Review of The Road to Dracula

. . . as it covers everything from the remembrances of cast members who survived the 1931 release of DRACVLA by at least 68 years (Carla Laemmle and the Spanish version's Lupita Tovar) to the views of such diverse people as the author of OUR VAMPIRES, OURSELVES (Nina Auerbach) and the director of HELLRAISER (1987), Clive Barker. The result of hearing from folks such as the aforementioned, as well as All-Things-Dracula collector Ronald V. Borst, Universal Studios archivist Jan-Christopher Horak, DRACVLA title role player Bela Lugosi's son Bela G. Lugosi, "Renfield" actor Dwight Frye's son Dwight D. Frye, and make-up artist Rick Baker is that viewers of this 35 minute, 1.99-second short will end up with a great sense of DRACVLA's place in film history (especially if they watch it twice, as I did, to let all of the fascinating details really sink in). How is Dracula related to Vlad the Impaler? What qualified film newcomer Lugosi to play the title role? What is the "holy grail" of Dracula memorabilia collectors? If you watch THE ROAD TO DRACVLA, you'll learn the answer to these questions and recover some of the brain cells you lost to TWILIGHT (if you are a younger viewer).