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31 Days of Halloween: 'Dracula's Death' (1921)

Posted Tuesday, October 4, 2016, at 2:14 PM

LITTLE ROCK — 31 Days of Halloween!

Here is a countdown of some of the most influential, terrifying, disgusting and entertaining horror films over the last 100 years.

No. 28: "Dracula's Death" (1921)

Directed by Károly Lajthay, the Austrian film follows the nightmares and frightening visionss that a young woman endures after meeting Dracula (Paul Askona)s in an insane asylum.

Co-starring: Lene Myl, Anna Marie Hegener, Carl Goetz and Margit Lux.

Runtime: 65 minutes

Rated: Unrated

TRIVIA:

- This is the first on-screen appearance of the vampire Count Dracula.

- Sadly, "Dracula's Death" is a lost film. There are no known copies of the film in existence today.

- The Hungarian film is not an adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel and it does not follow the story usually associated with the famous Count Dracula.

- The film opened in Vienna in 1921.

- "Dracula's Death" was re-released in 1923 in Budapest.