A Dark Romantic Tale

Rating: 8/10 (16 July 1999)

I like "Bram Stoker's Dracula" just the same as "Interview With the Vampire", because they are both different in their own way. Anyway, about "Dracula", I kind of view it as a dark romantic film with a strange twist of horror. This film is kind of like taking the romantic elements of a William Shakespeare tragedy (such as "Romeo and Juliet") and adding a big taste of something dark yet beautiful, somewhat like you'd read in an Anne Rice novel. I loved the vampire graphics with the blood and the many looks that Gary Oldham has to bring his character alive. Winona Ryder's character, Mina, was second best next to Gary's. It was a really good movie!