Rivergoat wrote:
But after Renfield's declaration of "...has already been done" Martin proclaims, "...well, strike me down dead, he's broken them iron bars as if they was cheese!" Van Helsing says, "Dracula is in the house!!!!" So only from this does it seem an invitation was presented by Renfield.

Dunno....a thought.

But Dwight Frye was awesome as Renfield, so much so that if I could ever play on stage in a Dracula performance, his is the one I would want to take on.

As it originally appears in the shooting script, this scene appears immediately after the scene of Renfield crying in his room and Dracula visiting him outside the window and giving his silent commands. Also in the script, while Renfield is talking with Van Helsing and co. downstairs, Dracula is shown entering Mina's room and attacking her. These scenes are all in the finished movie, but they are scattered around so it isn't clear that Dracula released Renfield from his room by tearing the bars open so that Renfield could go downstairs and distract Van Helsing and co. while Dracula was putting the bite on Mina upstairs.

BTW, there's no need for Renfield to invite Dracula into the house in the movie, since it's alluded to that Dracula has been a frequent guest of the Sewards since their meeting at the theater.

Last Edited By: cjh5801 Aug 15 13 8:51 PM. Edited 1 times.