An interesting question regarding the novel of Dracula.

[AggieJosey]

I saw , i think its not a bad movie

 

[Samtemdo8_v1legacy]

Well, at that point, you could watch "Dracula Untold" or "Bram Stoker's Dracula" for all the similarities it would have with the actual book...

At least Coppola's Dracula was a good movie on its own Merits. And arguably Coppola's last good movie.

Sure, it is a good movie. But not a very faithful adaptation...

Which is why, if your intention is to find a modernized adaptation of the book, that trades faithfulness for readability, you should go all the way and just watch one of the hundreds of Dracula movies.

Didn't really enjoy Bram Stoker's Dracula to be honest. Sure, it had some beautiful cinematography(espescially the horse carriage ride to Dracula's castle) and there are glimpses of a way better movie buried somewhere in there but what brings the entire thing down is this characterization of Dracula as a sappy Don Juan. 'Dracula's cheesy love life' would have been a better title for this movie.

The best Dracula movie by and far remains the 1979 Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht in my opinion. This is really the Dracula the way I imagined the character even if it isn't a completely faithful adaptation of Stoker's novel(infact it's more considered a remake of the 1922 original Nosferatu). There is still a romantic pathos to the character but it's delivered with way more subtlety and the story is also much stronger and genuinely atmospheric(instead of just pretty pictures).

Check it out if you haven't seen it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosferatu_the_Vampyre

And that is why I love this movie because of how overly sappy and dramatic Dracula is, I love this scene in perticular:

 

[jademunky]

I really like the Epistolary style of narration and think it needs to make a comeback. It feels a lot more natural than the usual omniscient narrator that most modern novels go for.

 

[pookie101]

took me a couple of days to remember the title, but i found it.
https://www.amazon.com/Annotated-Dracula-Maps-Drawings-Photographs/dp/B000JJOHZQ/ref=sr_1_11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1475942809&sr=1-11&keywords=Annotated+dracula

the annotated dracula. decades old but an amazing book exploring the story right down to weather reports, etc.

i picked up my copy about 20 years ago in a second hand book store and i highly recommend it