Actually, "love" is stating it a bit too strongly. DRACULA is not my favorite Universal film, and Lugosi isn't my favorite actor. Prior viewings of the film in its release state have invariably put me to sleep.

As I've mentioned, I chanced upon the need for a "restored cut" when I noticed that the scenes in Browning's film were pretty much duplicated verbatim in Melford's Spanish version, but they were in a different order. I initially re-cut Browning's film following Melford's template without quite knowing what to expect. It was only after viewing the results that I realized that the re-cut solved all of the major continuity errors and gave meaning to previously meaningless dialogue. It also, in my opinion, made the film a much more enjoyable experience (one that I can now watch without falling asleep, even after many repeated viewings).