Movie Synopsis
The film begins in 1462, when Vlad Dracula returns from a victory against the Ottoman Empire to find his wife Elisabeta committed suicide after receiving a false report of his death. A priest tells him that her soul is damned for killing herself. Dracula renounces God and vows to return from the grave with all the powers of darkness.
In 1897, Jonathan Harker, a young solicitor, travels to Transylvania to finalize a real estate deal with Count Dracula. He meets Dracula, who shows him a picture of his fiancée Mina Harker and recognizes her as Elisabeta’s reincarnation. Dracula imprisons Jonathan in his castle and leaves for London with boxes of Transylvanian soil.
In London, Dracula meets Mina and begins to court her. He also hypnotizes and bites her friend Lucy, who suffers from anemia and strange dreams. Lucy’s suitors, Arthur Holmwood, Quincey Morris, and Dr. Jack Seward, call for Professor Van Helsing, an expert on obscure diseases. Van Helsing diagnoses Lucy as a victim of a vampire and tries to save her with blood transfusions and garlic.
Meanwhile, Jonathan escapes from Dracula’s castle and sends a letter to Mina, asking her to join him in Budapest. Mina leaves London to marry Jonathan, while Dracula turns Lucy into a vampire. Van Helsing and Lucy’s suitors stake Lucy in her crypt and vow to destroy Dracula.
Dracula learns of Mina’s departure and becomes enraged. He attacks Renfield, his lunatic servant who eats insects and rats for his master’s sake. He then confronts Van Helsing and his allies at Carfax Abbey, where they destroy his boxes of soil. Dracula flees to his last remaining box at 197 Chicksand Street.
Mina and Jonathan return to London and join Van Helsing’s group. They discover that Mina has a telepathic connection with Dracula and use it to track him down. They find him at Chicksand Street and ambush him. Dracula escapes with Mina in his carriage, while the others pursue him by train.
