In the words of The Matrix's Agent Smith - "It was inevitable". There's no getting around it, Dracula is the most iconic vampire of them all, and while there are some truly duff films that feature him (Blade: Trinity, anyone?), Bram Stoker's creation is where the vampire craze all started. While many of you will exclaim that Christopher Lee's portrayal of Dracula was the best, there's no denying that Gary Oldman's was just as great. Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula was the first to really give the eternal creature a fleshed-out back-story detailing his origins and transformation into the iconic monster. Additionally, Dracula was given a motive and a human-like emotional motive for his actions. Sure, he was still evil for raping and murdering anyone that stood in his way, but Oldman gave the character a certain sense of humanity. It remains one of the actor's greatest performances to date, and Dracula's strong desire to be re-united with his long-dead wife is portrayed excellently. The film also featured monstrous transformations that had scarce been seen before Coppola's adaptation, laying the foundation for the many inhuman forms the vampire took in films released since.
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