Parents Guide for
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Mina and Lucy look at pornographic illustrations in a copy of Arabian Nights, with two drawings of a man and a woman in sexual positions (showing actual penetration, and drawn with bare lower bodies with no pubis hair; the man's penis is seen, but no other private parts). A similar, but somewhat more explicit picture is shown when the book falls to the floor, but this happens so quickly that you don't make out any details unless you use freeze-frame. Another picture only shows the side of their bare lower bodies, without any explicit detail. During the scenes, several sexual references are made; Lucy suggests to Mina that her fiancé should be forcing her to "perform unspeakable acts of passion" on the floor, and Mina responds that there's more to marriage than carnal pleasure, but Lucy notices that Mina has taken a look inside the book, and remarks, "So I see, much much more". When Mina finds a picture (the one without any explicit details) showing a man having sex with a woman from behind her, she wonders if a man and a woman can really do that, and Lucy responds that she did last night. When Mina doesn't believe her, she adds, "Yes, I did, in my dreams". She then ask Mina if her fiancé "measures up", and Mina answers that they've only kissed.

Lucy sees Quincey Morris, and remarks to Mina that he would be like a wild stallion between her legs. She then adds that she knows what men desire, and walks over to Morris. She says, "Please let me touch it. It's so big" and reaches for his crotch, but she then raises the big knife he was carrying on his belt (double entendre).

In an orgy-like scene, Dracula's brides writhe around Harker, moving their hands over his body, ripping his shirt open and licking his skin, while also biting him with their sharp vampire teeth. One of them undoes his pants and moves her head down toward his crotch, implying oral sex; we see his reaction, but don't see anything explicit.

A short, but very graphic scene in which Dracula (as a werewolf) has violent sex with a woman, with him between her legs as she is splayed out on a stone bench. The woman's dress is disarranged, showing her breasts.

When Dr. Jack Sewards visits Lucy as she needs medical examination, Lucy asks if he just wants her alone before she's married.

Quincey Morris remarks that Lucy is hotter than a woman riding naked in Sahara.

A projection in a movie theater shows a woman from behind, fully nude.

Dr. Van Helsing, lecturing his students, talks about venereal diseases and says that they're involved in "that sex problem about which the ideals and ethics of Christian civilization are concerned".

Harker is lying nude, or nearly nude, on the floor as Dracula's brides are drinking his blood, but nothing explicit is seen.

A woman is moaning loudly and writhing in her bed as we see Dracula's shadow reaching for her. A short time later, we hear her orgasmic wailing from outside the room, before seeing her sprawled on the bed, alone, with her dress disarranged, showing her bare breasts, repeatedly moaning loudly while being half unconscious.

Dracula calls absinthe "the aphrodisiac of the self".

Van Helsing refers to a woman as "a whore of darkness" and "the devil's concubine".

A woman, sensing Dracula's presence outside her house, is writhing pleasurably while lying in bed, and we then see her with one of her breasts bared while gasping loudly as he's coming closer. Nothing else happens, as she becomes a victim of violence.

While a woman is asleep in bed, Dracula, in the form of green mist, enters her bed room, where the mist goes up to her bed, and we see her moaning pleasurably as the mist moves under the blankets and up her body. We then see him on top of her in his human form, his shirt open, before he kisses down her (clothed) chest and belly (she's wearing a thin nightdress). He then stops, as he confesses his true identity.

As part of the vampire wedding sacrament, a woman drinks blood from Dracula's chest, and we see his reaction with pleasured expressions and moaning.

A vampire woman walks toward a man while beginning to unbutton her dress (no nudity is seen), and mentions another female vampire who told her she had secret desires for him. She says that she, too, knows what men desire, and we see him kissing her chest below the camera. She then attacks him and nothing else happens.

During a battle sequence shown only in silhouette, several people are killed via swords, arrows and spears. We then see, in silhouette, a field of impaled people, one of them sliding down the stake.

Several impaled people lined up along a road are seen from a distance.

Dracula's wife commits suicide by throwing herself into a river from a great height. We don't see the impact, but we see her dead body in a chapel afterward, with some blood on her face. We also see stains of blood on the floor of the chapel, as well as her blood-stained suicide-letter.

Vlad (Dracula) stabs a sword into a cross and a river of blood begins to flow from the cross. He then fills a communion chalice with blood from the cross and drinks from it, before screaming loudly.

Renfield eats an insect, but because of the camera angle, we don't see any details.

Dracula threatens Harker with a sword, but doesn't harm him. He then purposefully cuts his own hand with the sword, but we don't see any blood.

Renfield is seen holding a plate of crawling bugs, and puts one of them in his mouth to eat it.

Renfield attempts to bites a man's neck (no blood), and is violently restrained.

Harker accidentally nicks his neck while shaving, leaving a small cut. Dracula then takes the bloody razor and licks off the blood.

Dracula's brides bite into a Harker's arms, leaving a few bloody cuts.

Dracula's brides feed on an infant (we only see the vampires bodies over the baby, not the actual act).

We see the inmates of an asylum being hosed with water.

Dracula, as a werewolf, is seen with blood on his teeth. He then kills someone off-screen on a ship, and we see blood squirt onto a sail.

Dracula, as a werewolf, bites into Lucy's neck, leaving a bloody wound on her skin. Several times throughout the movie, we see the fang marks on her skin.

Dracula suddenly grabs Mina and pulls her toward a coach, pinning her ams while forcing her down on it. While she's in some kind of trance, he opens his mouth and we see his fangs extending. He then bends close to her and is about to bite her, but then stops himself.

Van Helsing puts his hand into a cage containing a bat and allows the bat to bite him, but we don't see any details or blood.

We see a Harker in a weak state, lying on the floor with Dracula's brides lying around him as they're drinking his blood; we don't see any actual biting this time, but he has several bloody wounds on his body, and one of the brides is licking his blood off her fingers.

We see some blood dripping onto the floor as Dracula's shadow can be seen leaving a room. There's also a bit of blood on the victim's pillow.

During a blood transfusion, a large needle is stuck into Lucy's arm, while another needle is stuck into the arm of the donor, Arthur (which is not seen, but we hear his pained reaction), and we then see blood going through a tube and into a bottle.

We see Dracula with the blood of a victim dripping down his mouth and chin as he's resting.

A woman who is becoming a vampire attempts to bite Quincey P. Morris in the neck (no blood), before Van Helsing calms her.

We learn that Dracula, in the past, skinned people alive, boiled their heads in a kettle, hacked them to pieces and drank their blood, and later learn that he tortured and impaled thousands of people. We also see black and white illustrations of impaled victims and people being cut to pieces.

Dracula has tears of blood on his face.

Dracula, as a werewolf, kills a man, which is seen too quickly to make out many details, but we briefly see his bloody corpse afterward.

Arthur is telecinetically thrown backward across a room, knocking him out.

A wolf crashes through a woman's bedroom window and attacks her. We don't see the actual contact, but see her writhing and screaming in pain, as well as some blood on the face of the wolf. We then see fountains of blood splashing from the sides of the room. Afterward, we see her dead body in a coffin.

A furious Arthur points a gun at Van Helsing, but doesn't harm him.

A female vampire vomits a pool of blood on Van Helsing.

We see a stick being driven into a female vampire's heart and her head being cut off, with bloody results.

A man is telecinetically thrown against the bars in a cell several times, leaving his head stuck between the bars and his body hanging there limp.

After learning who Dracula really is, Mina repeatedly pounds at him with her hands, but then stops as she declares her love for him.

As part of the vampire wedding sacrament, Dracula bites Mina's neck; his mouth is pressed to her throat before the actual bite, so we don't see any gory details, but hear her grunting in pain, and we see the wound on her neck afterward. He then slits his own chest, and she willingly drinks blood from the wound. We then see her with blood on her face and nightgown, after drinking.

Dracula, in the shape of a batlike creature suddenly appears before Van Helsing and his group and and is menacing toward them, including making a crucifix held by one of them burst into flames. We then see some blood on his chest after Van Helsing throws holy water at him, and Harker shoots him with a gun, but he's unhurt.

A female vampire attempts to bite Van Helsing, but he stops her by pressing a wafer to her forehead, leaving a smoking burn mark.

We see the shadow of a horse being beaten to the ground by the wives of Dracula.

Van Helsing beheads the wives of Dracula while they're sleeping; We see him raise the blade to behead the first one, and then see blood squirt onto the wall. Afterward, we see him with blood on his face and clothes, while he's holding the severed heads in his hand and then throws them into an abyss.

During a chase scene with horsemen pursuing a carriage, we see people being stabbed, shot, falling to the ground, being dragged on the ground, as well as a man falling down an abyss (we don't see the impact).

A man is fatally stabbed in the back.

Harker slices Dracula's throat with a knife, with extremely bloody results, while at the same time Dracula punches Harker, knocking him to the ground. Another man stabs Dracula in the heart with a big knife, leaving the knife stuck in his chest, with extremely bloody results.

To give him peace, Mina shoves a big knife through Dracula's heart, and we see the knife coming out his back. She then pulls out the knife and decapitates him, and we see his severed head on the floor.

very little use of very mild swearing.

Alcohol: Harker is served wine at Dracula's castle, Dracula pours Mina a glass of absinthe at a restaurant, which she drinks from, Arthur Holmwood has a drink while watching over a sick Lucy, whereas Van Helsing drinks beer at a restaurant and Harker has a glass of beer in front of him in the same scene.

Drugs: Dr. Jack Seward injects himself with morphine, and appears to get high.

Smoking: Van Helsing smokes a cigar in four scenes, Arthur Holmwood smokes a cigar in one scene, whereas one of the men making a delivery to Dracula's property in London briefly smokes.

In addition to most of the scenes listed under Violence & Gore:

We suddenly see Dracula's eyes in the sky during Harker's journey to Transylvania.

While Harker is waiting for Dracula's coach to pick him up, wolves appear, looking down on him, and later run along while the coach is driving. However, they don't harm him.

We see a cross bearing a skeleton with a wolf's head with bared fangs.

A horse-driven coach drives dangerously close to the edge of an abyss, and almost goes off the edge for a moment.

In a couples of scenes, we hear the sound of wolves howling in the night.

Dracula's appearance as an old man with extremely pale skin might be frightening to some.

In several scenes with Dracula in his castle, his shadow is mysteriously moving on its own accord.

Dracula's shadow mysteriously moves across a room in England, and his voice is also heard, while he's actually in Romania.

We see inmates of an asylum institution, looking all dazed and confused, in delirium.

Dracula takes Harker's razor and assists a frightened Harker with his (Harker's) shaving, but doesn't harm him.

When Dracula suddenly sees the crucifix Harker is wearing, he snarls angrily and backs away from him.

The sight of vampires suddenly looking menacing with sharp teeth, seen many times throughout the movie, might definitely be scary to several younger viewers.

Harker, seeing Dracula's brides gather around an infant to feed on it, screams and apparently faints, while Dracula laughs evilly.

When Harker finds Dracula's coffin during the vampire's "day coma", Draculas inert body suddenly rises straight up from his coffin.

During a storm, Mina and Lucy suddenly see Dracula's eyes in the sky. Then, as they're playing in the rain, Dracula's laughing face can be seen superimposed on the top of the screen.

The sight of Dracula as a werewolf, including shots of him snarling and howling, will definitely frighten many younger viewers.

Renfield can be seen yelling and chanting in delirium.

We see a close-up of a syringe as Dr. Jack Seward injects himself with morphine (we don't see the actual injection).

We see Dracula as a sort of translucent chrysalis during his metamorphosis from an old man into a werewolf.

The scene where Dracula, as a werewolf, has violent sex with a woman, might be frightening to many younger viewers.

Sewards gives a woman an injection (she's ill); we don't see the action, but hear her pained reaction. After wards, we see making small gasps while sleeping, as if she has trouble breathing.

A wolf appears inside a cinematograph, frightening people. It then stops in front of Mina and snarls at her, but Dracula calms it with words, and they end up stroking it.

We see Dracula outside a woman's window, before his shadows suddenly appears inside the room, reaching for her with claw-like hands. As he does so, a bouquet of flowers wilts instantly in a vase.

Harker attempts to descend a stone wall while escaping from Dracula's castle, and, while high up, falls down into the river below (he's unharmed). We then see him in a weak state, crawling through the mud in the dark, before being rescued. We learn that he's suffering from a violent brain fewer. (Later, we find out that he has recovered only to a certain degree, and see that much of his hair has turned gray after the ordeal in the castle.)

A woman turning into a vampire freaks out violently in the presence of garlic; smashing a vase, yelling, and acting aggressively; this might frighten some younger viewers.

We see Dracula with his face looking pale white and demonic-like, as if his face is melting. He then summons a strong wind, which makes many candles in a room far away magically blow out.

Dracula, as an old man, appears outside a woman's window, saying , menacingly, "I condemn you to living death, to eternal hunger for living blood."

Van Helsing and his group open a dead womans coffin, only to find it empty. The woman, who is now a vampire with the chalk-white skin of a dead person, suddenly appears, carrying a small child, who's crying in fear. When she sees the men, she drops the child (who seems to be unhurt) to the ground and advances on Arthur Holmwood, putting him in a trance, but Van Helsing interferes before she can harm him. She then snarls and acts menacingly toward Van Helsing as he uses a cross to drive her back into the coffin, and after she vomits blood on him, we hear a croaking sound as she lies down.

While Van Helsing and his group are hunting for Dracula, we see Dracula as a huge, batlike creature hanging from the ceiling. He then suddenly flies downward toward the group, but doesn't harm them.

Dracula appears as a thin streak of snaking green mist.

Dracula suddenly transforms into a figure made of rats, which crumbles into many individual rats scurrying away.

A woman who has been bitten by a vampire, is lying on a coch, trembling and feeling cold; this might be frightening to some younger viewers.

A woman turning into a vampire suddenly begins to violently sway and spasm while yelling and shuddering, as if possessed.

Van Helsing uses a burning stick to draw a ring of flames around himself and a woman, to protect them both from Dracula's brides.

A female vampire lifts her hands and chants, calling up strong winds, while something reminiscent of blue flames moves around her.

We see Dracula as an old man with a shriveled, demonic-like face.