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Dracula(Spanish Version)
1931
Starring Carlos Villarias, Lupita Tovar, Barry Norton, Pablo Alvarez Rubio
Unrated
104 Minutes
At midnight on Walpurgis Night, an English clerk, Renfield, arrives at Count Dracula's castle in the Carpathian Mountains. After signing papers to take over a ruined abbey near London, Dracula drives Renfield mad and commands obedience. Renfield escorts the boxed count on a death ship to London. From there, the Count is introduced into the society of his neighbor, Dr. Seward, who runs an asylum. Dracula makes short work of family friend, Lucia Weston, then begins his assault on Eva Seward, the doctor's daughter. A visiting expert in the occult, Van Helsing, recognizes Dracula for who he is, and there begins a battle for Eva's body and soul.
Rating:7/10
An interesting idea, making a spanish version of the same movie, with basically the same script, at the same time with the same set. Well of course there are going to be comparisons. Let's start off with the title character. Villarias wasn't that bad of a Dracula, but he just couldn't compare to Legosi. Legosi was much more menacing, while Villarias kind of looked out of place. I thought the man who played Renfield in this movie brought a subtler madness to the character than Dwight Frye did and did a decent job with the character even though, once again, Dwight Frye was the better actor for the role. Lupita Tovar though was much more sensual in her role and most of the supporting cast were decent, except for the man who played Van Helsing. The camera work and the directing seemed much better as well. This isn't so bad either, you might get a little chuckle out of Villarias' facial expressions. Maybe the Count's toilet overflowed? Who knows. Not too bad of a movie.
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