Upon learning this, a heartbroken Dracula transforms Lucy into a vampire. When Mina finally receives word from Jonathan – who has escaped the castle and recovered at a convent – she travels to Romania to marry him.

Mina begins to develop feelings for Dracula, accompanying him on several outings.

Dracula, appearing young and handsome during daylight, meets and charms Mina. Abraham Van Helsing, Seward's mentor, who recognizes Lucy as the victim of a vampire. Seward, along with her fiancé Arthur Holmwood to summon Dr. Lucy's deteriorating health and behavioral changes prompt former suitors Quincey Morris and Dr. In London, Dracula hypnotically seduces, then bites Mina's best friend Lucy Westenra, with whom she is staying while Jonathan is in Transylvania. Dracula leaves Jonathan to be fed upon by his brides, while he sails to England with Transylvanian soil, taking up residence at Carfax Abbey. Jonathan meets Dracula who finds a picture of his fiancée Mina Murray and believes she is the reincarnation of Elisabeta. Jonathan travels to Transylvania to arrange Dracula's real estate acquisitions in London. Renfield, who has gone insane and is now an inmate in Dr.

In 1897, solicitor Jonathan Harker takes the Transylvanian Count Dracula as a client from his colleague R. He then drives his sword into the chapel's stone cross and drinks the blood that pours from it, becoming a vampire. Enraged, Vlad desecrates the chapel and renounces God, declaring he will rise from the grave to avenge Elisabeta with all the powers of darkness. A priest tells him that his wife's soul is damned to Hell for committing suicide. In 1462, Vlad Dracula returns from a victory in his campaign against the Ottoman Empire to find his beloved wife Elisabeta committed suicide after his enemies falsely reported his death. Its score was composed by Wojciech Kilar and its closing credits theme ' Love Song for a Vampire', written and performed by Annie Lennox, became an international success. It was nominated for four Academy Awards, of which it won three for Best Costume Design, Best Sound Editing and Best Makeup while also being nominated for Best Art Direction. The film opened at #1 in the United States, and grossed $215 million against a production budget of $40 million. It stars Gary Oldman as Count Dracula, Winona Ryder as Mina Harker, Anthony Hopkins as Professor Abraham Van Helsing, and Keanu Reeves as Jonathan Harker.ĭracula was theatrically released in the United States on November 13, 1992, to positive reviews, though Reeves' performance and English accent received criticism.

Bram Stoker's Dracula is a 1992 American Gothic horror film directed and produced by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the 1897 novel Dracula by Bram Stoker.

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