Dracula (1931) Feature length commentary!

how the hell do i get this to work?!

Is there a mp3 version of this audio to download? Because I tried watching the movie along with this and this video kept screwing up so I just gave up! I'd like to be able to watch this movie with your commentary without interruptions! Thanks!

well kirbymatt i guess i top you im 15 and i enjoyed this movie i used to hate black and white movies but now that im older i have grown on them although i watched war of the worlds the black and white one of course but i loved it for some reason i had it on dvd and it was on constint repeat not sure for the reason of me doing this but hey what the hell

It took me a while to get this movie, but I'm glad I did! Awesome commentary of James & Mike.

loved the commentary, loved all the trivia and love the movie.

wish you two would make more commentaries like this and white zombie.

EXCELLENT ; !

I love these commentaries. You two should definitely make more.

44:46 Lugosi blinks as he's turning away.

@Pogiforce Haha, like Count von Count on Sesame Street =)

Please make more of these. They're really helping me begin to appreciate the older films.

Watching the movies with the commentaries made it easier to watch and thus I have been able to watch many other classics from the interest gained.

Really enjoyed your commentary, guys!!! Hope you'll do more Universal and/or Hammer commentaries.

Wish to see (or hear, rather) more of this stuff. Preferably with a co-commentator who knows when to keep quiet.

You should definitely do more feature length commentaries.

You guys should do some more commentary on old monsterf and horror films ... like Frankenstein, The Mummy, The Wolf Man and King Kong :)

Great great commentary, and I loved the end conversations too. The count Chocula story was great!

Thanks for this! I bought a few Universal Horror films on DVD (as part of a collection), barely see them in any stores. Finally I'll be able to watch the movie & listen to the commentary. Cheers

Awesome! Love both the movie and the commentary.

This movie is such a timeless classic. I always say if you're only going to see one vampire movie, or one Dracula flick or even just one horror film...this should be the one.

IMDB says that Lugosi doesn't blink once in the whole film, but it is something to check. On the version I have, I think it's the Universal Monster Collection but I'm not entirely sure, I just know it's the blue one with Lugosi randomly flying in from the top corner, has both Renfield and Dracula's screams on, but this version doesn't have the Spanish version or many special features.

This is great, I love Dracula (1931).

You guys should do commentary on other monster movies like; The Wolf Man (1941), and Frankenstein (1931).

Best Dracula film, no, BEST VAMPIRE FILM EVER MADE!!!

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Is Suncoast still around? I've lived in PA and besides Blockbuster we went to Suncoast Videos. Suncoast Videos were we lived had an adult section with swinging door. Your commentary it reminds me of Mystery Theater 3000 . The construction manager at place that I worked at gave me a vald tempest mug from Romania . He went there on business trip to make low income housing deal.

I really enjoyed thiscommentary! you should do more! itwould be funny if you did Plan 9 from outer space

Hey James for this years fast approching Monster Madness could you please do a review on the lady in white its a great halloween movie, and also scared the shit out of me as a child. thanks

Funny... I watched the Legacy edition but the screams were there.

interesting commentary. In the part where you mention all of the silly ways to kill vampires, that's taken from actually vampire lore, but in the lore instead of killing the vampire they instead impose limitations.

Garlic repulses them, as do crosses and wolfsbane. A stake through the heart does not kill them, but renders them harmless and immobile. They can move again when the stake is removed. The thing about running water is that they cannot cross it, just as they cannot rest except in a coffin with the earth of their burial place. SUnlight kills, and holy water burns, in abundance it can kill.

Here are a few others: vampires have no power in a house they weren't invited into, and one of the more obscure things about vampires, is that supposedly they are obsessed about counting things, particularly beans.

For those who are interested, the netflix watch instantly version includes the screams that were cut.

I hope you do more commentaries like this one, James! You rock man!

I recently watched it´s a mad mad mad mad world. It´s one of the funiest movies i´ve ever seen, and it´s all because of you James, thank you so much. The point is i loved this comentary and i would like if you´d make a comentary on that one to

I just wanted to say that you can watch this Dracula movie on Netflix on Instant watch for free,so just sync up this audio track like Rifftrax,and it will all be free for you people who don't own this movie.Check it out very good audio track love to hear what you guys have to say thanks so much,I'm a huge Rifftrax MST3K fan,and a big James fan so when you mix the two,it's nothing but gold!

Still spelling Lugosi's name wrong.

I love this movie. My grandma and father got me into watching these films because it waa a favorite for both of them.
Great commentary

I just "watched" this (well, had Dracula on and this too) and I found it pretty interesting, you guys should do this for some more movies, I think.

I already watched Dracula beforehand obviously, but it was kind of funny and interesting hearing your insights on this, as well as some trivia I didn't know of.

I also have the DVD with the 'film historian' commentary James mentions, but I live in Germany, so interestingly enough, even though I was watching the movie in English, the screams in the end were actually included on my DVD, which adds even more confusion. does this mean only the US track is censored in that aspect? damn.

well, anyway, nice to see different projects from James and associates. this commentary actually made me curious for the Spanish version which I only briefly read about before in a book about vampires that I happen to own.

The film Mike is referring to when the ship is bound for London and the crew struggling to keep the ship afloat during the violent storm is called "The Storm Bringers" from 1925.

Also I find it interesting you both give no mention to Edward Van Sloan's omited - and to this day LOST - epilogue played only during the original 1931 run of the picture. Have you any idea of it's existence or just forgotten to mention it.

To those not in the know. Similar to the prologue of Frankenstein (1931) Van Sloan reappeared as soon as the film finished to assure the patrons that what was shown on the screen would not give them nightmares. Edward than calmly informed the audience "That there are such things as Vampires."

In 1934 when the Production Code was strictly enforced the epilogue removed for fear of church groups believing the film strongly had beliefs in the occult and therefore would spread it's belief in the supernatural to the theater patrons. Unlike with the two screams that were restored the epilogue has been feared to be lost forever.

Awesome! I hope you continue to make feature length commentaries on other great clasics! We want more! We want more!

That's a really good idea -- I might try that for some of my favorite movies. I really need to get around to seeing this movie and many others that you recommend in your awesome Monster Madness videos :)

Made this account on your great site just so I could say that I really really enjoyed this commentary and would love if you would do more, especially on old monster movies like this but really anything of this nature would awesome.

That was great guys!

I saw this commentary posted, so lastnight I watched Dracula for the first time, I loved it!

I think my favorite part about it is just the atmosphere. The black & white, Lugosi, the backround imagery......it all added up to a creepy atmosphere, even with the silliness sometimes.

I'm surprised you guys never touched on at the start, when Dracula gets out of his coffin, and then you see a bee getting out of a tiny coffin. Things like that are just damn funny, but somehow it doesn't wreck any of the atmosphere created by anything else going on!

Again, great commentary guys! I'm now on a rampage thanks to Monster Madness, & watching a slew of old horror classics!

Hope to see more of these from you guys in the future!!!

Do a commentary on the original japanese Godzilla ... that would be epic

Long time watcher of your stuff James and first time poster. I agree with others on here. you two should do all the Universal Monster movies. At least the originals. Loved this actually used my Legacy collection to follow along with you guys. I love everything I've seen you do James. But one question I got is. When's the next dvd?

Could you guys also do a back to the future commentary track? that would be nice

Great only great!

Greetz from Germany, Berlin.

i vote they do a comentay on either an ed wood movie (plan nine) or any thing really this was awsome

Hi James! Big fan of your work here and also big fan of Dracula. I`m from Romania and I watched the movie yesterday with the commentary on. It was a great experience, I loved it and you should do more like these. I know some of your hungarian fans corrected you with the pronunciation of Bela Lugosi and maybe some of your romanians fans corrected "Vlad Ţepeş". So, I just want to help you, it`s easy: just say Ţ=ts (like goats), Ş=sh (sharp) and there you go just read it Tsepesh, it`s the closest you can get. "Ţepeş" comes from "Ţeapă" which means big spike or spear. You know it`s "the impaler" anyway, but I know you also like details about this topic. The people that digged for Dracula`s grave in 1931, I read that the Romanian Academy gived an order to an archaeologist to search Vlad`s body in the Snagov Monostary where it`s suppose to be, but not that certain, just an assumption. Vlad died decapitated and people say that the turks took his head to Constantinopol ( the capital of Turkey back then) and the body remained here, in Romania. The archaeologist searched and find just some robbed graves and some bodies that weren`t decapitated and didn`t fit the descripion much, something about his clothing and rings and other stuff. We don`t know why the Academy asked him to do this in 1931, it doesn`t mention the movie. If I`ll find something, I`ll let you know. Keep up the good work James and motherfucker Mike. Does Mike know that Matei is also a Romanian name? He might be related to Dracula, lol. Cheers guys! :D Oh, and sorry if my english sucks!

i'mspanish and we have a translated version of lugosi , and the spanish version , i was listening to the english version with english voice and is grater ,lugosi have no hungarian accent in the ranslation ,is not the same,

I have to say, If there was any perfect time to watch this movie it was the night I watched this movie with your commentary. I actually watched it in the exact setting you described. At night, alone in the dark while it was raining. I swear to god that it wasn't planned and the only reason I knew you said that stuff is cuz on my second watch I played your commentary. I have to say everything you described I actually felt through the movie. I always was interested in black and white films my first film I ever saw that was black and white in a theater was the 1956 Invasion of the body snatchers. It was incredible and I was really privileged to actually get to see the lead actor answer our questions. I even asked him one and he was a great guy. Very funny. I hope you make more of these, You and Mike make a great pair for commenting.

You should do one over a more fun movie, like a nightmare on elm street or creepshow, that would be brilliant. This was great though

Loved it guys! Definitely a great idea.

I hope you make a few more of these. It inspired me to watch Dracula for the first time properly and I really enjoyed it.

You mention the Mel Brooks parody a few times, I actually like Dracula: Dead and Loving It, some of the jokes are just sooooo ass they make me laugh like a moron...and then I hang my head in shame...

"Children of the night...what a mess they make..."

Anyway, I watched The Black Cat that same evening to keep in the mood, so good. When Bela throws that knife at the cat it's just classic. You could do a commentary on that one, it's pretty short?

You guys should review all of the Universal classics!

That was a great experience! It was like if you were in the living room with me watching it... When you guys get together and watch a movie, you should tape your commentaries again cause because of you two, I now am a Dracula fan.

And Mike, I'm so jealous, I would have loved to have a chat with count chocula!!!

Thanks guys, Just watched / listened while working on my book. That was really great and full. A lot of commentaries have blank spots but you guys were there the whole time. :)