The Road to 'Dracula'

Cinephile deep dive

The take

David J. Skal directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Tight 35-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
• 227 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
• 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
• 4Carla Laemmle and Clive Barker and Bob Madison carry the top of the cast.
• 5IMDB entry: tt0242820 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 6Only 15 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Runtime

35 min · 0h 35m

Status

Released

Original language

EN

IMDB

The Road to 'Dracula' (1999) ↗

IMDB rating

7.2/10 · 356 votes

Also by

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  2000 · ★ 8.0
• 
  She's Alive! Creating 'The Bride of Frankenstein'

  1999 · ★ 7.8
• 
  The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster

  1999 · ★ 7.7
• 
  Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature Chronicle

  2000 · ★ 7.6
• 
  Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters!

  2000 · ★ 7.3
• 
  Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'

  1999 · ★ 7.2

Production companies

Who made it

• 

  Universal Pictures

  US

• UN

  Universal Studios Home Video

  US

Key crew

• Main Title DesignerDan Perri

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• vampire
• cinema history
• dracula

Release history · US

When it landed

• Physical1999-12-21