10 Most Visually Stunning Horror Movies Ever

When telling the story of Dracula after it was so masterfully done in the 1931 version, you have to bring something new to the table. Francis Ford Coppola may not have captured that in the storytelling department, but he was able to deliver a movie that's actually more appealing to look at than the original.

Thinking back on Bram Stoker's Dracula, the first thing that comes to mind is red, a color that overwhelms every scene. The count wears a flowing red cape during the movie, which nearly always stands out against a grim backdrop. There are many sequences in which the sky behind the characters appears to be soaked in blood, and others where we only see their silhouette against that backdrop. Supposedly Coppola had a storyboard artist draw each and every shot, creating thousands of images in order to assure there wasn't one frame that didn't belong.

The costumes are also magnificent, and so it was no surprise when the movie took home the Oscar for Best Costume Design. Coppola asked his designers to bring him things that were "weird," clearly trying to break from the mold and show audiences something radically different than they had seen before. The plot itself could have used some fine tuning, but for the visuals alone, the movie feels like a valuable contribution to the Dracula canon.