Me too! I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve chosen a movie only to find out it’s about vampires. Like anything else that does well (Twilight) it will be/is copied ad nauseum.
The only Dracula I’ve ever liked (besides the very first Bela Legosi - it’s a classic) is the Louis Jourdan! version that was a BBC special in the 70’s.
You can rent it from netflix but it’s not on streaming.
Terrible special effects, but very close to the book. Dracula was not a misunderstood sexy conflicted guy, he was a deceptive representative of pure evil who must be defeated.
If it had a theme, it was spiritual warfare. There are comments on the nature of faith and the soul, and Jesus Christ. Full of lines like the following:
Count: You think to defeat me with a cross?
Abraham Van Helsing: We guard ourselves from your touch.
Count Dracula: Using a cross as a talisman. A symbol of torture, and of humiliation.
Abraham Van Helsing: A symbol of trial, and trouble... by which our Christian Faith is tested.