When the street doors of the London concert hall open to admit Dracula, the orchestra can be heard playing 'Franz Schubert' (qv)'s "Unfinished Symphony".
But in the next shot, an instant later, they are playing the conclusion of the prelude to 'Richard Wagner (I)' (qv)'s "Die Meistersinger".
Seward's sanitarium is said to be both "near London" and "in Whitby.
" Whitby, on the Yorkshire coast in northern England, is nowhere near London.
After Renfield accidentally cuts his finger, his bed is seen turned down in the long shot.
Although Dracula has not had the time to perform the courtesy.
Pieces of cardboard placed on the lamps in bedrooms, apparently to shield lights for close-ups.
It may have been intentional but no one in the cast ever notices.
On main title, 'Carl Laemmle' (qv)'s studio affiliation is listed as "Presient" When Renfield is killed, the sound of his body rolling down the steps reveals that they are actually made of wood and not stone.
When Dracula is asking if Renfield has kept his trip to Transylvania secret, Renfield's valise jumps from Dracula's hands to the table.
This is the result of a cut line.
'Joan Standing' (qv) is wrongly credited as a maid, but she was actually playing the part of Briggs (a nurse).
'Moon Carroll' (qv) played the uncredited part as a maid.
She's the one who faints when Renfield is laughing very scary.
In the scene where Van Helsing is attempting to catch Dracula's lack of reflection in a mirror, there are visible chalk marks on the floor showing 'Bela Lugosi' (qv) where to stand for the shot.
When Dracula's brides converge on Renfield after he has passed out, Dracula enters and motions them away.
As they are walking backwards, one bride steps on another bride's dress causing one bride to "catch" another.
It is possible that she may have stepped on her own dress.
Seward threatens to have Renfield confined in a "strait-jacket".
Although this is probably a translation convention for the American audience rather than an unintentional slip, a British doctor would say "strait-waistcoat," which is what he says in 'Bram Stoker' (qv)'s novel and other filmed enactions of this scene.
When the vampire bat hovers outside Lucy's window and flaps its wings, you can see the wires attached to the bat, pulling it up and down and causing the wings to flap.
When the innkeeper tells Renfield about Dracula, he holds his pipe in his left hand, except for one shot when it is in his right.
The London girl selling flowers who is attacked by Count Dracula before he enters the concert hall can be seen moving while the policeman is blowing his whistle, even though she is supposedly dead.
As Dracula leads Renfield up the large staircase, he seemingly passes through a large spider web without breaking it.
Renfield breaks through it as he follows Dracula.
Though some may consider this a goof on the part of the filmmakers, it is more likely meant to suggest Dracula's lack of physical substance.
This trait is further revealed later in the film when Dracula is shown to cast no reflection in a mirror.
My friend and I are longtime haters of Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, ever since the season 4 finale of Sherlock in 2017. We had been planning for a while to get drunk and hate-watch this show, but we only ended up getting through one episode because it was just too mediocre.
I really really...really enjoyed...
The vampire mythos has been a part of folklore for centuries. Originally the reanimated corpses of peasants who stank and looked grotesque, in the Romantic era of the 19th century the vampire was re-imagined as a sauve, aristocratic, and above-all hypnotically charismatic creature who is able to fascinate with a curious erotic allure.
Acting is stellar in this creative, twisty series. Plenty here to engage and enthrall.
The only good episode is the first one.. Bute the next 2 parts are really meaningless and the ending is also bad..
Great start. Creepy feel to it but by episode 2 it lost its way and ended up as some teen comedy garbage in episode 3.
I, for one, enjoyed Bram stoker's classic novel. But the original plot and character relationships were slaughtered in Tod Browning's film.
Fine, the 3rd episode wasn't the best, but at least there was closure.Ep.
It's a horror classic. Although only a short span of 70 minutes，almost every picture is full of feeling.
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