He was evidently only trying to make fun of horror films, forgetting that horror films, played straight, are now more often funny -- unconsciously to -- than horrible.
– Bosley Crowther,
New York Times,
9 May 2005
rotten:
Messy vampire spoof-cum-homage to Hammer, which doesn't really come off on either count.
– Tom Milne,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006
rotten:
Nobody laughed.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
18 Jun 2009
fresh:
The film amiably runs through all the standbys associated with vampire movies, putting a personal and goofy spin on most of them.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
19 Oct 2009
fresh:
Ferdy Mayne is the menacing Dracula, and Sharon Tate, lady in question, looks particularly nice in her bath.