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The '58 Hammer version is borderline okay for me (though probably a bit better than the Lugosi one, if not as iconic). Christopher Lee is cool (also the name of an 8-year-old cousin of mine) but it's just not quite stylish enough for a Dracula movie (I think the Polanski non-Dracula goes for a similar aesthetic but is just way more clever and self-aware about it; it's probably my all-time favorite vampire movie, but again not an official "Dracula" movie). And sometimes the script seems only semi-conscious, as when they're in Dracula's lair and they decide to start the smörgåsbord of violence by staking the henchman, instead of Dracula. Frustrating.
I didn't finish Blackula; watched it until the first commercial break on a Halloween several years ago before I got bored and changed the channel (probably to a Friday the 13th marathon, which is a pretty good statement of just how boring I found Blackula).
Also, in my original post I should have mentioned Nadja as up there with 'Pages'. I forgot to mention it because it's not really a Stoker adaptation, but I do believe Peter Fonda plays a Dracula pretending to be a Van Helsing. Speaking of which I'm also a bigger fan of the Hugh Jackman movie than of the ones I've seen from this poll.
I'll have to hunt down mark's fave.
Last edited by linespalsy; 08-28-13 at 05:13 PM.