Dracula is a 1965 Horror Traditionally-animated feature film from Walt Disney Productions, Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman with Hamilton Luske and Jack Kinney, and Produced by Walt Disney.
The Blue Book of Dracula Open itself up into the Movie's Story.
In 1897 after Many Vampie Attacks, a newly-qualified solicitor Jonathan Harker takes the Transylvanian Count Dracula as a client from his colleague R. M. Renfield, who has gone insane. Jonathan travels to Transylvania to arrange Dracula's real estate acquisition in London, including Carfax Abbey. Jonathan meets Dracula, who discovers a picture of Harker's fiancée, Mina, and believes that she is the reincarnation of Elisabeta. Dracula leaves Jonathan to be seduced by his brides and sails to England with boxes of his native soil, taking up residence at Carfax Abbey. His arrival is foretold by the ravings of Renfield, now an inmate in Dr. Jack Seward's neighboring insane asylum.
In London, Dracula emerges as a wolf-like creature amid a fierce thunderstorm and hypnotically seduces, then rapes and bites Lucy Westenra, with whom Mina is staying while Jonathan is in Transylvania. Lucy's deteriorating health and behavioral changes prompts Lucy's former suitors Quincey Morris and Dr. Seward, along with her fiancée, Arthur Holmwood, to summon Dr. Abraham Van Helsing, who recognizes Lucy as the victim of a vampire. Dracula, appearing young and handsome during daylight, meets and charms Mina. When Mina receives word from Jonathan, who has escaped the castle and recovered at a convent, she travels to Romania to marry him. In his fury, Dracula transforms Lucy into a vampire. Van Helsing, Holmwood, Seward and Morris kill Lucy.
After Jonathan and Mina return to London, Jonathan and Van Helsing lead the others to Carfax Abbey, where they destroy the Count's boxes of soil. Dracula enters the asylum, where he kills Renfield for warning Mina of his presence before visiting Mina, who is staying in Seward's quarters while the others hunt Dracula. He confesses that he murdered Lucy and has been terrorizing Mina's friends, but a confused and angry Mina admits that she still loves him and remembers her previous life as Elisabeta. At her insistence, Dracula begins transforming her into a vampire. The hunters burst into the bedroom, with Dracula claiming Mina as his bride before escaping. As Mina begins changing, Van Helsing hypnotizes her and learns via her connection with Dracula that he is sailing home in his last remaining box. The hunters depart for Varna to intercept him, but Dracula reads Mina's mind and evades them. The hunters split up, with Van Helsing and Mina traveling to the Borgo Pass and the castle, while the others try to stop the Vampire Gypsies transporting the Count.
At night, Van Helsing and Mina are approached by Dracula's brides. They frighten Mina at first, but she gives into their chanting and attempts to seduce Van Helsing. Before Mina can feed on his blood, Van Helsing places a communion wafer upon her forehead, leaving a mark. He surrounds them with a ring of fire to protect them from the brides, then infiltrates the castle and decapitates them the following morning. As sunset approaches, Dracula's carriage arrives at the castle, pursued by the hunters. in a Firery Battle fight between the hunters and vampire-gypsies ensues, and at sunset Dracula bursts from his fire-burning coffin before transforms into a Giant Blue Dragon spreading more Fire. Harker yells "Party's Over Vampire!" and then slits his throat while a wounded Morris yells "If you a Vampire, Be No Longer!" and then stabs him in the heart with a Bowie knife. As Dracula staggers, Mina rushes to his defense. Holmwood tries to attack but Van Helsing and Harker allow her to retreat with the Count. Morris dies, surrounded by his friends.
In the chapel where he renounced God, Dracula lies dying in an ancient demonic form. He asks Mina to give him peace. They share a kiss as the candles adorning the chapel light up, and Mina shoves the knife through Dracula's heart. The mark on her forehead disappears as Dracula's curse is lifted. She decapitates him, and finally gazes up at the fresco of Vlad and Elisabeta ascending to Heaven together.
The film closes with a note left by Jonathan Harker seven years after the events, detailing his married life with Mina and the birth of their son, whom they name after all four members of the party, but address as "Quincey". Quincey is depicted sitting on the knee of Van Helsing as they recount their adventure. Seward and Arthur have each gotten married then both Declared "See We Just Already Did".
Voice Cast[]
Brian Bedford as Jonathan Harker: A solicitor sent to do business with Count Dracula; Mina's fiancé and prisoner in Dracula's castle.
George Sanders / Stan Freberg / Bill Thompson as Dracula: A Transylvanian noble who has purchased a house in London.
Monica Evans as Wilhelmina "Mina" Harker (née Murray): A schoolteacher and Jonathan Harker's fiancée (later his wife).
Ginny Tyler as Lucy Westenra: A 19-year-old aristocrat; Mina's best friend; Arthur's fiancée and Dracula's first victim.
Junius Matthews as Arthur Holmwood: Lucy's suitor and later fiancé. He inherits the title of Lord Godalming upon his father's death.
Sterling Holloway as John Seward: A doctor; one of Lucy's suitors and a former student of Van Helsing.
J. Pat O'Malley as Abraham Van Helsing
Norman Alden as Quincey Morris
John Fiedler as Renfield
Verna Felton as Dracula's Bride #1, who loves Deals
Martha Wentworth as Dracula's Bride #2, who loves Foods
Barbara Luddy as Dracula Bride #3, who loves Romances
Jimmy MacDonald / Clarence Nash as a Fox who tries to eat Jonathan Harker.
Sebastian Cabot as The Prime Minister, Narrator and supporting character
Theatrical Poster from the original Australian release on February 10, 1966 for both, "Dracula" (1965) and "Dollar Bill and Australians Keep The Wheels Of Industry Turning" (1966)
Walt Disney was optioned on Bram Stoker's Dracula in 1940, In Early January, 1959 a Concept-designing Contest for Bill Peet. Ken Anderson amf Marc Davis to design that character "Dracula" to look like, Shortly after Sleeping Beauty release, the Final Concept made by Marc Davis had Won to Feature it's Design into an Animated film, and Disney has completed all the Storyboard in 1960 with Bill Peet, Ken Anderson and Marc Davis not until production of animation starts from February 1962 to finish on November 1963 and then through difficulty release dates until reached on 1965
In Mexico and South America during September 1965, many children enter a contest in which the first place winner could earn three movie tickets for this film. Prior to the release of the film, Guitar Center had sold at least all the Bat-shaped Guitars with a Special Dracula-Printed livery for giving them out Limited Engagement to many Music Artists and Bands also offered with viewing on Special Television Primetime block slot on October 31st (Halloween) to buying a free album of Dracula to make their songs based on this film, From November of that year, Big Boy Restaurants restaurants offered 7 toys based on this movie as part of their kid's meal menu including Jonathan Harker, Mina, Dracula, Castle Dracula, Arthur Holmwood, John Steward and Carriage Coach, by December 18, this film's official comic book adaptation had it published
This is the last animated feature released when Walt Disney was alive before his death year before.
This is the last animated feature directed by Hamilton Luske as well as Last one by Jack Kinney when Kinney Left Disney by 1958.
This is the second and the last animated feature featuring "a dark age" star opening scene before fades into a Dark Forest, since used from The Sword in the Stone.
The Reluctant Dragon (1941) · Victory Through Air Power (1943) · Song of the South (1946) · So Dear to My Heart (1949) ·Mary Poppins (1964) · Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) · Pete's Dragon (1977) · Raggedy Ann And Andy (1985) · Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) ·James and the Giant Peach (1996) · Enchanted (2007) · Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
Animated Films Distributed by Disney
The Chipmunk Adventure (1987) · The Brave Little Toaster (1987) · Tom And Jerry: The Movie (1991) · The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) · Valiant (2005) · The Wild (2006) · A Christmas Carol (2009) · Mars Needs Moms (2011) · Frankenweenie (2012)
Studio Ghibli Films Distributed by Disney
Princess Mononoke (1997) · Spirited Away (2001) · Howl's Moving Castle (2004) · Tales from Earthsea (2006) · Ponyo (2008) · The Secret World of Arietty (2010) · The Wind Rises (2013)
