10 Weirdest Dracula Adaptations

10. Batman/Dracula

Andy Warhol loved Batman and in 1964 he shot a film in homage to the caped crusader, entitled Batman/Dracula. He did this completely without permission from DC, and they got pissy, ordering all copies to be removed from distribution. Even though Warhol had only been screening the movie at private events, he scrapped it and all copies were lost.

In 2006, as part of a documentary about the film’s star, Jack Smith, who played both Dracula and Batman, several unedited scenes from Batman/Dracula were found in his private belongings.

They are as batsh*t crazy as you’d expect.

They're uber camp, totally surreal and so DIY most fan films put the production to shame. And that’s exactly what the movie has been compared to, a pioneer fan film from a time before fan films existed.

Unfortunately, the film in its entirety remains lost, but if you want to see Warhol’s vision for a Dracula fighting Batman, you can find the clips on YouTube.

Batman fighting Dracula is a popular idea though. Just a few years later, in 1967, Batman Fights Dracula was produced in The Philippines. That one was unauthorised too and unfortunately is also lost.

Finally, in 2005 DC did it themselves, with the animated The Batman vs. Dracula. So, if you really need to see Dracula and Batman duke it out, that’s where you need to go.