Dracula: The Original Living Vampire

The cast do their best with the terrible contemporary rewriting of the classic tale. The directing isnt much better than the writing but at least the production value and music are decent. Imdb still trying to force spoiler laden reviews with the new minimum character limit imdb still trying to force spoiler laden reviews with the new minimum character limit imdb still trying to force spoiler laden reviews with the new minimum character limit imdb still trying to force spoiler laden reviews with the new minimum character limit imdb still trying to force spoiler laden reviews with the new minimum character limit.

... the 'original' living vampire, not this pasty-faced newcomer 'Morbius (2022)!' From Asylum films, this 'mockbuster' set in designer-Victorian times, takes its title from the original Marvel Morbius comic strips, always subtitled, 'The living vampire.' There are some atmospheric recreations of Gothic castles and general Victorian-looking panoramas. I couldn't work out if they were model work, enhanced actual cityscapes or CGI, which is the whole point, I'm sure. The historical accuracy is loose at best but looks good, and the actors do a fair job of getting their tongues around some very olde-world dialogue - and fangs - and some very interesting things are done with many characters from the original novel - different genders, different sexual preferences and different beliefs. The result is very talky a lot of the time but features occasional effects that are pretty impressive, and ultimately, I enjoyed this.

What was Michael Ironside thinking when agreeing to be in this movie. Absolutely terrible. Horrible special effects. Terrible acting. This should never have been made. This is a insult to not only the Dracula story but also cinema as a whole. Avoid like the plague.