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Bram Stokers Dracula

BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA and indeed parts of it, like Murnau’s NOSFERATU (1922), are extremely loyal to the spirit and reality of the novel. But in his zeal to express his profound respect for the medium Coppola also bows to Browning and Lugosi.

Gary Oldman plays the title role (fiercely, tenderly, howlingly) in two stages, first as a wizened, pasty-faced, bouffant-coiffed, satin-robed nobleman (the Murnau/Schreck vision) and later as a dandified, well-heeled aristo-about-town (the Lugosi influence). Using Victorian England, a veritable hothouse of repressed carnality, as the main backdrop, Coppola makes this the most sexualized, eroticized vampire movie in existence.There’s so much to mention and not enough space so here’s the upshot. The movie is a treasure trove of technique and creativity. It’s a sustained, focused, cinematic tour-de-force). It’s atmospheric, exciting, kaleidoscopic. There iss boobies and there is blood and there are more boobies, enjoy!

Horror Rating: 3 out of 5

Boobies Rating: 5 out of 5