There are few films in the world that I can say that I truly "HATE."  This abomination is one of them.  I wouldn't even have minded it so much, if only they had taken the "Bram Stoker's" out of the title; the film proclaims itself to be the most faithful to Bram Stoker's original novel, when it is in fact a travesty.  Dracula's a drama queen who turns into a big hairy bat thing and rapes women, Van Helsing is a horny old creep, and Mina Harker actually falls in love with Dracula?!  Ugh.

It's strange; Francis Ford Coppola made three of the greatest films ever made with the first two Godfather films and Apocalypse Now (three and a half if you count the third Godfather), but aside from those his filmography has been pretty sh*tty, if you ask me.

Nice artwork!! I've been waiting for a 2 disc edition for a long time.

gnomekid wrote: It's strange; Francis Ford Coppola made three of the greatest films ever made with the first two Godfather films and Apocalypse Now (three and a half if you count the third Godfather), but aside from those his filmography has been pretty sh*tty, if you ask me.
Have you seen THE CONVERSATION and RUMBLE FISH? Also, ONE FROM THE HEART is one of the most magical and unfairly maligned films of all time (just IMHO, of course).

The lettering looks like it was made in Playdough

I don't like the stupid dog thing in the background, and surely they could have made Dracula himself look a bit more intimidating?

I actually really liked this film, but the version I have will do.

Damn, I was REALLY hoping this to was going to include the extended cut but it looks like the extra scenes will only been shown as deleted scenes, and I don't know if I like the new artwork or not, Dracula's armor only had about thirty seconds of screen time (I am talking with the helmet) and most of them were in silhouette so it hardly warrants being on the cover, do you think Gary Olman wanted  some sort of compensation for his face being on the CE DVD cover or something?

On a side note, I feel exactly as Wired Earp does....so many freaking great releases today! GEEZ!

The Curmudgeon wrote: I don't like the stupid dog thing in the background,

That's his armour, if anyone isn't remembering, from when he was alive.
I always loved that armour...

Best. Week. Ever.

Sam Spade wrote: One of the best versions of Dracula ever.

OH PLEASE!!!  Have you even read the book?  
Reeves 'acting' and delivery utterly destroyed the essential Harker diary readings and almost all of this had absolutely nothing to do with Bram Stoker's anything!
A huge Mina/Dracula love plot?
Wolf sex?
Bendy morphing Brides?
A dead poodle wig?
John Lennon glasses?

Must have all been in the unpublished, secret verion of "Dracula" as none of this crud was in the novel i read!

Acting that's as hammy as something from the local butchers or as skilled as your average school play with 5 year olds is the order of the day here as well.

Hideous turd of a movie.

Yeah, Mina's never been Dracula's love interest (or rather, object of desire) before...

The Langella 70s one was changed around a lot, if anything, that's the one to complain about, not this one. Lucy and Mina's roles were switched in the 70s one.

But I honestly don't get why everyone seems to hate what is the most accurate, faithful version of Dracula made, not to mention a damn good movie in its own right.

The cover is neat. The movie sucks (I never realized just how much until recently, when I watched a handful of GOOD Dracula films) but maybe I can rent the extra disk on Netflix.

I think I will hang on to my Superbit version. I might netflix it just to see the deleted scenes.

Finally got around to seeing this a few years ago.  I truly hated everything about it.  And that cover is probably the weirdest thing I've ever seen.  I liked the VHS cover art better.  

I'd choose to watch Mel Brooks' Dracula: Dead & Loving It over this any day.

Bouncy X wrote: if you hate a movie, why even bother reading let alone posting in a forum about it?  i just never understood those people..lol


Um, cuz it's a forum and people post their opinions, whether they be positive or negative?  Just a hunch...

Oldman and Hopkins are great in this movie but as a whole it was interesting to see Coppola's interpretation of this great novel.  My belief is that no one will ever make the perfect Dracula movie.  I've seen a bunch and some come closer than others but as whole most fail.  Someday I'm hoping someone will make the consumate Dracula film but it's been done so many times I wonder if anyone in will.

THE only reason I want this movie is because of Gary F+++ing Oldman!  I knew they'd pull this sooner or later!  C**p!  Oh, well!  This definitely looks a whole lot better than the old release that's out now.