In his search for the Lightbringer, Dracula crosses paths with a beautiful crusader named Alina who bears a remarkable resemblance to his murdered bride. One look at her and Dracula is immed... Read allIn his search for the Lightbringer, Dracula crosses paths with a beautiful crusader named Alina who bears a remarkable resemblance to his murdered bride. One look at her and Dracula is immediately smitten. Could Alina be the reincarnation of his long-dead love? Dracula has Alina ... Read allIn his search for the Lightbringer, Dracula crosses paths with a beautiful crusader named Alina who bears a remarkable resemblance to his murdered bride. One look at her and Dracula is immediately smitten. Could Alina be the reincarnation of his long-dead love? Dracula has Alina kidnapped and brought to his castle where the Beast must now try to win his Beauty's heart... Read all
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- Wrath
- (as Valentin Vasilescu)
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- (as Alin Olteanu)
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- Had no unnecessary nudity;
- The clothes were more appropriate to the time and more rustic;
- Women do not appear with a look from a beauty salon (much production in the face and hair);
- The younger actors seem to have left the Glee show.
The story became very different, it was not bad, just different.
The production is modest, within the available budget. Being a super production is not mandatory and does not guarantee a good movie.
The film has some good actors, yes. And it's easy to see who they are, the more experienced and less exaggerated.
To tell the truth, if you expect an action-packed movie about vampire slayer, then you will be disappointed with how crappy the choreography is. The fighting scene are so bad that I rather label it as romantic/fantasy than an action/fantasy. But the story is quite unique in the way it tries to explore the human side of the vampire rather than just focusing on the evil side. An of course there are romantic part of it that I found more enjoyable to watch rather than the rest of the movie.
To summarize it, watching this movie feels like putting a knife on my stomach, stab it in and slicing my stomach open as I make a horizontal cut. I've never committed seppuku before, but after watching this movie I know how it feels like.
I give 3 star because the romantic part of it are convincing, the story are unique compared to other vampire movie and lastly because the actress who play Alina is hot.
The fact that they can release this under the Dracula banner is almost an insult I guess. Especially when you think that really good movies had no rights to the name (see Nosferatu amongst others). But if you really have too much time and love those sorts of movies, I won't stop you from watching it. Don't say I didn't warn you (and you waved it away like all those traveling through Transylvania)
I liked it. That's not to say that it didn't need work but overall I found the story interesting. Again, it is low budget so you get so-so acting, shaky scripting and action that needs some choreographic help. I've seen much worse though. This is one that you just have to give it a chance to play out all the way and then make your decision as to how good you think it is.
Did you know
- TriviaLuke Roberts (Dracula) portrayed Sir Henry Norris in Wolf Hall (2015). Stephen Hogan (Renfield) portrayed him in Les Tudors (2007).
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- Drácula príncipe de las tinieblas
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- 1h 40m(100 min)
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- 1.78 : 1