Dracula in popular culture Balderston (see below); it starred Bela Lugosi as Dracula and Edward Van Sloan as Van Helsing, both of whom had originated their respective roles on the stage in the aforementioned play, along with Helen Chandler as Mina and Dwight Frye as Renfield. Directed by Tod Browning, it is one of the most famous versions of the story and is widely credited with initiating the Universal horror film series of the 1930s and ‘40s. The 1931 Dracula film was an inductee of the 2000 National Film Registry list. The films had music only during the opening (the famous main theme from
Horror comics and "The Unexpected" (formerly "Tales of the Unexpected"), with the company debuting a new title, "The Witching Hour". In 1971, the Comics Code Authority relaxed some of its longstanding rules regarding horror comics, which opened the door to more possibilities in the genre: Following this, Marvel returned to publishing true horror by first introducing a scientifically created, vampire-like character, "Morbius, the Living Vampire", followed by the introduction of Dracula in "Tomb of Dracula". This opened the floodgates for more horror titles, such as the anthology "Supernatural Thrillers", "Werewolf by Night", and two series in which Satan or a Satan-like lord