The dramatized story of Dracula, looking at the historic events rather than the Hollywood version.
There's a reason just about every film you see of Dracula has him as a vampire or sadistic impaler. It makes for more entertaining viewing. This film purports to tell the true story of Dracula (well, it's in the title...) and while I'm not going to argue for or against or even investigate its accuracy, it's quite dull.
Really just a series of events sometimes tenuously linked, the plot is listless, unengaging and uninteresting. The story itself needn't have been dull but the writing is poor. In addition, direction is pretty basic and performances are largely hammy. Rudolf Martin is incredibly bad as Dracula and the supporting cast aren't much better. You know a film's a B-grade one when Roger Daltrey is in the cast.
There's a reason just about every film you see of Dracula has him as a vampire or sadistic impaler. It makes for more entertaining viewing. This film purports to tell the true story of Dracula (well, it's in the title...) and while I'm not going to argue for or against or even investigate its accuracy, it's quite dull.
Really just a series of events sometimes tenuously linked, the plot is listless, unengaging and uninteresting. The story itself needn't have been dull but the writing is poor. In addition, direction is pretty basic and performances are largely hammy. Rudolf Martin is incredibly bad as Dracula and the supporting cast aren't much better. You know a film's a B-grade one when Roger Daltrey is in the cast.