PAY HOMAGE TO HORROR ICON BELA LUGOSI WITH 15 FRIGHTENING DRACULA TATTOOS

While you may be hearing the name Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó for the first time, you may recognize his stage name: Bela Lugosi. Lugosi was a Hungarian actor who rose to become a horror icon after portraying the titular character in the 1931 film, Dracula. He went on to star in a number of other classic horror films, including The Black Cat, The Raven, and Son of Frankenstein. However, it’s fair to say that his biggest claim to fame was portraying Bram Stoker’s legendary Count. In honor of the 63 year anniversary of Lugosi’s death, we’re celebrating his role in film history by taking a look at 15 of the best Dracula tattoos. Take a look at the best tattoos inspired by the 1931 film in the gallery below and let us know your thoughts on this story in the comments section.

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We are officially in the double digits! Only 96 more days until Halloween! 🎃 #throwback to this scary good Dracula portrait by @bj_inks! Who is your favorite movie monster? 🧛‍♂️🧟‍♂️👻🤡 We bet BJ could do a bomb portrait of them! @saniderm #jointherevolt #revolttattoos #lasvegastattooshop #lasvegastattooartist #tattoo #saniderm #tattoos #inked #freshink #blackandgrey #blackandgreytattoo #dracula #draculatattoo #universalmonsters #moviemonsters #portrait #portraittattoo #vampire
A post shared by Revolt Tattoos (@revolttattoos) on Jul 27, 2019 at 4:07pm PDT

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Horror Leg sleeve by @johnnysmithart at @sweetwatercollective in Medford, OR #johnnysmithart #sweetwatercollective #medford #oregon #horror #horrortattoo #horrormovies #frankenstein #beetlejuice #dracula #wickedwitchofthewest #brideoffrankenstein #frankensteintattoo #beetlejuicetattoo #draculatattoo #wickedwitchofthewesttattoo #brideoffrankensteintattoo
A post shared by Tattoo Snob (@tattoosnob) on Jul 15, 2019 at 1:51pm PDT

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Continuation of sleeve… this time with the great Bela Lugosi, big classic of the film history 🦇🙌🦇
A post shared by Jota K Tintanegra (@jota_k_tintanegra) on Jul 9, 2019 at 6:08am PDT

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Black work Bela Lugosi Dracula portrait I had the pleasure of doing on my buddy @ashflysure . She’s such an amazing person to work with and was cool with me basing this on a still photo I’ve always loved of Lugosi in character. Still need to add some shading to the bottom but we are adding another piece in that spot so I ended that area a little short. Thanks for looking! 🤘🤘🤘 #blackworkers #lugositattoo #classichorrortattoo #universaldraculatattoo #draculatattoo #phantomoil #falcignoart #grindhousegallerytattoo #tattooedgirls #belalugosi
A post shared by Mike Falcigno/GrindhouseTattoo (@falcignoart) on Jun 19, 2019 at 5:49pm PDT

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Posted this project a while back. 🧛🏻‍♂️ Lower leg portraits are not my work ! . . . . . . . . #inkartist #inkaddicts #bestink #inkselection #artistsharing #blackinktattoo #blackandgreyink #blackandgreyallday #blackandgreywork #blackandgreysleeve #blackandgreyart #blackandgreyartist #blackandgreysociety #blackandgreyrealism #blackandgreytattooartist #darktattoos #darktattoo #darktattooart #darktattooartist #tattoodark #realisticink #tattoorealistic #artrealistic #inkedboys #inkedtattoo #inkedpeople #fantasytattoo #fantasytattoos #draculatattoo #frankensteintattoo @kwadronofficial @inkjectapro @killerinktattoo @dynamiccolor @dermalizepro @tattoocollector @realistic.ink @bnginksociety
A post shared by 𝐍𝐄𝐈𝐋 𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐓𝐂𝐔𝐓𝐈 (@neil.tattoo) on Jun 3, 2019 at 10:25am PDT

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Dracula ❤️ I absolutely love the character, i have had a big framed photo of him for years, thanks for making the travel @nikojohannes_ . You Rock 🤘 #kustajakuolemaa #pori #revityin #kokemäki #tuhoaja #dracula #draculatattoo #vampiretattoo #horrortattoo #eviltattoo
A post shared by Jyrke Savolainen (@jyrke_savolainen) on May 7, 2019 at 6:45am PDT

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Fun piece from yesterday thanks broc and tiff! @tiffanyxbaltes #dracula #draculatattoo #rosetattoo #horrorart #horrortattoo #ohiotattoos #youngstownartist #youngstowntattoos #ohioartist
A post shared by Ian Simon Tattoos and Art (@iansimontats) on Mar 30, 2019 at 7:06am PDT

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Fuckin WOOOWW!! When @mirandanicole_tattoos decides to dabble a bit into the world of color she seriously crushes it. Ask her for color! She may be a bit hesitant but this is what you get 😲☝️☝️☝️☝️ @crownanddaggertattoo #crownanddaggertattoo#tattoo#tattooart#tattooartist#tattooshop#color#colortattoo#colorrealism#realismtattoo#realistictattoo#colorportrait#portraittattoo#dracula#draculatattoo#horror#horrortattoo#661#the661#explorethe661#AV#AVtattoo#Lancaster#LancasterBlvd#theBlvd
A post shared by Crown and Dagger Tattoo (@crownanddaggertattoo) on Mar 6, 2019 at 11:21am PST

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⚜️#dracula ⚜️#tattoo #tattoos #tatuazhe #τατουάζ #ink #inkedgirls #inked #getinked #draculatattoo #blackandwhite @inkfreakz @tattoo2us @realtattooink @realistic.ink @#blackandgreytattoo #battattoo #cheyenne_tattooequipment #tätowiert #tätowierung #tätowiermagazin #art #arte #stuttgart #style
A post shared by ⚜️Klodi Doda⚜️ (@klodidoda_tattooist) on Feb 13, 2019 at 1:38pm PST

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Bela Lugosi as Dracula from 1931 movie 🦇🦇🦇 Done with @sunskintattoo , @fkirons , @worldfamousink , @balm_tattoo #tattoo #tattooart #tat #ink #inked #inkedlife #inkedup #tattoistartmag #realistictattoo @top.tattoo @world_wide_collective @tattoomediaink @bestrealistictattoos #worldfamousink #skinartmag #dynamicink #watercolourtattoo #tatuaje #tattoorealism #fkirons #spectraedgex #truegrey #blackandgreytattoo #zajawagdansk #igersgdansk #supportgoodtattooers #supportgoodtattooing #portraittattoo #polandtattoos #sunskinstilopen #dracula #belalugositattoo
A post shared by KrisPTattoo (@krisptattoo) on Jun 18, 2019 at 11:41am PDT

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Béla Lugosi para @death_husar, segundo de su manga de horror! 👌 Vamos por más! #belalugosi #belalugositattoo #blackandgrey #tatuajechileno #detalle #tattoo #tattooart #tattoowoman #horrormovie
A post shared by 𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐚 𝐋𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧❄️ (@sentencia.de.muerte) on Apr 29, 2019 at 2:26pm PDT

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#belalugosi #belalugositattoo #dracula #draculatattoo #dotwork #dotworkers #dotworktattoo #dotworkportrait #blackwork #blackworkers #blacktattoo #btattooing #tttism #darkartists #northsidetattooz #northsidetattoozwhitleybay @northsidewhitleybay
A post shared by Adam Smith (@adamsmithtattoo) on Oct 15, 2017 at 1:49pm PDT

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Done with @fusion_ink , @killerinktattoo & @hustlebutterdeluxe . #Dracula #draculatattoo #belalugosi #tats #tattoo #realistictattoo #instattoo #ink #fusionink #killerink #hustlebutterdeluxe #cheyennepen #overkame #yamatattoo
A post shared by Michael Taguet (@michaeltaguet) on Dec 3, 2015 at 10:08am PST

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“Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make!” -Drácula 1931 🖤🦇🌹 . . Made in @manosacrastudio 🔮 . . With love and the best: @fkirons @boycottproducts @electrumstencilproducts @fytcartridges . . #fkironsproteam #halloween #halloweentattoo #battattoo #wolftattoo #gemtattoo #rainbowneotrad #dracula #draculatattoo belalugositattoo #belalugosi #neotraditional #neotraditionaltattoo #lilianraya
A post shared by 💗LILIAN RAYA💗 (@lilianraya) on Oct 11, 2018 at 10:23pm PDT

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Dracula 😈 thanks @markwearscoates #inkjecta #fusionink #electrumstencilprimer #drpickles
A post shared by ＫｈａｉｌＡｉｔｋｅｎ (@khailtattooer) on Nov 14, 2016 at 4:30pm PST