Arthur Holmwood attempts to cure the syphilis with which he was born and which also caused the death of his father. Arthur receives his diagnosis soon after becoming engaged to Lucy Westenra. He contacts an occult group called the Brotherhood, which is being led by a man named Singleton. The Brotherhood claims that it can clean his polluted blood, but for a price.[clarification needed]
Lucy's best friend is Mina Murray. Mina's fiancÃ©, Jonathan Harker, has just passed his solicitorâs exams. Arthur hires his firm to convey several properties of England, and Jonathan will bring the documents to Count Dracula in Transylvania. Not so long after Jonathan leaves, his boss is murdered and all documents about the transaction vanish. Singleton calmly confesses the deed, telling Arthur the "young man" will never return from Transylvania.
In Transylvania, Jonathan meets Dracula, but survives only long enough to attract Dracula's attention to Mina. Energized by Jonathan's blood, Dracula is soon en route to England aboard the Demeter. A newly married woman, Lucy watches the wreck of the ship as it arrives in a storm. Then Lucy and her friend Mina visit Holmwood Castle in Whitby so they can comfort each other.
The Demeter seemingly contains nothing but its dead captain and some cargo. Mina and Lucy both meet a stranger, Count Dracula, at a nearby graveyard. Arthur, enraged[clarification needed] to find Dracula in his home (invited by Lucy for dinner), finds himself powerless as Lucy suddenly falls victim to the vampire. Arthur's old friend, Dr. Seward, is suspicious when Arthur refuses to take Lucy to the hospital. Arthur then forces Seward at gunpoint to give her a blood transfusion. Lucy later dies and Seward is convinced Arthur is responsible for her illness.
Seward investigates and finds the Chelsea home of the Brotherhood, where Singleton and others have been murdered. In the basement, surrounded by crosses made of twigs, he finds Van Helsing living like an animal, insisting they must free him at once.
Van Helsing explains that he was employed as a folklorist by the Brotherhood to investigate vampires. He found one, and was released with a message to the Brotherhood.[clarification needed] The vampire would come to them if invited but wanted property.[clarification needed] Frightened of what happened to Van Helsing[clarification needed] they sent an innocent (Harker) and locked Van Helsing away.
Seward confronts Arthur and the truth comes out. As the three go after Lucy (presumably a vampire now), Dracula manages to get to Mina as she lets her cross slip.[clarification needed] He is about to bite[clarification needed] when Arthur stakes and kills his now-undead bride.[clarification needed] Dracula feels it,[clarification needed] allowing Mina to escape.
Mina now joins them as all four go to Singletonâs home. In the cellar, they confront Dracula who brutally kills Arthur by tearing his head off. Seward manages to stake Dracula from behind. Van Helsing panics, asking if he got the heart and Seward confirms he did. The vampire melts away. The film ends with Van Helsing returning to Holland, pleased with their victory. He bids Seward and Mina farewell. Mina has said her final goodbye to Jonathan, with a hint that she may have a future with Seward.
One of London's countless beggars looks up as the two of them pass, revealed to be the withered Dracula[clarification needed] of the beginning.
Who kills Dracula in the movie?
Vanhellsing