Argento's Dracula

Released Oct 4, 2013

1h 46m

Horror

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Count Dracula (Thomas Kretschmann) wants to sink his fangs into Mina Harker (Marta Gastini), who resembles the vampire's late wife.

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Critics Consensus

Schlocky and gross but far from bad enough to be good, Argento's Dracula 3D bites and sucks in all the wrong ways.

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Giorgio A

Very bad performance by the master of horror. Amateurish script and ridiculous mise-en-scène. Argento did worse only later, with "Dark glasses".

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/25/24

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Rudy A

Horror on the cheap. I can only guess it was to save money on location shooting that Italian filmmaker Dari Argento decided to take Jonathon Harker out of the real estate business and instead send him to the Borga Pass to be Dracula's librarian. His wife, Mina, is set to join him, and conveniently, her friend Mina happens to live an hour's walk from the castle in Passburg where her father is mayor. It's possible the film is more entertaining in its 3D version, but I doubt it. The script could've been written by a child, and the direction is incompetent. There are occasional moments that are unintentionally comical, but this is not the kind of film that is so bad that it's camp.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/31/23

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Rob S

Oh yawn. What a shocker - shockingly bad and boring, that is. Had a little bit of "Hammer Horror" vibe going on but that was the only good thing about the movie. A few laugh-out-loud moments including Dracula as a giant praying mantis.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/10/23

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Audience Member

The 3D gives a really odd look to the colour. Flat, but shiny. Sex scene to start to set up that first attack… Cleavage, tits, goblets of blood, crap sfx. I have moments, but is this really Argento? Because if I hadn't seen the credits, I just would know - apart from the bullet bit. Even Rutger can't lift it. The grasshopper? The last step too far.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Audience Member

It's obvious nobody liked this movie. And I can't blame them. But there's something that I noticed about this version of Dracula. It seems to resemble those old Hammer horror films starring Christopher Lee. Was this Argento's intention? Or maybe this was done with tongue planted firmly in cheek. Either way, it's time these old washed up film directors put themselves out to pasture!

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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bill t

A dracula movie that sort of goes all over the place, bringing us characters that we see only briefly before they're killed off, shoddy special effects, and yes, Rutger Hauer apparently there for the paycheck. I really can't decide which is worse.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Thomas Kretschmann

Dracula

Marta Gastini

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Peter Sobczynski

RogerEbert.com

As he did with his adaptation of "Phantom of the Opera," Argento offers up a version that plays like a choppy condensation based on hazy memories of the book, then augments it with nudity and gore.

Rated: 2/4

Oct 4, 2013

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Neil Genzlinger

New York Times

When insects are the best thing in your movie, it's probably time to retire.

Rated: 1/5

Oct 3, 2013

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Mark Olsen

Los Angeles Times

Argento ... brings enough moments of kinky madness to his not-great "Dracula" to indicate there may yet be greatness lurking within him. Here's hoping.

Rated: 2.5/5

Oct 3, 2013

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Mike Thorn

Vague Visages

I will not go so far as to say that I understand Dracula 3D, not even close, but I know that its sensibility effectively absorbed me. When it comes to the works of Dario Argento, that is all I have come to expect on a first viewing.

Mar 25, 2024

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Emiliano Basile

EscribiendoCine

If we consider that some of the embellishments taken are intentional and used to recapture the look of European films of yonder, we can enjoy the film for its nostalgic touches without taking it too seriously. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 6/10

Apr 7, 2023

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Scott Weinberg

TheHorrorShow

Whether Mr. Argento meant this to be A) serious, B) silly, or C) a combination of both, the end result is, I'm sorry to say, almost completely unwatchable.

Aug 24, 2015

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Synopsis

Count Dracula (Thomas Kretschmann) wants to sink his fangs into Mina Harker (Marta Gastini), who resembles the vampire's late wife.

Director: Dario Argento
Screenwriter: Dario Argento, Enrique Cerezo, Stefano Piani, Antonio Tentori
Distributor: IFC Films
Production Co: Les Films de l'Astre
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 4, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 29, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.1K
Runtime: 1h 46m

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