The film was met with very mixed reactions upon its release in Bela Lugosi's home country of Hungary. Critics already considered Dracula adaptations to be "old hat" and singled out Lugosi's performance as the worst part of the movie. According to contemporary newspaper articles, even theater audiences would at times loudly mock the film as it played, causing the entire room to erupt in laughter throughout the movie. Lugosi's Dracula became part of public consciousness in Hungary, even though the film itself was mostly forgotten for several decades until it received a limited DVD release in 2004.
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