Dracula in popular culture Melford was the director, and it starred Carlos Villarías as the Count, Eduardo Arozamena as Van Helsing and Lupita Tovar as Eva. Because of America's movie industry censorship policies, Melford's "Dracula" contains scenes that could not be included in the final cut of the more familiar English version. It is also included on the Universal Legacy DVD. The Universal Studios horror films made Dracula a household name by starring him as a villain in a number of movies, including several where he met other monsters (the most famous being the comedy "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein", in which Lugosi played
Dracula 3D film was also criticized for its look and visual effects, with "TV Guide" opining that "despite some attractive costumes and sets, "Argento's Dracula" is a sparse, cheap-looking movie, with visual effects that would have been rejected on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"." Likewise, "Fangoria" faulted the film for containing "some of the worst visual FX for a film of this stature in recent memory." Dracula 3D Dracula 3D is a 2012 vampire horror film co-written and directed by Dario Argento and starring Thomas Kretschmann, Rutger Hauer, Marta Gastini, and Unax Ugalde. An Italian-Spanish-French co-production, the film is Argento's first 3D film.