That would help give me more attempts without having to continue, but still doesn't address the main problem: dracula himself for whatever reason is just impossible for me to consistently put together a mistake free attempt and usually when I mess up his pattern once, it's hard to get back into the correct pattern for me.
The stupid thing is I don't really have a hard time with the hallway before the Grim Reaper and there's this BS to deal with there. (not my post, just the first thing I could find in a google search to show)
I have the exact same problem with the NES Back to the Future. I've played to the end more than once, but have never been able to complete the last segment where you catch the lightning with the DeLorean (without emulation hacks).
I've beaten almost all my old NES games, and plenty of others (a lot during lockdown). But that one eludes me in a way that itches.