Dracula in popular culture Melford was the director, and it starred Carlos Villarías as the Count, Eduardo Arozamena as Van Helsing and Lupita Tovar as Eva. Because of America's movie industry censorship policies, Melford's "Dracula" contains scenes that could not be included in the final cut of the more familiar English version. It is also included on the Universal Legacy DVD. The Universal Studios horror films made Dracula a household name by starring him as a villain in a number of movies, including several where he met other monsters (the most famous being the comedy "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein", in which Lugosi played
Count Dracula (1970 film) some truly handsome scenery and an appropriate castle for Dracula to dwell in, and the performances of the international cast are above average." Dracula scholar Leslie S. Klinger said "the picture begins well, closely following the Stoker narrative account of Harker's encounter with Dracula. The film rapidly proceeds into banality, however, and except for the characterization of Lee as an older Dracula and the brilliant Kinski, the film is largely forgettable." Film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum called it "one of the world’s worst horror films" in his review of Pere Portabella's film "Cuadecuc, Vampir", which was shot during the making of