# Dracula (1979)

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**Runtime**: 109 min
**Genres**: Horror, Romance, Fantasy, Drama
**Directed by**: John Badham
**Written by**: W.D. Richter
**Starring**: Frank Langella, Laurence Olivier, Donald Pleasence, Kate Nelligan, Trevor Eve, Jan Francis

> *Throughout history he has filled the hearts of men with terror, and the hearts of women with desire.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Transylvania, autumn. A bloodied hand brushes past a svastika pendant.

A widowed solicitor keeps a candlelit vigil in Carfax as three sisters of the night circle the estate.

Frankenheimer’s cold romanticism on the wane.

**Mood tags**: dread, sexy, tender

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