Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: Dracula (1931)
Stuff To Blow Your Mind
iHeartPodcasts
4.3 • 6K Ratings
🗓️ 27 January 2026
⏱️ 95 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
In this classic episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the iconic 1931 Universal Pictures adaptation of “Dracula,” directed by Tod Browning and starring Bela Lugosi in his most iconic performance. (originally published 1/31/2025)
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:08.4 | Hey, welcome to Weird House Cinema Rewind. |
| 0:11.8 | My name is Rob Lamb. |
| 0:13.1 | Things are a little bit out of order this week, but it'll be back to order next week. |
| 0:17.3 | This is going to be our look at 1931's Dracula. Yes, the Dracula, Todd Browning, |
| 0:23.3 | Bella Legosi. This episode originally published 131, 2025. Let's jump right in. |
| 0:31.7 | Welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind, a production of IHeart Radio. |
| 0:42.3 | Thank you. A Production of IHeart Radio. Hey, welcome to Weird House Cinema. |
| 0:45.0 | This is Rob Lamb. |
| 0:46.2 | And this is Joe McCormick. |
| 0:48.0 | And today on Weird House, we're tackling a classic. |
| 0:51.1 | We're going to be talking about the 1931 Universal Pictures Adaptation of Dracula, |
| 0:57.9 | directed by Todd Browning, starring Bella Legosi. Now, Rob, this was your pick for this week. |
| 1:04.6 | I had always assumed if we talked about Dracula, it would happen in October, but I'm not complaining. |
| 1:10.7 | Happy to talk about Dracula in January or whatever month this still but I'm not complaining, happy to talk about |
| 1:11.5 | Dracula in January or whatever month this still is. Yeah, we're still January. So what's going |
| 1:17.1 | on? How did you get to Dracula? Well, this is how it went down. So yet this is a film I had actually |
| 1:22.6 | never seen before. You know, sometimes a film I think is so iconic, so, so all-present and popular culture, that it kind of fades into a personal obscurity. You know, you haven't seen it, but you kind of feel like you've seen it, or, you know, you're just overly familiar with its themes, its cast, its place in film history, and therefore, when it comes time to watch something, you're like, well, I just want to watch something fresh, or you want to watch something you really do know, |
| 1:48.2 | and films like this can kind of fall through the cracks. |
| 1:51.1 | Yeah, that's sort of interesting. I might talk more about this later, but something I find |
| 1:55.2 | interesting about this Dracula is I've probably seen it at least five or six times, but I still forget things about it. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from iHeartPodcasts, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of iHeartPodcasts and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.

