The Count survived the classics. Now Dracula enters the modern age.
In Part 2 of The Deja Review's Dracula Special, Mart and Trev continue their journey through the cinematic history of the world's most famous vampire with three radically different versions: Gary Oldman in Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), Gerard Butler in Dracula 2000 (2000) and Luke Evans in Dracula Untold (2014).
After Lugosi, Lee and Langella defined Dracula across the first half of our special, Hollywood was ready to reinvent the Count again.
Francis Ford Coppola's visually spectacular Bram Stoker's Dracula gave us Gary Oldman's shape-shifting, tragic and extravagantly gothic Count. Dracula 2000 dragged the vampire legend into the new millennium with Gerard Butler and a very different explanation for Dracula's origins. Then Dracula Untold transformed Luke Evans' Vlad into something completely different again — an action-fantasy antihero and an origin story for the legendary vampire.
Mart and Trev break down the performances, vampire mythology, gothic visuals, action, horror, faithfulness to Bram Stoker and the increasingly elaborate Dracula origin stories to see which modern interpretation deserves immortality.
BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA (1992) – Gary Oldman goes full gothic under Francis Ford Coppola.
DRACULA 2000 (2000) – Gerard Butler brings the Count into the new millennium.
DRACULA UNTOLD (2014) – Luke Evans turns Dracula's origin into an action-fantasy epic.
Which modern Dracula comes out on top?
Is Gary Oldman's extravagant Count impossible to beat?
Is Gerard Butler's Dracula an underrated turn-of-the-millennium guilty pleasure?
Or does Luke Evans finally give Vlad the origin story he deserves?
Six movies. Six Draculas. One immortal question: Who is the definitive Count?
Join the debate in the comments:
Rank Gary Oldman, Gerard Butler and Luke Evans — then tell us your overall winner from all six Dracula movies featured across Parts 1 & 2.
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00:00 Introduction to Dracula Remakes
01:21 Exploring Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
21:21 Dracula 2000: A Modern Twist
36:25 Dracula Untold: A New Interpretation
46:30 Ranking the Dracula Films
49:36 5 To 1 Keanu Reeves