tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746502363551524682.post8594037314226075434..comments2024-03-27T18:40:05.920+02:00Comments on TSorensen 1001 movie blog: Dracula (The Horror of Dracula) (1958)TSorensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746502363551524682.post-37846385891681141262016-09-06T21:14:03.357+03:002016-09-06T21:14:03.357+03:00Gary Oldman is usually a perfect villain. Christop...Gary Oldman is usually a perfect villain. Christopher Lee I prefer in his later incarnations. I am not sure I have seen the 92 edition, vampire movies usually have little appeal for me.TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746502363551524682.post-86217832948282964172016-09-05T10:29:18.431+03:002016-09-05T10:29:18.431+03:00I agree the 1958 film doesn't stand out, I fou...I agree the 1958 film doesn't stand out, I found it a bit tame. Coppola's 1992 effort is my favorie adaptation of Dracula. John Van Eyssen was a better casting choice as Jonathan Harker than Keanu Reeves. But I prefer Gary Oldman’s Count Dracula over Christopher Lee’s.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09395044055566348346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746502363551524682.post-83513686585192851182016-09-04T15:35:13.292+03:002016-09-04T15:35:13.292+03:00I want Dracula to be sinister. I want people to be...I want Dracula to be sinister. I want people to be essentially helpless around him and I want something unknown, half-hidden. Murnau's version is all that. In Horror of Dracula Dr. van Helsing is too acomplished and we know it is just a matter of time before he catches up. A gruesome side of me would have prefered a resolution where Dracula unleashes an epidemic of vampyrism in the town so although he might fall the town is doomed. TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746502363551524682.post-27024002257859771242016-09-04T15:30:44.728+03:002016-09-04T15:30:44.728+03:00Yeah, I read your review and can see you take a ve...Yeah, I read your review and can see you take a very different position on this movie. Maybe I am just getting tired of vampire stories or maybe I expected more. The thing is this is not a bad movie, I am just lacking that thing to make it stand out.TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746502363551524682.post-65541988315087251312016-09-04T04:53:28.231+03:002016-09-04T04:53:28.231+03:00Thanks for the plug! I might go for this one over...Thanks for the plug! I might go for this one over the Browning Dracula which I'm not as big a fan of as most. (I liked your reference to the helpless special effects. I love those aardvarks or whatever they used instead of rats in the crypt!) My vote would go to Murnau though, with Herzog not far behind. marie_dresslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06334550550983418668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746502363551524682.post-81908108392110294562016-09-04T00:51:29.897+03:002016-09-04T00:51:29.897+03:00I'm going to disagree with you here pretty muc...I'm going to disagree with you here pretty much across the board. I think Lee makes a great Dracula. This is a guy who doesn't really say anything in the second half of the film, but he casts a massive shadow over everything that happens. In many ways, I think he embodies the original idea of the sexy vampire--he's not exotic, but he's still magnetic.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.com