Rotten
When insects are the best thing in your movie, it's probably time to retire.
Neil Genzlinger, New York Times
Overview
When Englishman Jonathan Harker visits the exotic castle of Count Dracula, he is entranced by the mysterious aristocrat. But upon learning that the count has sinister designs on his wife, Mina, Harker seeks help from vampire slayer Van Helsing.
Director and cast
- Dario Argento Director
- Thomas Kretschmann as Dracula
- Asia Argento as Lucy
- Rutger Hauer as Abraham van Helsing
- Marta Gastini as Mina Murray
- Unax Ugalde as Jonathan Harker
- Miriam Giovanelli as Tania
- Maria Cristina Heller as Jarmila
- Morgane Slemp as Inga
- Augusto Zucchi as Andrej
- Giuseppe Lo Console as Zoran
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
14%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Argento ... brings enough moments of kinky madness to his not-great "Dracula" to indicate there may yet be greatness lurking within him. Here's hoping.
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
Argento strands his actors in a variety of crummy master shots and close-ups that accentuate their every exaggerated gesture and line-reading.
Nick Schager, AV Club
Rotten
Some viewers will get unintended jollies from a gigantic, rampaging grasshopper; others, from the director's queasy-making penchant for unclothing his exhibitionist daughter Asia.
Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York
Rotten
Unfortunately, Argento never acknowledges he's in on the joke, nor is the film quite ridiculous enough for us to coast enjoyably on derision.
Zachary Wigon, Village Voice
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