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| Horror 100 No. 68 (New Entry). Although a little too over the top for some tastes, and as about as far from an accurate an adaptation of Stoker’s novel as any ever made, this is an amazingly vivid and colourful version of the “strangest love story ever told”. It’s graphic and nasty in parts, as you might expect from the man who made the ‘Godfather’ films, although it does retain the romantic qualities, ignored by countless version which portrayed the toothy Count as a senseless killing machine. Dracula, played with conviction by Gary Oldman, is seen in many different forms, from Vlad the Impaler look-alike to Wolfman. It’s his multifaceted performance that makes the film. Anthony Hopkins is only adequate as Van Helsing and Keanu Reeves is an odd choice to play Jonathan Harker, but Winona Ryder is beautifully cast as Drac’s would-be bride. Not quite as good as ‘Nosferatu’ (1922), or the two ‘Dracula’ of 1931 and 1958, but it is an excellent updating of a very filmable story (there are no less that FIVE version of Dracula in our top 100!). This '92 release inspired Kenneth Branagh to make 'Mary Shelley's Frankenstein' two years later. |
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