Christopher Lee,
Colette Giacobine,
Fred Williams,
Herbert Lom,
Jack Taylor
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Jess Franco's version of the Bram Stoker classic has Count Dracula as an old man who grows younger whenever he dines on the blood of young maidens.
DVD Release Date: February 27, 2007
Stats: 71 reviews
A gorgeous, gorgeous film with gorgeous, gorgeous people and plenty of unintentionally hilarious scenes.
This film has one of the best soundtracks in the history of cinema, mainly thanks to the mesmerising metallic guitar sound that echoes almost like an out-of-tune cembalo or ...( read more)
Franco's adaptation of the classic novel has the best cast ever aassembled for a Dracula film but it's not nearly as innovative as what Hammer did with their first Dracula film. Plus, the actual text of Stoker's book is really unsuited to Franco's style. Dracula as a story does...( read more)
Enjoyed this version of the Count's story. Apart from Lee who's as great as ever in the Count's role, it's Klaus Kinski that also stands out as Renfield. Well worth checking this one out.
This movie is a mixture of good and bad here, something which basically sums up Franco's career. Franco set out to make the definitive adaptation of Stoker's novel, and the first part of the movie, with Harker in the castle, is extremely faithful to the original text. This alone ...( read more)
Not Franco's best in my own subjective opinion but I could be wrong, it could be his greatest. The narrative was all over the place and there were a lot of striking, funky shots, looking into camera and the roles just suited fine for each character, like Christopher Lee in partic...( read more)
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I heart Bela Lugosi!
cout Dracula is awesome and it is way better than twilight! twilight is not cool!!!
bye!
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