Darkness rises once again. The first official trailer for Dracula (2025) has just been released, and horror fans everywhere are sinking their teeth into what promises to be a chilling, high-style reimagining of Bram Stoker’s timeless tale. Starring Keanu Reeves as Count Dracula and Jenna Ortega as Mina Harker, the trailer is a gothic fever dream that blends blood, beauty, and pure terror.

Directed by acclaimed visionary Robert Eggers (The Lighthouse, The Northman), Dracula (2025) transports audiences back to a bleak, fog-drenched 19th-century Europe, where an ancient evil awakens beneath castle ruins in the Carpathian Mountains. The trailer opens with eerie whispers and a slow pan through candlelit corridors before revealing Reeves’ Dracula—pale, regal, and monstrous beneath the charm.

Ortega’s Mina, both intelligent and defiant, becomes the object of the Count’s fascination and obsession, while battling with the creeping darkness threatening to consume her. The chemistry between Reeves and Ortega crackles with tension and dread, enhanced by the trailer’s haunting orchestral score and flashes of surreal, nightmarish imagery.

The trailer also teases a supporting cast of vampire hunters, cursed villagers, and supernatural visions, hinting at a more psychological and mythic interpretation of the Dracula legend. A standout moment? Reeves, blood dripping from his lips, whispering: “Love never dies. But it does hunger.”

Fans online have gone wild, with hashtags like #Dracula2025, #KeanuIsTheCount, and #GothicOrtega trending globally. The film is already being praised for its elegant horror aesthetic, practical effects, and bold performances. With Eggers at the helm, Dracula (2025) looks poised to become the most stylish and terrifying retelling of the vampire myth in years.

Dracula (2025) premieres October 17, 2025, just in time for Halloween.

Evil is eternal. And he’s been waiting centuries to return.