I cannot say I was immediately enamoured by Dracula: A Love Tale. As pretty as it looked, it did not grab me. But I endured, for 400 years, and found an element of interest…
**Warning: there may be spoilers ahead**
Starring Caleb Landry Jones (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, X-Men: First Class), Christoph Waltz (Inglorious Basterds, Django Unchained). Zoë Bleu (Gonzo Girl, Signs of Love), Guillaume de Tonquedec (What’s in a Name?, Shut Up). Matilda de Angelis (Rose Island, Italian Race), and Ewans Abid (Andor, The Last Rifleman).
When a 15th-century prince denounces God after the loss of his wife he inherits an eternal curse: he becomes Dracula. Condemned to wander the centuries, he defies fate and death, guided by a single hope – to be reunited with his lost love.
–Dracula: A Love Tale, IMDb–
Dracula: A Love Story Review Conclusion
I might watch it again: there were some beautiful moments in this Dracula movie, and the take was quite different than expected. However, if Dracula has no servants in the castle, is he spending his free time cooking and cleaning? Oh no, wait, the house gargoyles were doing it.
And I felt there were elements of Dracula: The Un-dead in this story, perhaps it was the location, the elements of theatre, or how certain characters were portrayed. I am sure I could not say for certain exactly what it was that made me feel this. But there was a flavour of familiarity that was not Dracula himself.
Leaning heavily into obsession, with a side of vampire and debauchery, the movie was -for me, at least- less than promised. And yet, the sets were beautiful, the music fitting, and the characters compelling.
If you feel compelled to watch it, then by all means, go ahead. I would not deny you the experience.
Writer, reviewer, and occasional chaos-collector -the kind who laughs through the plot twists and finds magic in the strange corners of storytelling. I explore films, stories, and the wonderfully weird… and yes, moths are still my sworn enemies.
