DRACULA begins in Hungary in 1897 at a convent where John Harker (John Heffernan) a traumatized British lawyer, is recounting his torturous experience at Count Dracula's (Claes Bang) Transylvanian castle to a nun named Sister Agatha Van Helsing (Dorothy Wells). What was supposed to be a quick, one-night visit to drop off paperwork for Dracula's recent purchase of property in England turned into weeks when Dracula wouldn't let him leave, claiming he wanted to absorb Harker's English language and British ways before he himself emigrated there. Absorb he did; Harker soon begins to deteriorate while the old, enfeebled Dracula becomes drastically younger and stronger. As Harker recounts the horror to Sister Agatha, she comes to understand they are dealing with the devil himself and must learn how to destroy him.