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
Dracula in popular culture Spanish production company Janus Films. This movie predated Francis Ford Coppola's vision of Dracula as a romantic figure by 20 years. In 1974, Andy Warhol presented an outrageously campy Dracula (also known as "Blood for Dracula"), directed by Paul Morrissey and starring cult icons Udo Kier (as the Count) and Joe Dallesandro. "Dracula and Son" (1976) is a French comedy again starring Christopher Lee as Dracula, here having trouble convincing his son to take up the family mantle of vampirism (in interviews, Lee has claimed that his character was not called Dracula during filming, and that the producers only decided