Lugosi was typecast after this role. His name and Dracula were virtually interchangable. As with the number of Dracula films, there were also countless actors who portrayed the undead being. But none of them could match the suave Lugosi gave to the character. Universal's version of the dark night is easily the most recognized among movie fans.

Since the movie's pacing was unimaginably slow, the one person who did liven up things was Dwight Frye, who played the unlucky servant to Dracula. His Renfield had to take on many different moods in the film. He went from sanity to madness back to sanity. Frye's performance was the most energetic of the cast. Aside from his wildness and Lugosi's presence, the rest of the cast is forgettable.