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* SparedByTheAdaptation: By virtue of [[spoiler:being combined with Arthur, Quincey survives this version]].

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* SparedByTheAdaptation: By virtue of [[spoiler:being combined a CompositeCharacter with Arthur, Quincey survives this version]].
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: By virtue of [[spoiler:being combined with Arthur, Quincey survives this version]].
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* TheVoiceless: Aside from a few shrieks, Renfield has no lines of dialogue. This was a choice of the actor, who felt it was more effective (according to Franco on a 2006 interview included on the DVDs and Blu-rays)

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* TheVoiceless: Aside from a few shrieks, Renfield has no lines of dialogue. This was a choice of the actor, who felt it was more effective (according to Franco on a 2006 interview included on the DVDs [=DVDs=] and Blu-rays)
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* TheVoiceless: Aside from a few shrieks, Renfield has no lines of dialogue. This was a choice of the actor, who felt it was more effective (according to Franco on an interview included on the Blu-ray)

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* TheVoiceless: Aside from a few shrieks, Renfield has no lines of dialogue. This was a choice of the actor, who felt it was more effective (according to Franco on an a 2006 interview included on the Blu-ray)DVDs and Blu-rays)
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* TheVoiceless: Aside from a few shrieks, Renfield has no lines of dialogue.

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* TheVoiceless: Aside from a few shrieks, Renfield has no lines of dialogue. This was a choice of the actor, who felt it was more effective (according to Franco on an interview included on the Blu-ray)
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Creator/KlausKinski plays Renfield, and Creator/HerbertLom plays Dr. Van Helsing.

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Creator/KlausKinski plays Renfield, and Creator/HerbertLom plays Dr. Van Helsing.
Helsing, and Creator/SoledadMiranda plays Lucy Westenra.

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* SuperWindowJump: Jonathan does this to escape Dracula's castle.

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Jonathan does this to escape Dracula's castle.



** Lucy doesn't have much dialogue sans a few words after becoming a vampire.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: Mina is blonde and Lucy is brunette, whereas in the novel Mina is agreed to be brunette and Lucy is implied to be blonde.

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* AdaptationDyeJob: Mina is blonde blonde, and Lucy is brunette, whereas in the novel Mina is agreed to be brunette and Lucy is implied to be blonde.



* CassandraTruth: Jonathan's claims of having escaped vampires is not taken seriously until Dr. Van Helsing spots two puncture wounds on his neck.

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* CassandraTruth: Jonathan's claims of having escaped vampires is are not taken seriously until Dr. Van Helsing spots two puncture wounds on his neck.



** Lucy doesn't have any dialogue after becoming a vampire.
* WoodenStake: A stake through the heart is what ends Lucy's vampirism.

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** Lucy doesn't have any much dialogue sans a few words after becoming a vampire.
* WoodenStake: A stake through the heart is what ends Lucy's vampirism. [[spoiler:The same fate befalls the Brides.]]

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* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: In the novel, Quincey Morris kills Dracula by plunging a bowie knife through his heart. In the film, he and Harker kill Dracula by setting fire to his coffin.

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* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: In the novel, Quincey Morris kills Dracula by plunging a bowie knife through his heart. In the film, he and Harker kill [[spoiler:kill Dracula by setting fire to his coffin.coffin]].


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* BurnTheUndead: Harker and Quincey burn Dracula's coffin, forcing the vampire to be fatally WeakenedByTheLight.

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* BurnTheUndead: Harker [[spoiler:Harker and Quincey burn Dracula's coffin, forcing the vampire to be fatally WeakenedByTheLight.]]


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* HandicappedBadass: Even after experiencing a stroke and had to be in a wheelchair, Dr. Van Helsing doesn't let it stop him from helping hunt Dracula's trail and protect Mina from the vampire.


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[[caption-width-right:252:"The moon is full... the grave is empty... and terror stalks the land!"]]

''Count Dracula'' is a 1970 film directed by Creator/JessFranco and starring Creator/ChristopherLee as the titular {{Dracula}} in a non-Film/HammerHorror incarnation, reported to be the only incarnation of the Count Lee enjoyed portraying as he felt it was most faithful to the original.

Creator/KlausKinski plays Renfield, and Creator/HerbertLom plays Dr. Van Helsing.

Not to be confused with ''Film/CountDracula1977''.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: Mina is blonde and Lucy is brunette, whereas in the novel Mina is agreed to be brunette and Lucy is implied to be blonde.
* BedlamHouse: Averted; the psychiatric clinic is mostly well-established. The asylum is even operated by Dr. Van Helsing instead of Dr. Seward.
* BlondBrunetteRedhead: Dracula's brides
* BurnTheUndead: Harker and Quincey burn Dracula's coffin, forcing the vampire to be fatally WeakenedByTheLight.
* CassandraTruth: Jonathan's claims of having escaped vampires is not taken seriously until Dr. Van Helsing spots two puncture wounds on his neck.
* CompositeCharacter: Quincey Morris is combined with Arthur Holmwood, now being Lucy's fiancé and [[AdaptationalNationality British.]]
* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: In the novel, Quincey Morris kills Dracula by plunging a bowie knife through his heart. In the film, he and Harker kill Dracula by setting fire to his coffin.
* DisabledInTheAdaptation: Dr. Van Helsing ends up in a wheelchair after having a stroke. That doesn't stop him from aiding in the hunt for Dracula. And then he just [[UnexplainedRecovery gets better.]]
* {{Dracula}}: Who else?
* {{Fainting}}: Lucy has a fainting episode during her and Mina's visit to the asylum.
* ImprovisedCross: Dr. Van Helsing uses a fire poker to scratch a scorched cross on the floor, driving Dracula away from Mina.
* MissingReflection: Dracula casts no reflection in Harker's mirror.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Dracula boasts about an ancestor (possibly himself) who defeated his enemies single handedly.
* SuperWindowJump: Jonathan does this to escape Dracula's castle.
** Renfield attempts this himself, but he's not that successful escaping the asylum.
* TruerToTheText: Lee enjoyed portraying this Dracula because it was accurate to the novel.
* VampireRefugee: Mina, of course.
* TheVoiceless: Aside from a few shrieks, Renfield has no lines of dialogue.
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