Budapest, the present day. Attorney
Jonathan Harker proposes to his girlfriend Mina Murray. He is then
approached by a nephew of Count Vladimir Tepes who invites him to
Rumania to meet his uncle and conduct an illicit sale of his antiquities
so that Tepes can buy Carfax House in Budapest. Jonathan is dubious
about the deal but is tempted by the offer of a substantial commission.
He drives to the Count’s castle in Rumania. Once there however, he is
made a prisoner by the Count, although eventually makes an escape.
Meanwhile, the Count travels to Budapest and appears at the window of
Mina’s friend Lucy Westenra and drinks her blood. As Lucy dies but then
returns to life, Jonathan and his friends are forced to confront the
reality, as determined by the psychiatrist Professor Valenti, that the
Count is a vampire and that he is the great historical evil that was
nicknamed Dracula.
