James Egan has been with Whatculture for five years and prominently works on Horror, Film, and Video Games. He's written over 80 books including 1000 Facts about Horror Movies Vol. 1-3 1000 Facts ...
While the film does add a bit of a romantic plot, softening Dracula just a bit, most of the rest of the details of the novel and its horror and dread — particularly for Harker — rings true.