As listed under Violence & Gore: During a battle sequence shown only in silhouette, several people are killed via swords, arrows and spears. We then see, in silhouette, a field of impaled people, one of them sliding down the stake.
As listed under Violence & Gore: Several impaled people lined up along a road are seen from a distance.
As listed under Violence & Gore: Dracula's wife commits suicide by throwing herself into a river from a great height. We don't see the impact, but we see her dead body in a chapel afterward, with some blood on her face. We also see stains of blood on the floor of the chapel, as well as her blood-stained suicide-letter.
As listed under Violence & Gore: Vlad (Dracula) stabs a sword into a cross and a river of blood begins to flow from the cross. He then fills a communion chalice with blood from the cross and drinks from it, before screaming loudly.
As listed under Violence & Gore: Renfield eats an insect, but because of the camera angle, we don't see any details.
We suddenly see Dracula's eyes in the sky during Harker's journey to Transylvania; this might scare some younger viewers.
While Harker is waiting for Dracula's coach to pick him up, wolves appear, looking down on him, and later run along while the coach is driving. However, they don't harm him.
As listed under Violence & Gore: We see a cross bearing a skeleton with a wolf's head with bared fangs.
A horse-driven coach drives dangerously close to the edge of an abyss, and almost goes off the edge for a moment.
In a couple of scenes, we hear the sound of wolves howling in the night.
Dracula's appearance as an old man with extremely pale skin might be frightening to some.
In several scenes with Dracula in his castle, his shadow is mysteriously moving on its own accord.
Dracula's shadow mysteriously moves across a room in England, and his voice is also heard, while he's actually in Romania.
We see inmates of an asylum institution, looking all dazed and confused, in delirium.
As listed under Violence & Gore: Renfield is seen holding a plate of crawling bugs, and puts one of them in his mouth to eat it. He then attempts to bites a man's neck (no blood), and is violently restrained.
Harker accidentally nicks his neck while shaving (leaving a small cut). Dracula then takes the bloody razor and licks off the blood, before assisting a frightened Harker with his (Harker's) shaving, but doesn't harm him. He then notices the crucifix that Harker is wearing, and snarls angrily and backs away from him.
The sight of vampires suddenly looking menacing with sharp teeth, seen many times throughout the movie, might definitely be scary to several younger viewers.
When Harker is being seduced by Dracula's brides, they bite into his arms several times, leaving several bloody cuts.
Harker, seeing Dracula's brides gather around an infant to feed on it (we don't see the actual act), screams and apparently faints, while Dracula laughs evilly.
Inside a room filled with impaled skeletons, Harker finds Dracula's coffin during the vampire's "day coma". Draculas inert body then suddenly rises straight up from the coffin.
We see Dracula as a sort of translucent chrysalis during his metamorphosis from an old man into a werewolf.
We see a close-up of a syringe as Dr. Jack Seward injects himself with morphine (we don't see the actual injection).
Renfield can be seen yelling and chanting in delirium.
During a storm, Mina and Lucy suddenly see Dracula's eyes in the sky. Then, as they're playing in the rain, Dracula's laughing face can be seen superimposed on the top of the screen.
The sight of Dracula as a werewolf, including shots of him snarling and howling, will definitely frighten many younger viewers.
As listed under Violence & Gore: Dracula, as a werewolf, is seen with blood on his teeth. He then kills someone off-screen on a ship, and we see blood squirt onto a sail.
As listed under Violence & Gore: Dracula, as a werewolf, bites into Lucy's neck, leaving a bloody wound on her skin. Several times throughout the movie, we see the fang marks on her skin.
The scene where Dracula, as a werewolf, has violent sex with a woman, might be frightening to many younger viewers.
Sewards gives Lucy an injection (she's ill); we don't see the action, but hear her pained reaction. Afterward, we see her making small gasps while sleeping, as if she has trouble breathing.
Dracula suddenly grabs Mina and pulls her toward a coach, pinning her ams while forcing her down on it. While she's in some kind of trance, he opens his mouth and we see his fangs extending. He then bends close to her and is about to bite her, but then stops himself. A wolf appears inside the cinematograph theyre at, frightening people. It then stops in front of Mina and snarls at her, but Dracula calms it, and they end up stroking it.
As listed under Violence & Gore: We see Harker in a weak state, lying on the floor with Dracula's brides lying around him as they're drinking his blood; we don't see any actual biting this time, but he has several bloody wounds on his body, and one of the brides is licking his blood off her fingers. We also see close-ups of running drops of blood on the floor.
We see Dracula outside Lucys window, before his shadow suddenly appears inside the room, reaching for her with claw-like hands. As he does so, a bouquet of flowers wilts instantly in a vase. A short time later, we hear her wailing from outside the room. Two men go to see what's going on, and finds her moaning while half unconscious. We see some blood dripping onto the floor as Dracula's shadow can be seen leaving the room. There's also a bit of blood on the woman's pillow. To save Lucys life, a blood transfusion is performed, and a large needle is stuck into her arm, while another needle is stuck into Arthur's (the donor) arm (not seen, but we hear his pained reaction), and we then see blood going through a tube and into a bottle. Afterwards, we see Dracula with the blood of the victim dripping down his mouth and chin as he's resting.
Harker attempts to descend a stone wall while escaping from Dracula's castle, and, while high up, falls down into the river below (he's unharmed). We then see him in a weak state, crawling through the mud in the dark, before being rescued. We learn that he's suffering from a violent brain fewer. (Later, we find out that he has recovered only to a certain degree, and see that much of his hair has turned gray after the ordeal in the castle.)
A woman turning into a vampire freaks out violently in the presence of garlic; smashing a vase, yelling, and acting aggressively; this might frighten some younger viewers. She then attempts to bite a man in the neck (no blood), before Van Helsing calms her.
We learn that Dracula, in the past, skinned people alive, boiled their heads in a kettle, hacked them to pieces and drank their blood, and later learn that he tortured and impaled thousands of people. We also see black and white illustrations of impaled victims and people being cut to pieces.
We see Dracula crying bloody tears, with his face looking pale white and demonic-like, as if his face is melting. He then summons a strong wind, which makes many candles in a room far away magically blow out.
Dracula, as a werewolf, kills a man, which is seen too quickly to make out many details, but we briefly see his bloody corpse afterward. He then throws a man telekinetically across a room, knocking him out. We then see him (Dracula) as an old man appearing outside a woman's window, saying, menacingly, "I condemn you to living death, to eternal hunger for living blood." A wolf then crashes through the woman's bedroom window and attacks her. We don't see the actual contact, but see her writhing and screaming in pain, as well as some blood on the face of the wolf. We then see fountains of blood splashing from the sides of the room. Afterward, we see her dead body in a coffin.
Van Helsing and his group open a dead womans coffin, only to find it empty. Arthur, demanding to know whats going on, points a gun at Van Helsing, but doesn't harm him. The woman, who is now a vampire with the chalk-white skin of a dead person, suddenly appears, carrying a small child, who's crying in fear. When she sees the men, she drops the child (who seems to be unhurt) to the ground and advances on Arthur Holmwood, putting him in a trance, but Van Helsing interferes before she can harm him. She then snarls and acts menacingly toward Van Helsing as he uses a cross to drive her back into the coffin. She then vomits a pool of blood on him, and we hear a croaking sound as she lies down. Van Helsing then drives a stick into her heart and cuts off her head (which flies through the air), with bloody results.
While Van Helsing and his group are hunting for Dracula, we see Dracula as a huge, batlike creature hanging from the ceiling. He then suddenly flies downward toward the group, but doesn't harm them.
Dracula appears as a thin streak of snaking green mist.
As listed under Violence & Gore:A man is telekinetically thrown against the bars in a cell several times, leaving his head stuck between the bars and his body hanging there limp.
As listed under Violence & Gore:As part of the vampire wedding sacrament, Dracula bites Mina's neck; his mouth is pressed to her throat before the actual bite, so we don't see any gory details, but hear her grunting in pain, and we see the wound on her neck afterward. He then slits his own chest, and she willingly drinks blood from the wound. We then see her with blood on her face and nightgown, after drinking.
Dracula, in the shape of a batlike creature suddenly appears before Van Helsing and his group and and is menacing toward them, including making a crucifix held by one of them burst into flames. We then see some blood on his chest after Van Helsing throws holy water at him, and Harker shoots him with a gun, but he's unhurt. Dracula then transforms into a figure made of rats, which crumbles into many individual rats scurrying away.
A woman who has been bitten by a vampire, is lying on a coach, trembling and feeling cold; this might be frightening to some younger viewers.
A woman turning into a vampire suddenly begins to violently sway and spasm while yelling and shuddering, as if possessed. She then attempts to bite Van Helsing, but he stops her by pressing a wafer to her forehead, leaving a smoking burn mark.
Dracula's brides, looking menacing and baring their fans, approach Van Helsing and a woman. Van Helsing then uses a burning stick to draw a ring of flames around himself and the woman, to protect them both from the vampires. We then see the shadow of a horse being beaten to the ground by brides.
As listed under Violence & Gore: Van Helsing beheads the wives of Dracula while they're sleeping; We see him raise the blade to behead the first one, and then see blood squirt onto the wall. Afterward, we see him with blood on his face and clothes, while he's holding the severed heads in his hand and then throws them into an abyss.
A female vampire lifts her hands and chants, calling up strong winds, while something reminiscent of blue flames moves around her. The wind knocks over a horse and its rider (both are unharmed).
As listed under Violence & Gore: During a chase scene with horsemen pursuing a carriage, we see people being stabbed, shot, falling to the ground, being dragged on the ground, as well as a man falling down an abyss (we don't see the impact).
As listed under Violence & Gore: During a fight scene, several men are stabbed with swords and knives, and a character is fatally stabbed in the back., with somewhat bloody results.
As listed under Violence & Gore: Harker slices Dracula's throat with a knife, with extremely bloody results, while at the same time Dracula punches Harker, knocking him to the ground. Another man stabs Dracula in the heart with a big knife, leaving the knife stuck in his chest, with extremely bloody results. Dracula, badly wounded, is now seen as an old man in with a shriveled, demonic-like face.
As listed under Violence & Gore: To give him peace, Mina shoves a big knife through Dracula's heart, and we see the knife coming out his back. She then pulls out the knife and decapitates him, and we see his severed head on the floor.
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