Franco's heart may have been in the right place and he did stick to Stoker's version mostly but the man just is not a a good director. If it were not for the talents of Lee and Lom this whole thing would have never made distribution.
Kinski may as well as not have been in the movie, as his abilities were so underutilized.
The female leads were as wooden as Pinochio.
Technically there were lots of day-for-night mix-ups and the neat locations were wasted with lousy camera angles.
Speaking of camera angles there weren't a whole lot of them. The wonderful faces of Lee, Lom and Kinski get a one dimensional treatment.
I cant' recommend this film to anyone except someone who HAS to see every horror film Christopher Lee was in.
Kinski may as well as not have been in the movie, as his abilities were so underutilized.
The female leads were as wooden as Pinochio.
Technically there were lots of day-for-night mix-ups and the neat locations were wasted with lousy camera angles.
Speaking of camera angles there weren't a whole lot of them. The wonderful faces of Lee, Lom and Kinski get a one dimensional treatment.
I cant' recommend this film to anyone except someone who HAS to see every horror film Christopher Lee was in.