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A frustrated filmmaker, facing creative paralysis, turns to an A.I. chatbot in order to make his latest movie a hit. The result is a series of increasingly outrageous vignettes exploring the myth of Dracula in all its forms. From a wild chase through the streets of modern Transylvania to eerie hauntings in the Romanian countryside, cinematic provocateur Radu Jude returns with another boundary-pushing epic featuring a union-busting Dracula breaking a strike, an adaptation of the first Romanian vampire novella, thwarted romance, fields of phalluses, lots of blood, and much more.

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Radu Jude's Dracula puts its subject and audience to the test in this absurd experiment in creativity that just might suck the life out of everyone for better or for worse.

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Peter Debruge

Variety

Nov 26

At 169 minutes, “Dracula” may be a demanding sit, but it’s never dull. And unlike so much so-called content, which is so beholden to formula that it may as well be generated by AI, Jude’s gleefully tacky counterattack proves wildly unpredictable.

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Jonathan Romney

Screen International

Nov 26

It is redundant to complain that Jude’s film is overstated -- that is entirely the point -- although some of its excesses are laboured, and some gags just not that funny. But the whole affair keeps reanimating itself with furious, facetious energy.

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John Bleasdale

Sight & Sound

Nov 4

I’s hard to resist its irreverence and the onslaught of ideas and quips, factoids and routines.

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Alison Gillmor

Winnipeg Free Press

Dec 12

3/5

From dirty folk tales to Dracula TikTok, the film is a crazed, meta mix of the profound and the puerile, the silly and the nasty.

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Armond White

National Review

Dec 3

There’s undeniable brilliance throughout the nearly three hours. But Dracula is also [Radu Jude's] most infuriating and least disciplined film, because he doesn’t understand global disaster so much as he is simply, brazenly, cynical.

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Stephen Silver

The SS Ben Hecht

Nov 26

This one is sort of all over the place, combining a massive amount of ideas in a seriously messy way, over the course of nearly three hours.

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Don P

@Jellyco Dec 15

The premise of this film is a fascinating one, but the execution turns out to be an exercise in frustration. Stories and characters that deserve screen time cut away to bewildering vignettes that go nowhere and say nothing, but to mention the ridiculous running time. This would have been a much better film with more focus and better pacing

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MBI M

@MNZGamerX Dec 7

Not a particularly convincing take on the Dracula myth and the last 15 minutes was especially absurd and overdone and possibly quite unintentionally proved the point that love for women is mostly just about wealth and whimsicality and a powerful aphrodisiac. There were some quite enchanting scenes but overall very shallow and some of the acting mediocre.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Oct 29

Funny in 2 hours and 50 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dubbed and subtitled in worldwide studios!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $20,900.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Synopsis

A frustrated filmmaker, facing creative paralysis, turns to an A.I. chatbot in order to make his latest movie a hit. The result is a series of increasingly outrageous vignettes exploring the myth of Dracula in all its forms. From a wild chase through the streets of modern Transylvania to eerie hauntings in the Romanian countryside, cinematic provocateur Radu Jude returns with another boundary-pushing epic featuring a union-busting Dracula breaking a strike, an adaptation of the first Romanian vampire novella, thwarted romance, fields of phalluses, lots of blood, and much more.

Director: Radu Jude
Producer: Alexandru Teodorescu, Rodrigo Texeira
Screenwriter: Radu Jude
Distributor: 1-2 Special
Production Co: Saga Film
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Original Language: Romanian
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 29, 2025, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $26.3K
Runtime: 2h 50m

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