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Dracula adaptations: books & films
Every version of Dracula — the books & films, compared across media.
Few figures in fiction have haunted the imagination quite like Count Dracula — a blood-hungry nobleman cursed with eternal life who schemes to leave his remote Transylvanian castle for the teeming streets of London. Born from Bram Stoker's 1897 epistolary novel, the story of obsession, predation, and the desperate effort to stop an ancient evil has since migrated across every screen format. These adaptations — novels and films alike — all return to that same dark mythology.
Dracula films
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Dracula
A 15th-century prince, devastated by his bride's murder, renounces God and is reborn as Dracula, an immortal warlord in blood-soaked Eastern Europe.
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Nosferatu
A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.
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Bram Stoker's Dracula
A young lawyer sent to Count Dracula's castle to finalise a land deal becomes entangled in the vampire's deadly fixation on his fiancée Mina.
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Nosferatu
Count Orlok summons a happily married real estate agent to his remote Transylvanian castle to finalise a terrifying deal.
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Dracula Untold
Prince Vlad Tepes turns to dark forces to gain the power to protect his family from a sultan demanding an army of boys.
Film
Dracula
A British estate agent travels to Transylvania to meet Count Dracula, is enslaved and driven to madness, then returns to London with the Count.
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The Last Voyage of the Demeter
The crew of the merchant ship Demeter fights to survive as an unseen, merciless presence stalks them nightly on the voyage from Carpathia to London.
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Dracula: Dead and Loving It
A comedy in which Dracula's lawyer-turned-thrall assists the Count's hunt for fresh blood, while Professor Van Helsing attempts to vanquish him.
Dracula books
Frequently asked
Is the 2025 film Dracula based on a book?
The 2025 film draws on the same mythology as Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula, though it centres on Vlad's origin story rather than directly adapting the novel's plot. The original novel is also available on this page.
How many Dracula adaptations are listed here?
There are nine versions here — one book and eight films — spanning from Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula through to contemporary releases including Nosferatu (2024) and Dracula (2025).
Which Dracula adaptation should I start with?
Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula is the source of the mythology. Among the films, Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) follows a young lawyer's entanglement with the Count, while Nosferatu (2024) centres on a vampire's obsessive fixation on a young woman.