Every Dracula adaptation, in one list
All 32 of them, spanning 1922 to 2026: editions of the novel, silent and sound films, television, animation, manga, audio drama, video games and a board game. Grouped by how you would take each one in, oldest to newest inside each group. Every entry has its own guide.
What counts as a version of Dracula here: anything that uses Stoker’s characters, his text, or a direct line from an adaptation of him — Nosferatu, Castlevania, ’Salem’s Lot. Vampire stories in general are not on the list.
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’Salem’s Lot1975
An ancient vampire moves to a small town in Maine, and the town does not believe it.
Hellsing (1997–2008)1997
The vampire Van Helsing defeated now works for the Hellsing family.
The Penguin Classics edition2003
The edition you can find in almost any bookshop tonight.
The New Annotated Dracula2008
A big illustrated hardcover with notes running alongside the novel.
The Oxford World’s Classics edition2011
The whole novel, notes at the back, and “Dracula’s Guest” at the end.
Powers of Darkness: the Icelandic Dracula2017
A 1901 Icelandic “translation” of Dracula that turned out to be a different novel.
Dracula Daily (2021– )2021
The novel by email, each entry on the day it happens.
Manga Classics: Dracula2021
The novel as a faithful manga.
The Norton Critical Edition, second edition2022
The 1897 text, with the reviews, the adaptations and the arguments bound in.
Powers of Darkness: the Swedish Dracula2022
The Swedish newspaper serial behind the Icelandic version, in English.
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Nosferatu1922
The unauthorized one, silent, and still frightening.
Dracula1931
Bela Lugosi, the cape and the accent — and a Spanish version shot on the same sets.
Dracula (1958), or Horror of Dracula1958
Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Hammer colour, and under ninety minutes.
Count Dracula (BBC, 1977)1977
The screen version usually named as closest to the book.
Nosferatu the Vampyre1979
Werner Herzog remakes Murnau, and the vampire is lonely.
Bram Stoker’s Dracula1992
Gary Oldman, Eiko Ishioka’s Oscar-winning costumes, and a love story Stoker never wrote.
Van Helsing2004
Hugh Jackman hunts Dracula, the Wolf Man and Frankenstein’s monster in one film.
Hotel Transylvania2012
Dracula runs a hotel for monsters and cannot cope with his teenage daughter.
Dracula Untold2014
How Vlad became Dracula, as an origin story.
Castlevania (2017–2021)2017
Dracula declares war on Wallachia after a bishop has his wife burned as a witch.
Dracula (BBC/Netflix, 2020)2020
Claes Bang’s Count, sharp and funny, in a version that does not stay in the nineteenth century.
Renfield2023
Nicolas Cage’s Dracula, seen by his exhausted assistant.
The Last Voyage of the Demeter2023
One chapter of the novel — the ship — as a whole film.
Nosferatu2024
Robert Eggers remakes Murnau, a century on.
Dracula: A Love Tale2025
Luc Besson’s Dracula: a prince who renounces God after his wife is murdered.
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The Audible full-cast recording2012
Each diary read by a different actor, with Tim Curry as Van Helsing.
Big Finish’s Dracula2016
Mark Gatiss as the Count, in a four-hour audio drama.
Re: Dracula2023
The novel as a free podcast drama, released on the novel’s own dates.
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Castlevania: Symphony of the Night1997
You play Dracula’s son, exploring his father’s castle.
Castlevania Anniversary Collection2019
The original Castlevania games in one collection.
V Rising2024
You are a newly awakened vampire, and Dracula is the last thing in your way.
Fury of Dracula, fifth edition2026
One player is Dracula, moving in secret; everyone else is a hunter.
Also out there, and not the pick
These come up whenever this novel does. None of them is on the list above, and here is the reason for each.
Osamu Tezuka’s Don Dracula (1979)
Tezuka’s 1979 comedy moves the Count to a house in Tokyo with his daughter Chocola and a servant called Igor, with a Professor Hellsing on his trail. It sits down here for one reason: it has never been licensed in English, and this list only picks things an English reader can buy or borrow. Amazon US does carry the Japanese volumes, so a reader of Japanese can find it there. If it is ever licensed in English, it moves up the page.
Start with the edition question
Which edition should you read? puts Norton, Oxford, Penguin, Dracula Daily and the rest side by side.