Dracula
1-2 Special | Release Date: October 29, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
The Daily BeastNick SchagerOct 28, 2025
A raucous mélange of the demented and the degrading, indulging in the very garish, grotesque, X-rated madness it condemns. Read full review
83
IndieWireDavid EhrlichAug 20, 2025
Radu Jude’s gleefully stupid Dracula proves much too expansive — and much too invested in the centuries of barbarism that paved the way toward Silicon Valley — to be misunderstood as a simple rebuke against the grotesqueries of algorithmic image-making. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comKatie RifeSep 26, 2025
The overall effect is as if you fed a book of bawdy medieval verse to ChatGPT, which is perfectly in line with the film’s most provocative aspect. Read full review
70
Next Best PictureJack HewittMay 22, 2026
Jude forces us into discomfort, looping cultural critique into grotesque comedy. If he intended to hold a mirror to the digital age’s self-destructive behaviors, sucking identity, myth, even creativity into an algorithmic blender, “Dracula” surely succeeds. It’s rattling, ridiculous, and in its own way, wholly necessary, though not always sustainable over its nearly three hours of absurdity. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawApr 7, 2026
It sometimes seems as if each Jude film is almost to be viewed once only; if you press play again, or go to the cinema to see it a second time, there will be only a blank screen, as if Jude and his ragged company have folded their tents and vanished. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleNov 1, 2025
As often as you may be tickled by its fanged silliness, you’ll also be drained. Read full review
50
The RevealScott TobiasNov 4, 2025
It’s fitfully inspired in stretches, as Jude runs various creative scenarios through a mirthless AI generator, but as a viewer, being inundated with crap still hurts, even when there’s a satirical purpose. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineDavid RobbAug 19, 2025
As Dracula wears on, its lack of focus starts to grate, while Radu Jude’s deployment of profane, disreputable dialogue and imagery starts to resemble a stylistic tic more than a genuine affront to his audience’s sensibilities. Read full review
40
The New York TimesManohla DargisOct 30, 2025
Jude is an interesting, admirably unorthodox filmmaker who likes to push his viewers. Here, he simply punishes us. Read full review
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