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FortuneCookie
03/11/23 11:55:25 PM
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I like that they're using the 1931 Dracula font, and it is interesting to see Nicholas Cage playing Dracula since there's one shot in the original movie where Bela Lugosi totally looks like Nicholas Cage, but this just looks... off.

They're using toccata and fugue in d minor which isn't actually from Universal's Dracula. (It was used in Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde from MGM.) And they have a super-powered Renfield pulling off a bunch of John Wick/Upgrade/Matrix super-reflex moves in bullet time. Like, what does that have to do with Dracula?

I also have to nitpick that there's a shot of Dracula turning into smoke to kill a priest. He's supposed to be repelled by holy things, not have power over them. Regardless of your stance on religion, it's part of the Dracula mythology. This is like having a Superman trailer where he crushes kryptonite in his bare hands. (It may be justifiable if they have a reason why the priest is outside of the grace of God.)

It probably won't be as bad as the 2017 version of The Mummy. But this looks bad and not in an enjoyably bad kind of way either.
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