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
Blood of Dracula Blood of Dracula Blood of Dracula (UK title: Blood Is My Heritage) is a horror film starring Sandra Harrison, Louise Lewis and Gail Ganley, released by American International Pictures (AIP) in November 1957. It is one of two follow-up films to AIP's box office hit "I Was a Teenage Werewolf". Despite the title, the film has nothing to do with either Dracula or his blood. "Blood of Dracula" was released theatrically in 1957 on a double feature with "I Was a Teenage Frankenstein." The film is in black-and-white. Six weeks after the death of her mother, Nancy Perkins' father (Thomas