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Bela Lugosi Died in 1979, and Peter Murphy was onto his next band by 1984.

There is a universe where Lugosi is better than Lee; just not this one.

Even remaking Frankenstein every 20 years or so brought a new take to it, whether Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi or Robert de Nero, they all brought something new.

I get Lugosi is the OG but he's not the best.

When Bela Lugosi died during filming of 'Plan 9 from outer space', Ed Wood simply had some other actor step in for him, even though there's no likeness whatsoever.

Yes, undead spirits and revenants and the like appear throughout folklore, but all (or very nearly all) modern depictions of vampires originate with Bela Lugosi and Bram Stoker, or pop culture references proceeding from that (such as White Wolf games) and all modern zombies in media originate with Night of the Living Dead.

Frankenstein's assistant achieved prominence through Bela Lugosi's portrayal of the character "Ygor" in the film "The Ghost of Frankenstein".

I don't see "Bela Lugosi's Dead" anywhere...

Bela Lugosi), but its success rate is much better than what your post would suggest.

I think another good one is the book by Devroye, Gyorfi and Lugosi, you will find more examples here.

Not rare, and outside of Lugosi's performance, is considered the better film.