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Interesting and Mostly Accurate
"Bram Stoker's Dracula" is one of those films that reeled people in by making its audience believe that it would be an intense horror film. Instead, director Francis Ford Coppola stayed more true to Stoker's novel and put a focus on an intense love story that transcends time, the elements and even life and death. This naturally turned off many horror enthusiasts who would rather see a film that thrives on shock value rather than a movie that thrives on heart, brains and emotion. The film is naturally about the titled character, an immortal man (played superbly by Gary Oldman) who has turned against God and now lives through the powers of darkness. By the late-19th Century, the titled character is trying to lure back a reincarnation of his one true love (Winona Ryder) and of course attempting to eliminate all those that might stand in his way (Ryder's fiance Keanu Reeves and professor Anthony Hopkins most notably). Overall "Dracula" is an amazingly good looking film that benefits from high production values and guaranteed performances (mainly from Oldman and Hopkins). Coppola's direction is strong, but a bit overbearing at times and sometimes it is unclear what the tone of the production truly is.

Oldman steals the show here
Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves are (in my opinion) terribly miscast in this film. Their performances are wooden and unnatural. But Gary Oldman is worth the price of admission alone - it's obvious he takes great pleasure playing Dracula and does a great job. The sets, costumes, music and effects are all wonderful as well, making this a decent version of Dracula - but not necessarily a DVD worth owning unless you're a die-hard fan of the genre.

Horror Show that has EVERYTHING!!!!
Having viewed this first at the theatre, and then on video years later, I can state unequically that this is easily the best horror movie I've ever seen! And it was just as good the second time around! It even follows the classic book fairly well! The gruesome beginnings of the massacres of the infidels way back in the 1300's !From the ghoulish letters in 1880's London, and the stagecoach ride through the dark, misty, mysterious Carpathian mountains, into the Count's creepy castle, this is definitely totally genius filmmaking! All the actors have great roles, though Oldman as the Count has the top! Check out the brooding,shadowy scenes in the castle, the character transformations, especially the multi-charactered Dracula morphing into any numbers of truly weird personages. And the Count's trip in a rat packed/plague carrying boat to England, into his transformation as an unusual (!) foreign gent with a strange accent. Then the trips through the city fair and old metronome movie scenes. Possibly, the action fades slightly towards the end, but that's only in comparison to the first incredible hour or so! Just a total horror masterpiece!

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