The Brides of Dracula

A French schoolteacher who travels toward a new appointment and becomes entangled in a vampire plot after staying at Baroness Meinster's castle. She shows curiosity and courage, yet struggles to distinguish danger from charm as the Baron pursues her. Her choices drive the risk and the eventual confrontation with the vampires.

A charismatic aristocrat who is secretly insane and imprisoned by his mother. He turns into a vampire, seeks Marianne as a bride, and murders to exact revenge on his mother. His later confrontation with Van Helsing ends with his destruction via cross and fire.

The matriarch who keeps her son chained and enables vampiric feeding through manipulation. Her actions contribute to the tragedy that unfolds when the baron frees himself. She becomes a mortal casualty of her son’s revenge when the castle is stirred to violence.

A seasoned vampire hunter who investigates the village killings and uses a mix of faith, science, and ritual to counter the curse. He sustains a vampiric wound but heals it with cauterization and holy water, and he ultimately defeats the baron with a cross. He guides Marianne and the village toward safety.

The castle servant who remains loyal to the baron and lures victims to feed him. She helps maintain the vampiric scheme and is killed when Van Helsing confronts the brides in the castle. Her actions illustrate loyalty turned mortal peril.

Baron Meinster’s intended victim and Marianne’s roommate, she becomes a vampire under the baron’s influence. Her fate heightens the danger at the mill and drives Marianne to seek help from Van Helsing.

A priest who presses Van Helsing to investigate the deaths and protect the village from the rising supernatural threat. He represents the community’s appeal for help against the darkness.

The stable keeper who aids Marianne but is killed by a vampire bat during the chase through the mill. His death marks the increasing peril as the story escalates toward its climax.