Bram Stoker's Dracula: Movie Review, DVD Review, Blu-ray disc Review (2007)
Francis Ford Coppola's beautifully shot, overly long horror movie sucks in a good way.
Now out on Blu-ray disc, the film is one of the best-looking yet in the high-definition format, with Michael Ballhaus moody cinematography, Thomas Sander's Gothic set design and Michele Burke's makeup coming into grisly, atmospheric focus.
Gary Oldman's Count Dracula is an undead, hissing showboat, while Sir Anthony Hopkins kicks restraint to the curb and robustly tackles the role of Van Helsing.
Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder and Sadie Frost linger in the moonlight, with the movie plunging itself so often into camp, it never really is scary. Instead, it's just happy just to entertain, lapping up whatever blood it spills--and allowing Tom Waits to feast upon every insect he can find.
Rated R. Grade: B+
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