Anyway I don’t mean to be a party pooper, this movie just has such strong memories for me, And I love watching it despite it all. It brings me closer to my friend Jacqueline. May she rest in peace.
Condolences for your friend & my the lord embrace her as you did.
My goodness, what a story! What a sadness, what a trauma!
This movie scared the crap out of me as a kid. In a lot of ways it still does. The soundtrack will always haunt me whenever Im alone in the dark.
The power of this soundtrack is unbeatable. Almost like I can feel my ancestors blood pumping through my veins. True defenders of Europe.
Wojciech Kilar is a great music composer and his discovery by Francis Ford Coppola tells how intelligent and visionary is him as film director, R.
Watching this film on VHS as a kid was nothing short of terrifying and amazing!
I remember watching it in the cinema, totally forgot to eat my tub of ice cream 😂
@@taraelizabethdensley9475 I would take my blanket and grip it as hard as I could and my 9yo dumbhead self would be so terrified at the scenes of the bat monster hahahahah good times
Great actor. One of the best on this planet. I met Gary a few years ago after a screening for his film, Darkest Hour. We sat on this sofa. Just him and I. He was so nice. We chatted a bit. Never sensed an ego. And here I was sitting with one of the best in the world. Humble guy. He won the Oscar too that year for best actor. I told him at the end of our conversation that he will win. Glad he did.
What a cast! A great story in the hands of one of the greatest directors of all time. Masterpiece!
THIS is the real vampire love story, not exactly like the book, but still pretty awesome.
I think really like this take. It's based off the real history in which the legends were based off of. I for one think that's pretty cool.
That is one of my all time favourite books and this film was the closest to it of every Dracula film I have seen.
The thing about the book, you never see anything from Dracula's point of view. You never know his motivation for anything as a character. So connecting him to the historical Vlad and the resurrection of a lost love gives him that. Historically his first wife did jump from the window into the river and died. Although her name is lost to History.
One of the most amazing scenes in film history! An absolute masterpiece.
A masterpiece it is.
One of the best openings ever. The creative story telling. The visuals like smoke rising around the cross, Elisabetha falling through the letter, the shadow fight scene and the bloody cross. The end with the writing with the flames looked like a cremation and the Carmina Burana like music reminded me of bits on the neck or stake stab through the heart. Just perfect.
This is nothing short of one of the best acting performances ever on Film. You felt his rage.
Even as a kid who knew nothing about film...the first time I saw this I knew it was something special and different to the things I'd watched before.
I don't remember but how do they reunite Dracula and Elizebeta ?
This is not even a "superhero" flick, but hands down one of the best origin stories in film.
One of the best classic horror origin stories for sure
You can tell cause its not crap and full of bad jokes
Vlad the impaler is a hero
I remember seeing this movie as a kid on the VHS player holy fuck this a hell of a intro 😂🔥
Saw this as a teen when it came out and to this day this scene gives me chills.
STILL in 2023 the absolute HARDEST intro out of any movie...EVER MADE 🎬❤️
I love how after the impaling of a soldier the scene cuts into a forest of impaled people, as if he is behind all of it… there is so much to love about this opening, the blood red skies, his armor, the horse ride back to the castle with all of those impaled bodies, his love drifting from the high skies, the absurd amount of blood pouring from the cross
by far the most stylish and artistically beautiful depiction of Dracula we've ever had
This opening I could see being performed on stage. This is a great opening scene. I'd love to see it performed as a play.
Masterpiece no other film of it's kind comes close to this one.
Now THAT'S how you drop a title.
I saw this when I was a kid, and thought it was one of the most awesome movies ever. That belief has not changed after all these years.
I can feel his bitterness and rage.....that's authentic acting. " I shall rise from my own death!!.....to avenge her with all the powers of darkness! " wow man........
The great Gary old man and Anthony Hopkins....The way he praises GOD after battle as a loyal servant...........Only to be deceived and let down by so many false promises and exaggerated claims..........Now thats how you introduce the back story to the birth of Dracula........This is still my favorite Vampire film..........It ssuch a work of art....the actors are incredible and the set. music, and wardrobe design are just so beautifully detailed.
What the hell! I'm really impressed, so damn impressed! What a motherfucking scene, and the sound of the trumpets when he goes crazy is fantastically done. I take my hat off, not only to all the actors, but also to Francis Ford Coppola. For me the best Dracula film of all time..
"Bram Stoker's Dracula"(1992) is an Epic Vampire horror movie masterpiece! The movie's opening scene was inspiring and well made! This movie looks like a perfect painting!
I am waiting on the day that someone gets enough vision to film the REAL, whole story of how"the Old Vlad" came to be. The actual truth is a hair-raising story of he was abused by his father, hated by his own brother, bartered for military advantage & held hostage in Turkish prison while his younger brother became a concubine of the then-Sultan. And even thru all.of that (he was a teen ager @ the time), he got himself together enough to.talk the Turkish authorities into giving him.an audience w/the Sultan where he pledged his loyalty to him & said that he knew how to.defeat his father, who by then had turned against the Turkish Empire to defend his own country. He offered to do so if the Sultan would give him enough men & weapons to do.the job, & the Sultan released him from prison & gave him.his blessing. This young Prince from Transylvania kept his word & went after his father & brother on the battle field & killed them both, then turned around & used the forces at his command to drive out the Turks.
The man who.became Dracula spent the rest of his life alternating between a fierce protector of his homeland & people & the unholy creature his people believed He had become He was astoundingly reverent in his worship of God & showed great compassion for the people he ruled who.lived near his castle. Of all.the small.kingdoms in Eastern Europe, Turkey coukd never quite manage to conquer Transylvania while he lived. But he was also extremely demanding of his subjects, requiring them.to bathe regularly - which was actually considered unhealthy at the time! - & to keep their clothing clean & in good repair & for the men to.keep.themselves clean shaven. To my knowledge, he took no wife but he did have several.mistresses. The most notorious of those was a woman who, one evening as she entertained him, told him.that she was now pregnant. They finished their usual business, after which he calmly got out of bed, picked up.his sword & killed her, then cut open her womb to expose the pregnancy. Hearing the ensuing racket, guards came rushing in to protect him only to.find this scene. And he flat out told them: "Let all see what I.have done...& where my fruit lay..."; & he just walked away & left the house & the mess.
We have by now all.heard the reports of how "Vlad, the Impaler" took.hi meals while watching those he had ordered impaled die. We have also.heard abt what happened when the envoys from.Turkey came to.broker peace w/him & wouldn't remove their hats. He had his guards nail.their turbans to their heads & sent them.back to.the Sultan. During his lifetime, he established several monasteries & convents along w/ many public shrines to.Christ, some of which were resting places for travelers where they could get water from the springs there. Those shrines all had dedicated jeweled goblets of silver where the travelers could drink; & it was known that any theft from those shrines would be punished by the warlord who.had put them.there.
As long as he lived, those giblets were not disturbed.
Totally agree, films today have lost the power to capture imaginations because they rely on CGI instead of investing long hours of prosthetic appliance coupled with a great story. Old horror movies are the best, nothing today compares.
First saw this around Christmas time in 2006. My brother had borrowed it from his girlfriend at the time and I instantly fell in love with it. I watched it over and over again.
Best Dracula ever!
We’ve been so blessed to see such stories come to life through film making
The truth is that this actor has been one of the greatest in this industry, great Gary Oldman
This is a intro that needs to be recollected for further analysis! Analysis for the best introductions in movies!
I went to see this movie November 13th 1992 at AMC rivercenter San Antonio the day it came out. Saw it again immediately at the next twp showings trying to pick up all the small practical effects. Amazing movie.
One of my top 5 movie openings of all time. Gary Oldman is an absolute boss as Dracula from start to finish.
This has to be one of the best Intros to any movie
Absolutely masterpiece. Oldman and Hopkins are giants.
It had lots of things going for it. Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, the voice of Anthony Hopkins, a spinetingling soundtrack and that badass suit of armor.
This is the only Dracula movie needed
Scared the hell out of me then and now. Just seing that color palette gives you the creeps. Absolutely masterpiece!
About the font of the subtitles: in streaming sites they just use the plain, digital letters. This scene didn't hit the same without the font used here. Someone had to make a conscious choice to use it. Just shows how much effort went into this film that even the way the letters look when reading subtitles feels congruous to the world of Dracula.
I'm loving the score! Wojceich Kilar did a great job!!
I saw this movie in the theater when it came out. What a great experience
This score, cinematography, art production design, costume, gary Oldman and Coppola direction
It's make this movie different from other vampire movie this is movie is timeless classic
LOVE is the driving nature of horror. Coppola captured the essence of Stokers' theme with this movie
I love the narration. It's perfect.
The day this flick came out there was a hard Nor’easter that hit the NYC area and they sent us home and it was payday. A bunch of us went to a BBQ joint and pigged out. Then me and two of my coworkers hit the Loews Astor Plaza theater and saw this and it kicked ass. Afterwards, the storm blew through but the winds were crazy (as if someone was summoning them 😅). The storm sucked but it was a good start of that weekend. Long winded story but a good memory.
One of my all time favorite movies. I remember renting it at the video store when I was 10 years old and not telling my mom it was rated R.
blockbuster days 😢
Oldman is the finest actor I have ever seen. FFC did justice to this story. Amazing sets n cinematography.
The crazy part is that the priest claims that Elizabeta’s soul is beyond salvation, citing “God’s law,” however the Bible never mentions that a person who commits suicide is beyond salvation. In fact, numerous people in the Bible have committed suicide and still have gone on to heaven. People such as the first king of Israel, Saul the Benjamite. He “fell on his own sword.”
True. It's that shall not Murder.
Sometimes the path of Christianity may akin to suicide not by their own hand but by the risk they must partake.
So u have been there??
@@ΚωνσταντινοςΑυγουστη-θ2τ very well said. I agree with you on all points.
I was 12 when i first saw the movie and this intro scared the shit out of me, still today in my 40s gives me goosebumps
One of the best horror movie
The intro only and the music are better then the rest of horror movies! Masterpiece!!
One of the best openings in horror film history
Francis Ford Coppola 's Dracula is truly a epic horror 🎥
This movie is so incredible...I still rewatch It every year
Allein schon der Soundtrack ist eine Meisterleistung!
Mr Oldman is really something, thanks for your acting brilliance sir...👏👏👏
Só a abertura do filme é uma aula completa de cinema !!! Um filme que já nasceu clássico !!! O Drácula definitivo !!!
Concerteza amigo , filme se olha primeira para a direção e esse aí e o gênio , Francis Ford Copolla! Fotografia perfeita , enredo top e uma aula de história ainda , contando sobre a queda de Constantinopla pelos turcos Otomanos , que tinha influencia Mulçumana , idade moderna e etc. Cássico do cinema juntamente com Frankenstein de Mary Shelley d mesmo diretor !
Fantastic book! Fantastic movie! A favorite of mine. Its a love story. Im reading it now for the first time and am very much enjoying it. Bram Stoker is brilliant! ❤
I met the man once in Napoli, Italy. All of my fellow americans were asking him about THE GODFATHER, THE GODFATHER. (scuffs) Not to many people know that he directed this movie. I say this is his most Stylistic work to date.
This is one of the few movies that I cant watch over and over, its just done to perfection.
I like Apocalypse Now.
They did all the effects in camera for this movie! They used paper puppets in the background, projecting their shadows while Gary Oldman walked around and swung a sword- no post-production effects.
The extremely powerful music score from genius Wojciech Kilar!
This movie has been and always will be one of the best vampire stories, This movie has been and always will be one of the best vampire stories, it is art.
This is DRACULA as it is supposed to be done!
One of the best intros in movie, I have ever seen.
We had a special Red VHS of this, even the cassette creeped me out.
My family still has it I think.
Love this movie great cast, great direaction of the movie,, and outstanding start of the movie.
Gary gives some of the best character sketches be it Dracula or Churchill but my most favorite is him playing Beethoven in Immortal beloved that deserved an Oscar.
This is an awesome movie! It doesn't get old and has one of the greatest openings I've ever seen!
Truly great movie!
I love that they got Gary Oldman, Keanu Reeves and Anthony Hopkins to play these roles! Nobody could hav down it better!
Except Keanu Reeves was crap
@@Garethprice1979 He was infamously awful. Still, my older brothers and I use to laugh our asses off at his performance, particularly his accent.
Let’s be honest Winona>Keanu. Keanu is an amazing action star but even he said he was miscast. Couldn’t pull of the accent or the emotion off at all in this role.
This is my absolutely favourite Dracula movie, and I’ve seen them all … I think! Way better than Anne Rice’s vampires by a long shot, but her books are epic. 🇨🇦🖖🏻🇨🇦
No dracula like Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula till date.. Unmatchable elegance and dramatisation in this movie.. 🎉
If this is not the best film opening ever…
Great Soundtrack ! and best Dracula movie till now as I know.
The intro was Badass😊❤