A great Horror Movie

Rating: 8/10 (30 April 2006)

This is a great movie, not because I'm Romanian, but the gore, sensuality, and spirit of Dracula are meticulously crafted. Too bad it wasn't filmed on location, in Transylvania, but Copolla did what he could with the budget he was allocated. There are many factual errors which could have been avoided if more research could have been done. The language in the beginning of the flick is very cool. The Romanian spoken by the priests sound like long gone ex-patriots with clearly accented foreign Romanian. I have to hand it to Copolla for using a lot of the language though, something that is not evident in most Dracula movies.The chicks attacking Keaanu (nice scene)are pretty good examples in the Romanian language. I have the original on VHS, saw part of it on cable just recently, and had to rummage and watch my video once again. If you're squeamish, this is not the movie for you, it is tastefully designed to magnify the destruction that Vlad committed and has truth to that aspect. If only Vlad Tepes was alive today, where would he roam....