Dracula (1979)

Date: 1979
Director: John Badham
Production Company: Universal

Stars: Frank Langella, Trevor Eve, Kate Nelligan, Donald Pleasance, Laurence Olivier, Jan Francis
Location(s): Cornwall, Sussex

Region(s): ,

Storyline:

Lots of darkness and fog but not many fangs as Dracula plies his trade.

Additional Information:

Screen captures by SJ

Michael Bradley has unearthed a nifty Pimlico link for Laurence Olivier and author Bram Stoker: see Madame Sousatzka for more details.

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  • Capture 1
  • 19 May 2010

Aaah, rocks and a coastline supposed to be Whitby, Yorkshire but we think Cornwall; that's Crinnis Rock on Carlyon Bay, subject of much debate over development plans there. Eve motors up to Dracula's shipwreck. Charlestown Harbour (Eagle Has Landed et al.) is only a mile or so away.

Now. A slightly lower tide. SJ.

  • Capture 2
  • 12 Sep 2010

Pleasance's asylum, Camelot Castle Hotel where the stars stayed when filming.

In Tintagel, north coast of Cornwall. SJ.

  • Capture 3
  • 12 Sep 2010

Nelligan greets Pleasance and Eve in the driveway.

Now. SJ.

  • Capture 4
  • 12 Sep 2010

Eve and Nelligan on the Cornish coast by the hotel

That's the remains of Tintagel Castle now. SJ.

  • Capture 5
  • 12 Sep 2010

Extras, sorry background artistes, doing a grand job at Francis' burial but we're more interested in that building, the back of drac002, a hotel where one can stay even now.

Castle Hotel still. SJ.

  • Capture 6
  • 'Now' required

Nelligan's carriage approaches Langella's "Carfax Abbey". In fact it's St. Michael's Mount near Marazion close to Penzance.

  • Capture 7
  • 31 Mar 2022

Olivier arrives at Whitby but probably not really Whitby at all..."Horsted Keynes station on the ever reliable Bluebell Railway." Spotted, with our thanks, by Jonathan Horswell

A general shot of Horsted Keynes sent in by John Harwood. (SJ)

  • Capture 8
  • 21 Dec 2009

Mevagissey also seen in Johnny Frenchman, Never Let Me Go and The Next of Kin.

Now, almost an identical angle to Johnny Frenchman. SJ.

  • Capture 9
  • 19 May 2010

Mevagissey.

Now. SJ.

  • Capture 10
  • 11 Jan 2010

Pleasance looks thoughtful as Olivier emotes in Mevagissey.

Now. SJ.