These are good points, but for the most part they aren't necessarily 'plot holes' per se. To me plot holes (to quote wiki) are 'illogical or impossible events, or statements or events that contradict earlier events in the storyline.' Take the first point about walking to town. As you noted the town is less than two miles away, and can easily be walked in under 30 minutes. All of them could walk it, or one or more could walk, then send a carriage for the others once they get to town. I totally agree with you....BUT...the characters did not think of this. Perhaps they should have, but I have to tell you, when I was watching the film, it didn't occur to me either. Only after I read your post did I realize how short it really was. My point here is, people don't always 'think on their feet,' or sometimes the best idea or best option doesn't always come to mind until hours or days later. So that isn't really a plot hole....yes, the characters should have thought of walking, but the fact they didn't just means they didn't and that's all. Plus Dracula's carriage arrived soon after they were dropped off, so within a few minutes the whole thing was forgotten anyway. Now they had a carriage and could ride to town.
The same goes for the coffins and the carriage. Heck, Father Sandor could have saved himself a day's ride by just destroying the coffins and the carriage as you mentioned. Then Dracula would have been stuck in the daylight hours away from his castle and that would have been the end of him. But again....if the character doesn't think of it, that's not a plot hole. Especially in the heat of the moment, we don't always think straight or think clearly. So yes, had he or someone thought to destroy the coffins, the movie would have been over 15 minutes sooner...but again, the fact that no one did isn't a plot hole. It just would have been better/easier for them if someone had thought of it.
As for Klove and the 10 years...I haven't seen anyone mention this yet...there is nothing that states Klove was around for 10 years, was there? We know Dracula had been dead for 10 years, but at the end of "Horror," there was no Klove. Dracula disintegrated into dust and that was that. So for all we know, Klove only came on the scene 3 months ago or 6 months ago. It was never established that I can remember when Klove came into Dracula's employ. So the 10 years isn't a plot hole to me either. But this sort of is: how exactly did Klove come to be the servant of a destroyed and disintegrated Dracula? Again, he was not around at the end of "Horror of Dracula," when Van Helsing destroyed Dracula. And since that time, Dracula was just dust. So how did he come to be influenced by Dracula, to gather his ashes, to be instructed on how to resurrect Dracula, to keep watch for strangers, etc.? It's not like they had a conversation about it. And it's one thing to say the castle had a permeating evil, but it's quite another to gather detailed information like 'this is how to bring me back to life.' That seems rather implausible to me and does fall under a 'plot hole.'
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