Argento's Dracula 3D

IFC Midnight | Release Date: October 4, 2013

4.4	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 14 Ratings

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DrastreApr 29, 2014

I once said that House at the End of the Street was the worst film of the century. I changed my mind. This movie SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This isn't just the worst film of the entire century. It's one of the worst films EVER!!

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A_So_Horror_FanMay 23, 2015

“Dracula 3D” offers a blended story that seems part classic Dracula lore mixed with Hammer’s own mythos for the Prince of Darkness. There is an obvious lackadaisical approach to Dracula story that begins almost in the middle, forcing the“Dracula 3D” offers a blended story that seems part classic Dracula lore mixed with Hammer’s own mythos for the Prince of Darkness. There is an obvious lackadaisical approach to Dracula story that begins almost in the middle, forcing the viewer to stay focused on this particular retelling of Bram’s story. There isn’t much that is recognizable and I found myself having to remind myself that I was watching “Dracula” because there is almost nothing other than the names that resembles the classic tale and the film shows more of a Hammer Film’s influence than Bram Stoker. It is a bit cumbersome in creating an instant connection with the characters, but I found myself very captivated by this story that it almost made for an original piece. The characters fall short of actualizing into multifaceted personas but I have always found that to be the case with Argento’s characters. The emotion and interactions to the situations his characters often face have always seemed sterile and robotic. It does very little to disconnect me completely from “Dracula 3D”, much as the characters in his previous material have not keep me from getting into the films. To me this is one component that makes Dario Argento’s style so Dario Argento. Either you like his film and style or you don’t.

The 3D gimmick in “Dracula 3D” has no baring in my review of this film. The special effects though is another matter. It was far too cheap to overlook. The sound effects and musical score for the film seems pretty cool, offering an expected creepy, haunting feeling that you would expect in a Dracula or films like this. For me, “Dracuala 3D” is standard Argento level story telling, take that as good or bad. This film is plenty bad, but at a cult / bad movie level with plenty material that will make the film good, at least for those of us who have no "decades built delusion" that Dario Argento’s work has been anything but bad. His films are tacky, fun, cinema-wasteland viewing. “Dracula 3D” is a film that, if you are only looking for some tongue-in-cheek, WTF film fun, you may enjoy- I did. However if you only have room for serious horror films that take the Dracula material straight forward then definitely skip this film, because it is more laughable than entertaining by that measure-but then why would you really be watching a Dario Argento film anyway?!… Expand

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JeBjBoOct 30, 2022

Wow... wie scheiße kann ein Film sein? Von den grauenhaften visuellen Effekten über die Beleuchtung und Kameraführung auf "Terra X"-Niveau (könnte auch aus einer Folge "Die Deutschen" entnommen sein) sowie das schlechte Schauspiel und dasWow... wie scheiße kann ein Film sein? Von den grauenhaften visuellen Effekten über die Beleuchtung und Kameraführung auf "Terra X"-Niveau (könnte auch aus einer Folge "Die Deutschen" entnommen sein) sowie das schlechte Schauspiel und das spannungsfreie Drehbuch. Kurz: Alles an diesem Film ist mindestens unterdurchschnittlich, einige Aspekte erreichen Uwe Boll-Niveau. Einziger Lichtblick sind der Song im Abspann, Rutger Hauer als Van Helsing und Thomas Kretschmann als Dracula, der sichtlich Spaß an dieser Pornoparodie ohne Porno hatte. Selbst als Trash-Unterhaltung für einen Bier-Abend mit Freunden ist dieses Machwerk nicht zu empfehlen, da man vom sich immer wieder wiederholenden Score irgendwann eingeschläfert wird. Und das schlimmste: Regisseur dieses "Films" ist Dario Argento, Erschaffer einiger meiner liebsten Filme.… Expand

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El_FlacoNov 12, 2022

I cannot believe this is the same director of Suspiria and deep red, what happened to Argento?

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