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Plot Summary:
Dracula, played by an uncredited caucasian, was shipwrecked in the 1600s in Japan, when Christianity was illegal. He was forced to spit on the cross and wander alone in the desert. Upon finding himself bleeding, he was so thirsty he drank the blood and acquired a taste for it, attacking local teenager Keiko. In present day, Professor Shiraki arrives at a girl's school where he was to be teaching, but now the principal, whose wife died in a car accident, wants Shiraki to take over for him. The principal is keeping his wife in the cellar for a week, supposedly according to local custom, to see if she might return to life. Immediately suspicious, Shiraki investigates and becomes entrenched in horror of the vampires. Three girls are caught up too, as one has already been bitten, and her roomates stay to care for her.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 864
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, weird
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Dracula in Pakistan (1967)
Plot Summary:
A rendition of the Dracula tale with many similarities to the British 1950s Dracula.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 526
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: Pakistan
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: suspense, surreal
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The Vampire Doll (1970)
Plot Summary:
A young man travels out into the countryside to meet his fiance, Yuko. When he arrives at the secluded house he is told by her mother that she has died in a car accident. He spends the night at the house and hears some strange sounds at night, even seeing someone that looks just like his dead love. Later he sees Yuko outside the house and follows her to a grave with her name. Cut to some days later where the young mans sister is worried since she hasnt heard from him in some time. She persuades her boyfriend to take her to the house, but is told that he already left. For the sake of proper plot development she doesnt believe Yukos mother and fakes the car breaking down so that they can investigate what really happened.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, gothic, grindhouse, classic horror, crying, psychotronic, urban fantasy, cult film, asian horror
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They Have Changed Their Face (1971)
Plot Summary:
In this allegory on capitalism, director of a known car corporation invites one of his employees to his country villa to give him the good news. He just got promoted. However, the old man is not what he seems and promotion has a price.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 547
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: philosophical, gothic, gothic horror, allegory, grindhouse, cult film
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Count Dracula (1971)
Plot Summary:
Czech television production of Dracula that is very faithful to Bram Stoker's novel.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 63
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
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Fearful Interlude (1975)
Plot Summary:
Accompanied by his old manservant, scholar Sung Li Ho (Hong Hoi) is on his way to the capital for the imperial exam. They spend a night in the house of Mrs. Yuan and Li Ho takes a fancy to her pretty daughter, Pei Fang (Dana). Li Ho is discovered by a maid peeping at Pei Fang as she takes a bath. He slips and falls into the bathtub, creating a most embarrassing situation. His old servant is also implicated and both are beaten up before being thrown out. Continuing their journey in the desolate countryside, they come across woodcutter Hsi Hsueh Kuei who puts them up for the night. Captivated by the beauty of the owner’s two daughters, who are vampires, he spends a night with them and turns into a skeleton. Chased by the vampires, Shun Lai makes a narrow escape.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 41
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration:
Plot tags: anthology, gothic horror
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Tender Dracula (1974)
Plot Summary:
Two writers and their girlfriends visit the castle of an actor who specializes in playing vampire roles. As the night progresses, they begin to wonder if the man is an actor playing a vampire, or a vampire playing an actor.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 180
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: gothic horror
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The Dracula Saga (1973)
Plot Summary:
Count Dracula's pregnant granddaughter arrives at his castle, along with her husband, who is not a vampire. While she prepares to give birth to a new member of the Dracula line, her husband secretly launches into a series of affairs with the Count's resident "brides.".
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 285
Genere: Horror
Country: Spain
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: gothic
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Dracula 2012 (2013)
Plot Summary:
Dracula 2012 is a 2013 Indian 3-D horror film directed by Vinayan, starring Sudheer Sukumaran, Prabhu, Monal Gajjar, Nassar, Shraddha Das and Thilakan. The film was shot in the Malayalam, Telugu, and Tamil languages simultaneously, with additional scenes and songs featuring Tamil and Telugu actors.
IMDB Rating: 2.1
IMDB Votes: 185
Genere: Horror
Country: India
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, gothic
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The Legend of Blood Castle (1973)
Plot Summary:
Countess Elizabeth Bathory conspires with her husband to acquire the blood of virgins to maintain her youth and beauty.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 791
Genere: Horror
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, gothic, classic horror, psychotronic
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The Wolf (1983)
Plot Summary:
In nineteenth century Poland Kacper is cursed by his wife Maryna on her deathbed. Her evil spirit then haunts him in the form of a she-wolf.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 652
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Poland
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, gothic, atmospheric
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Leonor (1975)
Plot Summary:
Richard is a medieval nobleman. After his first wife dies in an accident and is buried in the family vault, he remarries and has children by his second wife. A mad longing for his first wife Leonor comes over him, and he sells his soul to the devil for a chance to get her back. But when she returns, she is a murderous vampire.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 448
Genere: Fantasy, Drama, Horror
Country: Spain, France, Italy
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, philosophical, atmospheric, classic horror
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Dracula Reborn (2015)
Plot Summary:
Horror about three journalists who travel from Vancouver to Transylvania to uncover the true story of Dracula. As they visit the area's historical sites and libraries to decipher the various clues behind the famed vampire's existence, the trio's determination to get their article may end up costing them their lives.
IMDB Rating: 1.8
IMDB Votes: 521
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: gothic, psychotronic
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The She-Butterfly (1973)
Plot Summary:
Story follows young man Strahinja who is in love with a local beauty Radojka, but their relationship has an obstacle - her father Zivan, who considers Strahinja as nothing but a loser. To prove that he's able to take care of himself and his future bride, Strahinja agrees to take vacancy in village mill... But, mill is known as a place where no one meets the dawn alive.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 63 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, gothic, splatter, spooky, phantasmagoric, surprise ending, weird, cult film
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Rufus (2012)
Plot Summary:
Rufus is a shy and lonely boy determined to make a new start. Sure he has some quirks. So what if he likes the taste of blood? It's not like he's addicted. When a cunning vampire hunter slips into town searching for the fountain of youth, Rufus fears his darkest secret is about to be revealed.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, tense, psychological, captivating, offbeat, humorous, semi serious, weird
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Dracula III: Legacy (2005)
Plot Summary:
In the near future, Uffizi and Luke travel to the remote reaches of war torn Romania to rescue Elizabeth and finish the vampire once and for all. Along the way, they encounter TV news journalist and a corps of rebels trying to fight the vampire uprising which plagues their country.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, gothic horror, gothic, suspense, gloomy, surprise ending
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Dracula (2009)
Plot Summary:
Dracula arrives in Los Angeles to drain Hollywood of blood. Van Helsing is looking for Dracula to revenge his dead father. Lucy is missing in action and Mina is kidnapped.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 90
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: epic, psychotronic, cult film
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Son of Darkness: To Die for II (1991)
Plot Summary:
Vampires come to town. Who's a vampire? Who's not? Ask our main character, who is suspicious, and our main character's brother, who gets seduced by one.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 365
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: dark, independent film, scary, serious
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Dracula (1974)
Plot Summary:
Dracula is searching for a woman who looks like his long dead wife.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, classic horror, spooky, scary, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Martin (1977)
Plot Summary:
Martin sedates women with a syringe full of narcotics and then slices their wrists with a razor blade so he can drink their blood. Martin, who comes to live with his uncle and cousin in the dying town of Braddock, Pennsylvania, has romantic monochrome visions of vampiric seductions and torch-lit mobs, but it is impossible to tell how seriously he takes them.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: surreal, scary, suspenseful, tense, grindhouse, disturbing, gothic, creepy, cult classic, cult horror
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Scars of Dracula (1970)
Plot Summary:
The Prince of Darkness casts his undead shadow once more over the cursed village of Kleinenberg when his ashes are splashed with bat's blood and Dracula is resurrected. And two innocent victims search for a missing loved one... loved to death by Dracula's mistress. But after they discover his blood-drained corpse in Dracula's castle necropolis, the Vampire Lord's lustful vengeance begins.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, rough, suspenseful, scary, bleak, serious, classic horror, grindhouse, perverse
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Dracula's Dog (1977)
Plot Summary:
Russian soldiers accidentally unleash Dracula's servant, as well as his dog, during excavations in Romania. Together they set out for America, to find the last descendent of the great Count.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, grindhouse, classic horror, independent film, scary, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, weird, cult film
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Count Dracula (1977)
Plot Summary:
For those familiar with Bram Stoker's novel, this adaptation follows the book quite closely in most respects. Jonathan Harker visits the Count in Transylvania to help him with preparations to move to England. Harker becomes Dracula's prisoner and discovers Dracula's true nature. After Dracula makes his way to England, Harker becomes involved in an effort to track down and destroy the Count, eventually chasing the vampire back to his castle.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, atmospheric, slasher, creepy, classic horror, scary, tense, serious, suspenseful
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Lesbian Vampires (1971)
Plot Summary:
An erotic horror tale about a vixen vampiress seducing and killing women to appease her insatiable thirst for female blood.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: West Germany, Spain
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: erotic, gothic, grindhouse, atmospheric, surreal, disturbing, stylized, psychological, serious, sexy
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Count Dracula (1970)
Plot Summary:
Jess Franco's version of the Bram Stoker classic has Count Dracula as an old man who grows younger whenever he dines on the blood of young maidens.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Spain, West Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, UK
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, gothic, grindhouse, cult classic, classic horror, suspense, perverse, twisted, scary, atmospheric
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Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary (2002)
Plot Summary:
A ballet rendition of Bram Stoker's gothic novel DRACULA, presented in a style reminiscent of the silent expressionistic cinema of the early 20th Century. This work employs the subtle and sometimes bold use of color to emphasize its themes, but mainly is presented in black-and-white, or tinted in monochrome. No spoken dialogue can be heard, and the story of a sinister but intriguing immigrant who preys upon young English women unfolds through dance, pantomime and subtitles.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Musical
Country: Canada
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, artsy, gothic, dark, black and white, cult classic, scary, atmospheric, stylized, horror musical
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Dracula (2006)
Plot Summary:
The Romanian count known as Dracula is summoned to London by Arthur Holmwood, a young Lord who is one the verge of being wed. Unknown to Arthur's future bride Lucy, her future husband is infected with syphilis and therefore cannot consummate their marriage. Arthur has laid his hopes of being cured on the enigmatic count; as it is said that Dracula has extraordinary powers. But these supernatural powers have sinister origins. The Count is a vampire. Soon Arthur realizes his serious mistake as all hell breaks loose and the Count infects others with his ancient curse. But Dracula has not counted on the young Lord acquiring the assistance of the Dutch Vampire expert Prof. Abraham Van Helsing.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, scary, serious, suspenseful, dark, spooky, psychotronic, period drama
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Nadja (1994)
Plot Summary:
This ultra-hip, post-modern vampire tale is set in contemporary New York City. Members of a dysfunctional family of vampires are trying to come to terms with each other, in the wake of their father's death. Meanwhile, they are being hunted by Dr. Van Helsing and his hapless nephew. As in all good vampire movies, forces of love are pitted against forces of destruction.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: black and white, art house, cult classic, queer horror, atmospheric, stylized, psychological thriller, retro, philosophical, sensual
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Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
Plot Summary:
Ghoulish Count Dracula lures a naive estate agent, Jonathan Harker, to his decaying Transylvanian castle with the promise of easy money. But when he spies a portrait of the man's beautiful young wife Lucy, the vampire becomes obsessed and sets in motion their destruction.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: gothic, atmospheric, bleak, enigmatic, dark, cult classic, scary, stylized, surreal, scenic
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Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
Plot Summary:
Whilst vacationing in the Carpathian Mountain, two couples stumble across the remains of Count Dracula's castle. The Count's trusted servant kills one of the men, suspending the body over the Count's ashes so that the blood drips from the corpse and saturates the blackened remains. The ritual is completed, the Count revived and his attentions focus on the dead man's wife who is to become his partner; devoted to an existence of depravity and evil.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, gothic, scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, talky, serious, suspense, grindhouse, cult classic
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Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
Plot Summary:
Director F.W. Murnau (John Malkovich) makes a Faustian pact with a vampire (Willem Dafoe) to get him to star in his 1922 film "Nosferatu.".
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: UK, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: gothic, scary, dark, psychological horror, dark comedy, suspense, cult classic, suspenseful, disturbing, black comedy