Bela Lugosi movie quotes

31 quotes from 3 movies

The Black Cat (1934) as Dr. Vitus Werdegast

View Quote [to Poelzig] Do you know what I am going to do to you now? No? Did you ever see an animal skinned, Hjalmar? Ha, ha, ha. That's what I'm going to do to you now — fare the skin from your body...slowly...bit by bit!

View Quote [to Peter, about Poelzig's house] It is indeed hard to describe. It's hard to describe his life — or death. It may well be an atmosphere of death. This place was built upon the ruins of the same Ft. Marmorus that our unfortunate friend, the driver, described so vividly. Herr Poelzig commanded Marmorus during the last years of the war. He is perhaps sentimental about this spot.

View Quote [to Peter, about his stroking Joan's hair while she sleeps] I beg your indulgence my friend. Eighteen years ago, I left a girl so like your lovely wife to go to war...She was my wife. Have you ever heard of Kurgaal? It is a prison below Amsk...Many men have gone there. Few have returned. I have returned. After fifteen years, I have returned.

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Dracula (1931) as Count Dracula

View Quote Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make. Note: ranked #83 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.

View Quote And after you deliver the message, you will remember nothing, I now say...Obey.

View Quote For one who has not lived even a single lifetime, you are a wise man, Van Helsing.

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Glen or Glenda (1953) as Scientist

View Quote Beware...beware! Beware of the big green dragon that sits on your doorstep. He eats little boys...puppy dog tails, and big, fat snails. Beware, take care....beware!

View Quote Pull the string! Pull the string! A mistake is made. A story must be told.

View Quote Warren: I'd like to hear the story to the fullest.
Alton: Only the infinity of the depths of a man's mind can really tell the story.
Scientist: Dr. Alton. A young man who is...speaks the words of the all-wise. No one can really tell the story. Mistakes are made. But there is no mistaking the thoughts in a man's mind. The story...is begun...

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