Dracula Quotes

Context

This line is spoken by Count Dracula, played by Bela Lugosi, in the movie Dracula, directed by Tod Browning (1931).

Count Dracula is... well, you know who Count Dracula is. But if you haven't seen the original 1931 movie based on Bram Stoker's novel, you should—it's a horror classic. This line comes as the Count is leading an unsuspecting victim up some creepy stairs in his creepy castle. The "children" in question aren't kids up past their bedtime; they are in fact Dracula's pet wolves, who are making music by howling at the moon.

Get your garlic ready. Here's the spooky clip.

Where you've heard it

Where you need to hear it is in this song by '70s soul greats The Stylistics. But you might've heard it most recently coming out of the mouth of Sean Penn in the movie Gangster Squad. The OV (original vampire) of all vampires also blows the cobwebs off the line in the 1970 movie Count Dracula.

Additional Notable References:

Movies

• Children of the Night
• Jack-O
• Creepy Tales
• The Thirst

TV

• Children of the Night
• General Hospital
• Goosebumps
• Dempsey and Makepeace

Novels

• Children of the Night by Mercedes Lackey
• Children of the Night by Dan Simmons
• The Children of the Night by Edward Arlington Robinson

Songs

• "Children of the Night" by White Snake
• "Children of the Night" by Richard Marx
• "Children of the Night" by The Blackout
• "Children of the Night" by Juno Reactor

Pretentious Factor

If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.

Quoting any movie made before 1960 nudges you up the pretentiousness scale, but if you can do a good Bela Lugosi impression, all is forgiven. Plus, you get extra points for not doing the more obvious "I vant to suck your blood" line.