Drácula (Dracula, Spanish Version) (1931)

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• Randy T

  
  Although the cinematography is more atmospheric than the Tod Browning version, it's obvious that Carlos Villarias is no Bela Lugosi.

• Wahida K

  
  As said before there are a lot of Dracula Movies out there from Blockbusters to B ones. Its the old same thing, just tiny bits difference sometimes.

• Greg S

  
  Filmed at night using Spanish-speaking actors on the same sets the Tod Browning/Bela Lugosi crew used in the day, this is an alternate version of the Dracula story. Melford's variation is more eerie and atmospheric than the English language version, and less stagebound; if… More
  Filmed at night using Spanish-speaking actors on the same sets the Tod Browning/Bela Lugosi crew used in the day, this is an alternate version of the Dracula story. Melford's variation is more eerie and atmospheric than the English language version, and less stagebound; if Lugosi had starred in this one, it could have been the greatest horror movie ever made.

• Matthew Y

  
  During the early part of the sound era studio's would film their English versions during the daytime and at night an entirely different cast and crew would film a foreign language version for overseas. Although using the same sets and scripts many of these secondary films were… More
  During the early part of the sound era studio's would film their English versions during the daytime and at night an entirely different cast and crew would film a foreign language version for overseas. Although using the same sets and scripts many of these secondary films were far weaker from their high billed English language versions but Drácula remains as quite possibly the only exception. A better directing job and far better lighting and cinematography work really elevate the feel of the film and the actor playing Renfield portrays a much more demented character then the one in the English version. Bela Lugosi's Dracula is of course legendary and probably the only thing that the English version has over the Spanish one, although Carlos Villarías does a more then decent job in his own right.

• MJS M

  
  Some call it superior to the English version, and I can see why. Still, the old version feel more like a classic to me. This is like a cover version of a classic song, it may have more sophisticated instrumentation, but it's just not the original.