After a harrowing ride through the Carpathian mountains in eastern Europe, Renfield enters castle Dracula to finalize the transferral of Carfax Abbey in London to Count Dracula, who is in actuality a vampire. Renfield is drugged by the eerily hypnotic count, and turned into one of his thralls, protecting him during his sea voyage to London. After sucking the blood and turning the young Lucy Weston into a vampire, Dracula turns his attention to her friend Mina Seward, daughter of Dr. Seward who then calls in a specialist, Dr. Van Helsing, to diagnose the sudden deterioration of Mina's health. Van Helsing, realizing that Dracula is indeed a vampire, tries to prepare Mina's fiance, John Harker, and Dr. Seward for what is to come and the measures that will have to be taken to prevent Mina from becoming one of the undead.
Bela Lugosi | Count Dracula |
Helen Chandler | Mina |
David Manners | John Harker |
Dwight Frye | Renfield |
Edward Van Sloan | Van Helsing |
Herbert Bunston | Doctor Seward |
Frances Dade | Lucy |
Joan Standing | Maid |
Charles K. Gerrard | MartÃn |
Anna Bakacs | Innkeeper's daughter |
Nicholas Bela | Coach Passenger (uncredited) |
Tod Browning | Harbormaster |
Daisy Belmore | Coach Passenger (uncredited) |
Moon Carroll | Maid |
John Hoffman | Production Designer |
Geraldine Dvorak | Dracula's Wife |
Herman Rosse | Production Designer |
Barbara Bozoky | Innkeeper's Wife (uncredited) |
John George | Small Scientist |
Anita Harder | Flower Girl |
Wyndham Standing | Surgeon |
Cornelia Thaw | Dracula's Wife |
Dorothy Tree | Dracula's Wife |
Carla Laemmle | Coach Passenger (uncredited) |
Josephine Velez | Grace - English Nurse |
Donald Murphy | Coach Passenger (uncredited) |
Michael Visaroff | Innkeeper |
Philip Glass | Composer |
Karl Freund | Cinematographer |
Milton Carruth | Editor |
Charles D. Hall | Art Director |
Russell A. Gausman | Set Decorator |
Ed Ware | Custome Designer |
Vera West | Custome Designer |
Scott R. Beal | first assistant director |
Herman Schlom | second assistant director |