I liked it but did not love it.

Rating: 7/10 (24 June 2012)

I grew up watching the original show and it was dark, spooky and mysterious, very Gothic and it sucked you in, so to speak. The movie did great with the logical idea of a victorian vampire waking up in the present, and the seventies was not bad, but the amount of killing done at a time was a bit underthought. The means of dealing with Amngelique was very lame, and the sex scene was something that never should have happened, along with the "client confidentiality" scene that did not belong in this movie at all.
I loved the house, but essentially the movie did disappoint in many ways. Barnabas appeared debonair, but foolish (organ scene) and if I had to guess, I'd say no one took the time to really study the original to get the atmosphere into it. Additionally Barnabas's issues over lacking a casket were very corny.
They could have used the original atmosphere and left out the silliness and had a better movie, and Barnabas could have been much more dark. At least they did not deviate from the original plot as the Friday the 13th movies did, one movie barely related to another. If there is a sequel, I hope it gets better.