"To die... to be really dead... that must be glorious. There are far worse things awaiting man than death."

Beware... Count Dracula

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Count Dracula. You know who he is. A vampire count from Transylvania, Dracula travelled to London to purchase real estate and expand the reach of his power. Preying upon the young women of the city, he set his sights upon Mina Seward and so drew the attention of Doctor Abraham Van Helsing, who would successfully track him down and put a stake through his heart, ending his threat once and for all.

Except that wasn't the end. While his descendants would go on to cause trouble over the next few films years, the original Dracula's bones wound up in a show of travelling horrors, where the stake in his heart was finally removed, returning the Count to his twisted unlife. The reanimated vampire resumed his predatory lifestyle, coming into conflict with Frankenstein's Monster and the Wolf Man. He was last seen being snatched from the air and dragged down to the sea by the Wolf Man, with his survival unknown.

Appearances

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• Dracula (1931) - Portrayed by Bela Lugosi
• The House of Frankenstein (1944) - Portrayed by John Carradine
• House of Dracula (1945) - Portrayed by John Carradine
• Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein (1948) - Portrayed by Bela Lugosi

Feats

Physicals

• While Dracula is strong enough to lift a man with one hand, he does not typically fight physically, instead relying on his array of vampiric powers
• Kills a girl by feeding on her
• Van Helsing states that bullets cannot harm Dracula

Hypnotism

Dracula can hypnotise his targets with his gaze, bending people to his will. Once he has hypnotised a victim, he is able to reassert his control from a distance, although it appears more difficult. A strong enough will can resist this control.

• Knocks two people out with his gaze
• Enthralls a woman before draining her blood, turning her into his servant
• Bewitches a woman into playing a song she doesn't know
• Hypnotises a nurse into removing wolfbane that bars his way
• Hypnotises a man with his gaze
• Hypnotises a man before turning into a bat and draining him
• Causes a man to faint while in bat form
• Remotely orders someone he'd hypnotised prior
• Renfield describes him commanding rats and controlling mist

Transformation

• Takes the form of a bat
  • Leads horses as a bat
  • Chases a man down as a bat before hypnotising him
• Takes the form of a wolf

Telekinesis

• Telekinetically unhitches a wagon
• Opens a door from a distance

Misc

• Wipes out a ship's crew en route to London
• Dracula possesses a ring that can be used to enthrall his victims, and will change sizes to fit the wearer
  • He also uses the ring to awaken and enthrall Frankenstein's Monster
• Unlike many depictions of vampires, Dracula is entirely capable of entering a house uninvited
• Dracula can communicate with his thralls telepathically
• As a vampire, Dracula has no reflection
• Dracula has lived for centuries and can create more vampires with his blood
  • After draining Lucy Weston's blood and infecting her with his own, she dies the next die, even after receiving blood transfusions
  • A doctor who receives a transfusion of Dracula's blood begins to show vampiric traits and becomes aggressive
• His presence upsets cats

Weaknesses

• Wolfbane fends off Dracula and his minions, and can be used to bar his entry
• Dracula cannot stand the presence of a crucifix, and will be driven away if exposed to one
• Dracula must feed on blood to survive, and must rest in the earth of his homeland during the day
  • He accomplishes this by placing a layer of soil in his coffin
  • After being staked and reanimated, exposure to the sun will immediately reduce him to a mere skeleton

"I never drink... wine."