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In 1897, a visitor from the East, Dracula, arrives in London and is inadvertently invited into the home of Lucy. She is bitten by Dracula, and taken by his curse. Lucy's behavior becomes more erratic leading her to bite her fiancée. Lucy is immediately put under the care of Dr. Van Helsing.
Van Helsing does blood tests on Lucy and declares "Vampyre!" as the source of the problem, and puts Lucy to bed adorned with garlic.
That night, Renfield, a mental patient who lives in the asylum next to
Lucy's home, escapes from confinement and Lucy's house is broken into by
demons. Lucy's mother awakens in the commotion. Panicked by the demons,
Lucy's Mother opens the door and inadvertently re-invites Dracula into
the house. Both Lucy and her mother are killed in this incident and a
funeral procession takes place. The next day, Renfield is recaptured and
placed back into the mental hospital. Bizarre incidents begin to occur
around the city with newspapers headlines proclaiming a "Bloofer Lady"
who has been murdering infants. Renfield is interrogated and confesses
that Dracula has brought Lucy back from the dead committing these deeds
and the solution to the problem lies in the graveyard. Van Helsing and
Lucy's suitors go there and spy Dracula and the undead Lucy in a full
romantic embrace. After Dracula leaves, Van Helsing declares "We must
destroy the false Lucy so the real one may live forever". When Van
Helsing opens the Lucy's coffin, Lucy rises out and attacks the men.
Lucy is eventually subdued by a piercing stab from Jonathan's long
wooden stakes and a decapitation with a shovel by Van Helsing who then
declares they must find and defeat the Vampyre.
Van Helsing and his men go to interrogate Renfield finding out that
Dracula's next plan is to attack Lucy's best friend Mina. Meanwhile,
Mina who is in a convent
aids her injured fiancée Harker. Renfield reveals to Van Helsing of
Harker's journey to Castle Dracula where Harker intended finalize a land
sale. Upon arriving, Harker is ravaged by three Brides of Dracula
who overpower him. Harker eventually finalizes the land deal for
Dracula, and gets placed in imprisonment in his Castle. Harker escapes,
finding himself under the care of the convent's inhabitants. Renfield
explains that Van Helsing should seek past the Convent and towards
Castle Dracula. In the convent, Mina arrives to greet Harker. Mina finds
his diary, as Harker cautiously allows Mina to learn of his pleasures
with the Brides of Dracula be known to her. With what she has discovered
about Harker, Mina becomes progressively more sexually aggressive which
Harker nervous as he flees with the diary. Mina attempts to follow
Harker but comes face to face with Dracula, who kidnaps her and takes
her to Castle Dracula.In Castle Dracula, Dracula woos Mina, tempting her with offers of riches and eventually biting her on the neck, solidifying his curse on her. Harker, Van Helsing, and his men break into Dracula's castle dispatch the Brides of Dracula with long wooden stakes. The men eventually stumble upon Mina and find the mark of Dracula's bite upon her. Attempting to root out Dracula, the men smash coffins and place Christian crosses in them. Dracula attacks the men. After the battle, Dracula and Mina are the only two left conscious. Mina scurries to a window with a cross and pulls it open to have sunlight which stuns Dracula. At this point the men regain consciousness, surround Dracula, and stab him with their stakes. The castle is demolished by Van Helsing's men and everyone departs. Dracula is left hanging motionless, impaled on a giant stake.