Fave movie, good characters

Rating: Null/10 (19 October 1999)

This is undoubtedly one of my fave movies. I saw this and then read the book. Obviously there were differences, but I was surprised how, in general, the film had remained true to the original plot. I thought the love story with Mina & the Count was a beautiful touch and added to the overall gothic nature of the story. Also, I think in the book we never discover the origins of Renfield - he was never a lawyer as far as I could tell and was merely a cruelly, manipulated lunatic. The film giving origin to this character clarified his significance to the overall plot. Beautiful, dark and mysterious.