Count Dracula Carradine, Lon Chaney Jr., Christopher Lee, Francis Lederer, Denholm Elliott, Jack Palance, Louis Jourdan, Frank Langella, Klaus Kinski, Gary Oldman, Leslie Nielsen, George Hamilton, David Niven, Charles Macaulay, Keith-Lee Castle, Gerard Butler, Duncan Regehr, Richard Roxburgh, Marc Warren, Rutger Hauer, Stephen Billington, Thomas Kretschmann, Dominic Purcell and Luke Evans. In 2003, Count Dracula, as portrayed by Lugosi in the 1931 film, was named as the 33rd greatest movie villain by the AFI. The character is closely associated with the western cultural archetype of the vampire, and remains a popular Halloween costume. Already in 1958, Cecil Kirtly proposed that Count Dracula
Dracula in popular culture to make it a Dracula film after the fact). In 1978, an independent film company produced the horror thriller "Dracula's Dog" starring Michael Pataki as the mild-mannered family psychiatrist (who is also the last living member of the Dracula family) destined to encounter the vampiric Hounds of Dracula. "Doctor Dracula" is a 1978 horror film directed by Al Adamson, featuring horror movie icon John Carradine. "Dracula Sucks" (a.k.a. "Lust at First Bite") is a 1978 adult (hardcore) horror film based on Bram Stoker's novel, starring Jamie Gillis as Dracula, Annette Haven as Mina and Reggie Nalder as Van Helsing. ""