Dracula is probably the most known vampire of the world. The legend of the vampire begun when Bram Stoker, an irish novelist (1847-1912), published his famous gothic novel Dracula in 1897. 95 years after, Francis Ford Coppola, a well known movie maker of the 20th century, undertake an adaptation of the novel with a few modifications of the original story. Some famous actors play in as Keanu Reeves, Gary oldman or Anthony Hopkins. At the beginning of the movie, we see scene that takes place in 1462, when the count Vlad Dracula, a romanian knight go to war against the turkish, leaving his wife Elisabeta in his castle. Elisabeta kill herself when she read a false missive saying that her husband died. Suicide is considered by the Church as a sin, so Elisabeta is cursed. Mad of sorrow, Vlad renounce to God and become a vampire.

Four century after, Jonathan Harker, a young solicitor, is send to Transylvania for the selling of the abbey of Carfax to acount who is Dracula. Dracula accidently see a picture of Mina, Jonathan fiancé's who looks like Dracula dead wife. The vampire decide to keep Jonathan prisonner and to go to England to search Mina. When he arrive, he search for a prey and transform Lucy, Mina best friend, into a vampire. Lucy's husband call the doctor Van Helsing for help. Van Helsing see that Lucy's became a vampire and kill her. Dracula come to Mina and reveal her that he's a vampire. During this time, Harker escaped from the castle and came back to england where he meet Van Helsing and his friends. The vampire hunter help Jonathan and discover Dracula captivating Mina. Dracula flee to Transylvania and Van Helsing, Jonathan and their friends pursue him to kill him, bringing Mina with them. Ahead the castle of the vampire, they fight and cut his throat. Mortally injured, he go into his castle with Mina, who achieve him in an act of salvation. The ambiance of the movie is gloomy during all the movie and the characters are all frightened by Dracula, except Van Helsing.      

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