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Italian horror master Dario Argento sexy, gory version of Dracula doesn't follow the book very much (in this version, Jonathan Harker is a librarian, hired to put order to the old books of the count), but it is a watchable effort, reminiscent of the low budget British made horror films of the 1960s and 1970s. The most intriguing thing in the movie is how the 3d combines with the patently artificial, cardboard settings. The effect is eerie. Argento's direction is fine, though a psychologist would surely tell us why he would want to film his daughter Asia in the nude (she plays Lucy Westenra in the movie). On the down side, the acting is mostly stilted. German actor Thomas Kretschmann is Dracula; he has been fine in other movies, but he lacks charisma here as the Count (he has one great scene, though, taking on five or six people at the same time). Only the veteran Dutch actor Rutger Hauer is fine playing Van Helsing, though he appears only on the final 20 minutes.
score 7/10
Andy-296 28 August 2013
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