NightMans Horror Movie Blog

You just knew that I would have to include the king of the vampires at some point.

     Having watched this in the theater when it first came out, I was lucky enough to enjoy it the way it was meant to be seen.  All these years later, and with a decent television and sound system I was able to enjoy it again.  For the most part Its a solid movie, with a few parts that drag a bit.  But then again they are staying true to the more traditional telling of the Dracula story.

     Starting with how Dracula became what he is, in this version vowing to rise from his grave and take revenge on a god that would allow the love of his life to die, while he was in battle defending him.  From there he moves to London to basically be evil and feed on Lucy Westenra.  Naturally Van Helsing pops up at some point and all hell breaks loose, but you get the idea.

     Francis For Coppola did a wonderfull job with the look of this film, making it very dark and gothic.  And the casting was pretty much A -list at the time, with names like Gary Oldman, Anthony Hopkins, Winona Ryder, and Keanu Reeves.  Ive never been a big fan of Reeves, but the movie manages to be good despite his wooden performance.