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Dracula

Pop-Up Draculas

Posted by kimnewman ⋅ October 8, 2021 ⋅ Leave a comment

Dracula cameos, Halloween costumes, masks, horror hosts, waxworks, ghost trains, cultural references.

ABC24 Memphis (2021)

El Águila Descalza (1971) Carlos Quintero

Awake (2007) David Harbour

Beulreodeu/Blood (2018)

Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire (1985) Alun Armstrong as Maxwell Randall

Bloodstream (1985)

Borderlands Bakery (2019)

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Someone requested #dracula 😅 here’s a minimalist version! #mickeymouse #sugarcookies #decoratedcookies #cookievideo #tiktokpartner #oddlysatisfying

♬ Good as Hell – Lizzo

Casualty ‘Trials and Tribulations’ (1995) Glenn McRory as ‘Vlad the Impaler’

Chappaqua (1966) Conrad Rooks

Chucky ‘Halloween II’ (2022) Aiden Arthur

Con-Dracula’s Lair (2010) Connor Kiesel

Corrective Measures (2022) Chris Devitt as Zed the Zompyre

Count Abdulla (2023) Adrian Nik

Count Dracula Meets Svengoolie at Flashback (2022)

Count Scary (1983) Tom Ryan

Les Démoniaques (1974)

‘did someone say spooky szn?’ Christian Wilkins, Miami Dolphins (2022)

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Did someone say spooky szn? 👀🧛 #christianwilkins #halloween #dracula #miamidolphins #spookyseason

♬ Spooky Ooky – NotYeti

Dracula sets a Maths Test (2016)

Empty Nest ‘It s Not Easy Being Green’ (1992) Richard Mulligan

Everybody Loves Raymond ‘Halloween Candy’ (1998) Vinnie Buffolino. NB: Peter Boyle as ‘Frankenstein’

Every Home Should Have One (1970) Marty Feldman Fade to Black (1980) Dennis Christopher as Eric Binford

Fireheart (2021)

Frasier ‘Halloween’ (1997) Joey Zimmerman

The Funhouse (1981) William Finley as Marko the Magnificent

Gargoyles: ‘The Eye of the Beholder’ (1995)

Gatti rossi in un labiritnto di vetro/Eyeball (1974)

Ghost in the Water (1982) Daniel D’Arcy

Go for a Take (1972) Dennis Price

The Gong Show Movie (1980) Kurt Abell as ‘Count Banjola’

Gorp (1980) Glen Super as Dracula Kesselman

Gremlins 2 The New Batch (1990) Robert Prosky as Grandpa Fred

Guests Arrivals at Dracula’s Wedding (2009)

Gunpowder Milkshake (2021) Joshua Grothe

The Halloween Kidstime Zone (1986) Mike Imfeld

Halloween Monologue (2019) Ramir

Helstrom (2020)

Home to Roost ‘Open House’ (1986) Julia Gilbert

Horror Story (1972)

Hungarian Dracula (1983) Djoko Rosic

Identikit/The Driver’s Seat (1974)

Juan Ignacio Ramis as Dracula (2013)

Juggernaut (1974)

Last Action Hero (1993)

Note how the Charles Dance fictional baddie in a real world character is deeply sexist when deciding which film villains to summon to spread havoc: he considers Dracula and Jason (perhaps mixing up Argonauts with Friday the 13th) but doesn’t circle Alice Krige in Sleepwalkers or Jennifer Jason Leigh in Single White Female.

The Last Horror Film (1982) Joe Spinell

The Lego Batman Movie (2017)

Louis Tussaud’s Walkthrough, Copenhagen (2005)

The Master of Disguise (2002) Dana Carvey

Ms .45 (1981) Albert Sinkys

Murder, She Wrote: ‘The Perfect Foil’ (1986) Wendy Oates as Madame Dracula

National Lampoon’s Class Reunion (1982) Jim Staahl as Egon von Stoker

Night Court: ‘Death Takes a Halloween’ (1990) Douglas MacHugh

Night of the Ghouls (1959) Kenne Duncan as ‘Dr Acula’

Olsenbanden Gir Seg Aldri! (1981)

This Norwegian caper comedy – one of a long-running series remaking a Danish series – is partially set in London. In this scene, we see the short-lived Palladium Cellars exhibit, one of Michael Carreras’ attempts to expand the Hammer Films brand.