Dracula

By: Bram Stoker, Jonathan Barnes

Narrated by: Mark Gatiss, Joseph Kloska, Deirdre Mullins, Nigel Betts, Rupert Young, Katy Manning, Alex Jordan

When a young solicitor, Jonathan Harker, visits the heart of Transylvania - ostensibly to meet reclusive nobleman Count Dracula - he cannot begin to imagine what horrors might lie in store for him there...or the chain of events he will set in motion at Castle Dracula.

Soon, Dracula's bloodlust spreads to England's shores, and Harker's fiancée, Mina Murray, becomes embroiled in his affairs. Her best friend, Lucy Westenra, falls victim to the vampire's thirst, and it is only with the help of an unlikely bunch of allies that the Count might be defeated...but can the undead ever truly perish?

Mark Gatiss stars in this chilling three-hour audio adaptation of Bram Stoker's classic vampire story, dramatised by Jonathan Barnes. This release also includes bonus interviews with Dracula's writer and cast, plus a selection of James Dunlop's soundtrack for the production.

Directed by Scott Handcock.

©2016 Big Finish Productions (P)2016 Big Finish Productions

Critic reviews

"Iain Meadows' sound design and James Dunlop's music fuse well to create the many different environments required of the story, neither allowing the drama to become melodrama - something that seems to have been a lynchpin of Scott Handcock's assured direction of the piece. 10/10." ( Sci-Fi Bulletin)

"Gatiss takes full advantage of the intimacy of the audio format to deliver a reading of the Count that is all the more chilling for its quiet, compelling menace.... This is a rich, impressive and confident production which should, for maximum chills and thrills, be devoured in a single sitting. 9/10." ( Starburst)

A wonderful listen, perfect for Halloween!

This is much more than an audio book... it’s a radio drama! Which is so much fun!

The actors are all wonderful and do an excellent job portraying the characters. The sound effects are also great. They draw you in and create a complete and immersive experience.

I have enjoyed listening to this Dracula performance every Halloween season since I first discovered it!

Dracula

I love the music and the sound effects. What a marvelous dramatic adaptation of the Classic Story of Dracula.
I give this 5 stars because the cast, the music and sound effects did such an awesome performance

Classic

I loved it. I felt like I was standing in the room with the characters.

Creepy, engrossing, well-told story

Big Finish does it again with another fantastic rendition of a well-known classic. Jonathan Barnes’ adaptation and narrative is so engrossing and well-paced that I found myself staying up late to finish the play in one long run. The full cast version of the story is such a treat that it will appeal to all listeners. And the accompanying sound design is so well done I felt surrounded by the world of Dracula throughout. Audio is such a great medium for this story. I will always treasure this selection in my library.

It's lovely

It's an adaptation that... makes some cuts as adaptations generally have to do, while staying really strong (I feel) to the spirit of the original novel. The voice acting is brilliant. There are short cast interviews at the end, plus the (gorgeous) music without voicing, and some bloopers, if you like that sort of thing.

Wonderful Radio Drama

I’ve been curious about checking this out ever since learning that Mark Gatiss and Stephen Moffat would be doing a Dracula series and now I get to hear Mark Gatiss as the iconic Count. Not only did he nail it, but everyone else did a great job! This is definitely a version I think will be hard to top as far as modern Dracula radio dramas are concerned. If you’re a fan of Dracula and radio dramas, I highly recommend it.

A well acted adaption.

While the acting throughout was excellent, and the music and sound effects as well, I felt this adaption lacking many of the qualities that I enjoyed about Bram Stocker's original novel. While attempting to modernize this classic story the makers of this production, while bringing us a properly chilling, well acted and heart stoppingly good tale of terror, many of the character traits that I enjoyed about these classic characters and many of the parts of the story that I found particularly moving or profound became a little lost in "translation". However, despite this, still an overall good adaption that I would recommend to horror enthusiasts but not necessarily fans of the origin title.