A lot of fun, but wouldn't pay to see it

Rating: 4/10 (28 October 2019)

I love movies like this, but yikes, it had waaaaay too long of a run time. The inclusion of werewolves, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Frankensteins's monster, and Dracula himself made this the perfect inclusion to a list of spooky movies to see near Halloween. I had seen it many years ago on TV when I was a child and I loved it, although now I think that some of it was a bit boring and gross, especially Dracula's offspring. The addition of Carl as comedic relief was a bit unnecessary. If anything I would have like his character more if he were more intelligent and scientific. Also the ways that certain characters met their end didn't really make sense due to what they walked away from previously. Those complaints aside however, Hugh Jackman's performance was well done, the adventure and mystery of the story was intriguing, and the ghouls and monsters of frightful classics are always fun to see on the big screen.