Dracula

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Dracula

Oct 2025

2h 50m

Comedy

Horror

Fantasy

Sci-Fi

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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.

Critics Consensus

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

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.

Nov 26, 2025

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Jonathan Romney

Screen International

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.

Nov 26, 2025

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John Bleasdale

Sight & Sound

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

Nov 4, 2025

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Stephen Silver

The SS Ben Hecht

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.

Nov 26, 2025

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Joe Carlough

MovieJawn

...the overall effect of the film is exhaustion because of the way Jude wrings us out and forces us through story after story, hardly allowing us a moment to enjoy them before careening into another weird turn or absurdist take.

Nov 23, 2025

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Beth Accomando

KPBS.org

The material does not merit its near three-hour length, but there are a few genius moments if you have the patience to wait.

Nov 18, 2025

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Stephen C

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

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/13/25

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Adonis Tanța

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Gabriel Spahiu

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Oana Maria Zaharia

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Alexandru Dabija

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Lukas Miko

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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): $25.8K
Runtime: 2h 50m