Carlos Villarías, Dracula
Filmed on the same sets as Browning’s Dracula—after filming on that movie was done for the day—this Spanish-language version of Stoker’s classic was thought lost for decades. Eventually it resurfaced and became available to curious horror fans in the early 1990s thanks to a VHS release, leading to inevitable comparisons between the two films in general and the two Draculas in particular. Lugosi’s often given the edge, but the fact that both films exist in what feel like parallel universes is still a fascinating nugget of film history. And it won’t ever be lost again: In 2015, it was named to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress.
