Dracula
Vertical | Release Date: February 6, 2026 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
44
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
13
Negative:
5

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Film ThreatAlan NgFeb 12, 2026
Besson’s film is a magnificent achievement. More romance than terror and more faith than devilry, this film is sure to pull the heartstrings. Read full review
100
Original-CinJohn KirkFeb 2, 2026
The story of Bram Stoker’s Dracula is so well-known that it’s hard to find a new angle. That is, unless you’re Luc Besson and you go back to the book’s inspiration, and present Dracula as a lost soul in need of forgiveness and redemption. And, refreshingly, that’s exactly what you get in this film. Read full review
63
The Associated PressJocelyn NoveckFeb 4, 2026
Unlike Robert Eggers’ 2024 “Nosferatu,” which was beautiful but bleak to look at and featured an ugly, fearsome vampire, Besson imbues his main character with a swashbuckling sexiness that suits his star’s craggy appeal. Read full review
60
IGNEric GoldmanFeb 10, 2026
On the heels of several other Dracula-based films in very recent memory, Luc Besson’s take on the story doesn't do enough to set itself apart, despite its fair share of weird comedic moments. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawFeb 4, 2026
Perhaps there is no great enthusiasm out there for a new version of Dracula from Luc Besson, the French maestro of glossiness and bloat. And yet it has to be said: his lavishly upholstered vampire romance has ambition and panache – and in all its Hammer-y cheesiness, I’m not sure I wouldn’t prefer to it to Robert Eggers’s recent, solemnly classy version of Nosferatu. Read full review
60
ColliderAidan KelleyFeb 4, 2026
Luc Besson's Dracula is weird. Really weird, borderline nonsensical at certain points. That being said, its great take on its title character is enough to call this one of the Leon: The Professional and The Fifth Element filmmaker's strongest in recent years. It takes a lot of swings, and while not all of them hit, it nails the stake in the heart of what makes this story so timeless and special. Read full review
50
Wall Street JournalKyle SmithFeb 10, 2026
Lush romanticism, bloody action and a certain winking distance from the material keep Mr. Besson’s picture vivid if not quite compelling. Read full review
50
The Travers TakePeter TraversFeb 6, 2026
The bloodsucking Count is back again, but this time in a strangely bloodless love story that even wickedly seductive fangboy Caleb Landry Jones can’t save from the cliché stockpile. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneKatie WalshFeb 6, 2026
Maybe every filmmaker should make their own Dracula — it’s a text that certainly can be quite illuminating Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyFeb 6, 2026
Besson doesn’t build up the romantic emotion he apparently aspires to with his efforts, but “Dracula” gets by on the power of his (and Landry’s) conviction. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliFeb 5, 2026
If the legend of Dracula has become tired through overuse, there is certainly nothing in this iteration to grant the old Count a new lease on life. Read full review
50
The New York TimesChris AzzopardiFeb 5, 2026
The movie’s intermittent flippancy is its lifeblood, with Christoph Waltz’s cheeky vampire hunter delighting even when he seems to be off doing his own thing. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerFeb 4, 2026
Cheese and kitsch, with smatterings of blood and decapitated heads, are all on the menu in Dracula, which is a watchable if totally ludicrous version of the Stoker story. At best, the movie is another showcase for the always-interesting-to-watch Caleb Landry Jones. Read full review
45
The Daily BeastNick SchagerFeb 4, 2026
Just a pale imitation of scarier bloodsuckers gone by. Read full review
40
The RevealScott TobiasFeb 13, 2026
Besson seems more at home making pop art than gothic tragedy, but the neither-here-nor-there quality of Dracula makes it chintzy and unsatisfying on both fronts. In a word, it sucks. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerFeb 5, 2026
Call it what it is: Luc Besson’s Francis Ford Coppola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula, a copy of a copy. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreFeb 6, 2026
This Dracula is somehow somewhat better than the worst versions of the tale we’ve seen in recent decades, but a few bites short of adequate or anything approaching Coppola’s ’90s film or Robert Eggers’ gorgeous and stark “Nosferatu.” Read full review
38
Slant MagazineJake ColeFeb 1, 2026
Not even a typically scenery-chewing Christoph Waltz can enliven the proceedings. Read full review
30
VarietyOwen GleibermanFeb 17, 2026
It’s not as if we needed to see “Dracula” remade as a blood-soaked Valentine’s Day movie. Read full review
25
Washington PostTravis M. AndrewsFeb 5, 2026
Dracula is one of the most confounding, and worst, movies I’ve seen in a long time. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonFeb 5, 2026
It’s a train wreck, but certainly a watchable one that almost plays like fan fiction. Read full review
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