Watching the 1931 Dracula (on http://archive.org) to prep for #RenfieldMovie . The opening scene has a villager saying that vampires take the form of bats -and- wolves.. this is something more recent films could have picked up on..
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Chris McKay Confirms RENFIELD Is A Direct Sequel To DRACULA

Over 90 years between the original and the follow-up. Beat that, James Cameron.

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@[email protected] 1931 = out of copyright. Full film online here: https://archive.org/details/dracula-1931_202211
Dracula : Tod Browning : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Dracula is a 1931 American pre-Code supernatural horror film directed and co-produced by Tod Browning from a screenplay written by Garrett Fort and starring...

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*wolf howling*
"Listen to them, children of the night. Such music they make"
We don't see #renfield succumbing, by his second scene on the ship, he's all "Massster, the sun has gone"
"Flies? Flies? Who wants to eat flies?"
"Well, you do, you loony"
"Not when I can get nice, fat spiders"
#dracula1931