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 3D film was also criticized for its look and visual effects, with "TV Guide" opining that "despite some attractive costumes and sets, "Argento's Dracula" is a sparse, cheap-looking movie, with visual effects that would have been rejected on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"." Likewise, "Fangoria" faulted the film for containing "some of the worst visual FX for a film of this stature in recent memory." Dracula 3D Dracula 3D is a 2012 vampire horror film co-written and directed by Dario Argento and starring Thomas Kretschmann, Rutger Hauer, Marta Gastini, and Unax Ugalde. An Italian-Spanish-French co-production, the film is Argento's first 3D film.