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Originally posted by Gojira
Hi 42ndstreet why do you find Horror of Dracula to be somewhat dull? I still enjoy the movie and when I was a teen I found Count Dracula 1931 to be an awesome movie. But when I see it next to Horror of Dracula then the 1931 classic I will admit seems dull. Even though Horror of Drcula is still my all time Favorate Dracula movie the newer Bram Stokers Dracula in 1992 seems to make Horror of Dracula dull.
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I HATE "B. S. Dracula" anyway.
My beef with "Horror of..." is that it chooses to remove all the great moments from Stoker's novel and, worse, replaces them with nothing of interest.
And making Harker a Vampire Hunter not only makes an awful plot hole when he does not kill Dracula when he has a chance to.and instead moves away and stakes the Bride.
And llosing Harker as an 'innocent' loses all of the horror of his situation.
Harker is US. The reader or the viewer. We discover the horrors through him.
And generally I found the film lacked atmosphere (Drac's castle looked very nice, but had none of the decayed gothic atmosphere described in the novel) had a one dimensional dracula, was much to small scale and lacked something special.
I understand it's impact at the time!
OH YES. And the fact it was the first chance many viewers had ever had to see fangs and red blood was a plus then. And it's kick start of Hammer into the big time should be respected.
But the fun finale aside (LOVE THAT) it does nothing for me.