Dracula in popular culture States as "Horror of Dracula" to avoid confusion with the earlier Lugosi version. This was followed by a long series of Dracula films, usually featuring Lee as the Count. It was Lee who fixed the image of the fanged vampire in popular culture. The Hammer films in which Dracula (or a follower) appeared (and the actor portraying the character) were: Though Dracula is pronounced as dead in "The Brides of Dracula", he is resurrected for "Dracula: Prince of Darkness", before being killed off again. This formula is followed in each succeeding film apart from the last, "The Legend of the
Bram Stoker's Dracula list of "Hollywood's Most Powerful Vampires", as well as "The Guardian"s "10 best screen vampires". In honor of Syfy's 25th anniversary in 2017, the channel compiled "25 greatest" lists celebrating the last 25 years of all science fiction, fantasy, and horror: Oldman's Dracula was included in "The 25 Greatest Movie Performances from the Last 25 years". Bram Stoker's Dracula Bram Stoker's Dracula is a 1992 American gothic horror film directed and produced by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the novel "Dracula" by Bram Stoker. It stars Gary Oldman as Count Dracula, Winona Ryder as Mina Harker, Anthony Hopkins as Professor