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
Dracula 3000 ... To call this film shit is an insult to fragrant brown logs everywhere." Dracula 3000 Dracula 3000, also titled Dracula 3000: Infinite Darkness, is a television horror movie released in 2004 that brings Bram Stoker's fictional vampire Count Dracula into outer space in the distant 30th century. Despite its name, it is not a direct sequel to "Dracula 2000". In the year 3000, the space salvage ship "Mother III" happens upon the derelict transport "Demeter". Captain Van Helsing (Casper Van Dien) and his crew board the abandoned ship. They explore the bridge and find the corpse of the "Demeter's"