BEWARE

Rating: Null/10 (8 November 2004)

That was the original tagline for the movie, until "Love Never Dies" replaced it. They should have stuck with the first tagline, because it would have at least given some people fair warning. This movie is as unfaithful as can be. If anyone has even the smallest idea of the content of the novel, they will quickly pick up on the fact that this is far from being "Bram Stoker's Dracula". I'm certain that in the hundreds of reviews of this movie by other users, nearly every unfaithful scene has been dissected ad nauseum, so I will keep it short: if you are looking for a faithful adaptation, this is the last place you'll want to look. If you know nothing of the Dracula story and wish for a ridiculous interpretation to be vomited directly in your face (like Lucy into Van Helsing's) then see this movie. Horrible, horrible story.