Often overshadowed by more iconic movies, the 1979 Dracula starring Frank Langella, Laurence Olivier, and Donald Pleasence was a healthy mix of familiarity and uniqueness.

He’s not exactly a sexy vampire, like Frank Langella in John Badham’s 1979 Dracula, but his encounters with the woman he calls “my affliction” have a disturbing erotic charge.

In 1979, three films based on Bram Stoker’s Dracula were released: John Badham’s Dracula, starring Frank Langella and adapted from the stage play; Stan Dragoti’s Love at First Bite, a comedy ...

Bram Stoker’s Dracula opens with images of a grand dome, a voiceover narration locating the time and place as 1462 upon the fall of Constantinople, leaving the stemming of non-Christian invaders ...

His appearances are rare but the American often plays the leading roles, notably in front of the cameras of René Clément ( The House Under the Trees , 1971), Franklin J. Schaffner ( The Sphinx , 1981) ...

Langella’s Dracula is a pouty-lipped Byronic figure; broody, soft, and sensual. At the time, Christopher Lee and Bela Lugosi were most associated with the character, and Langella imitates neither.

In preparation for the role, Cage studied previous incarnations of the Transylvanian vampire including Frank Langella's 1979 version of Dracula and Gary Oldman's take in 1992.