Dracula (1931): Film vs Book

About the film

The classic screen vampire, set mostly in a drawing room in London.

How close is it to the book?

The film drops the book's letters and travel and turns the story into a stage-like chamber piece.

Read or watch first?

Read the novel for the journey, the diaries and the slow mounting fear.

What the book gives you

Dracula by Bram Stoker

A classic chiller told through letters and diaries, full of mood and suspense. You get the original vampire story and the pleasure of seeing where the legend began.

Who will like it: Fans of vampires, gothic atmosphere and old-fashioned, shiver-down-the-spine storytelling that started it all.