Plot
Another spoof from the mind of Mel Brooks. This time he's out to poke fun at the Dracula myth. Basically...
Release Year: 1995
Rating: 5.3/10 (16,211 voted)
Director:
Mel Brooks
Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Mel Brooks, Peter MacNicol
Storyline Another spoof from the mind of Mel Brooks. This time he's out to poke fun at the Dracula myth. Basically, he took "Bram Stoker's Dracula," gave it a new cast and a new script and made a big joke out of it. The usual, rich English are attacked by Dracula and Dr. Van Helsing is brought in to save the day.
Writers: Mel Brooks, Rudy De Luca
Cast: Leslie Nielsen
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Count Dracula
Peter MacNicol
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Thomas Renfield
Steven Weber
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Jonathan Harker
Amy Yasbeck
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Mina Murray
Lysette Anthony
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Lucy Westenra
Mel Brooks
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Dr. Abraham Van Helsing
Harvey Korman
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Dr. Jack Seward
Mark Blankfield
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Martin
Megan Cavanagh
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Essie
Clive Revill
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Sykes
Chuck McCann
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Innkeeper
Avery Schreiber
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Peasant on Coach
Cherie Franklin
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Peasant on Coach
Ezio Greggio
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Coach Driver
Leslie S. Sachs
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Usherette
(as Leslie Sachs)
Filming Locations: Culver Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
Box Office Details
Budget: $30,000,000
(estimated)
Gross: $10,693,649
(USA)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia: Leslie Nielsen's wig when Renfield arrives at the castle and when Dracula goes to the ball was inspired by Dracula's hair in the beginning of
Dracula.
Goofs:
Continuity:
During the opening sequence with Renfield in the coach, we see a shot of the setting sun against a darkening sky, but when the camera cuts back to the coach, the sky is still bright blue and clearly daytime.
Quotes: Van Helsing:
Where did her blood go? There's nothing on the pillow case, or her nightgown.
[to Dr. Steward]
Van Helsing:
Can you explain zhat?
[looks at Jonathan]
Van Helsing:
Can you explain zhat? Dr. Steward:
No, I can't explain zhat. Jonathan Harker:
I can't explain zhat, either. Van Helsing:
No one can explain zhat!
User Review
Dracula: Dead and I'm loving it!
Rating: 8/10
Mel Brooks, one of my favorite directors of all time, he's delivered
some of the most memorable comedies: Young Frankenstein, Spaceballs,
The Producers, High Anxiety, Blazing Saddles, Robin Hood: Men in
Tights. He now brings us Dracula: Dead and Loving it, one of my
favorite guilty pleasures. I know there is a bit of hate for this movie
because a lot of people say that Mel lost his touch and this isn't as
funny as his older films. Let's face it, Mel peeked pretty early in his
career with Young Frankenstein, which is one of my favorite films of
all time, but everyone is naturally going to compare every film that he
made at that point with his greatest movies. But if you seriously are
telling me that there was not one scene that you didn't laugh at then
you need your funny bone checked.
The year is 1893, solicitor Thomas Renfield travels all the way from
London to Transylvania to meet an important client. As he nears the end
of his journey, the sun sets, and the stagecoach driver refuses to take
him any further. Kindly villagers plead with him to turn back, but
Renfield explains that he is expected. Renfield arrives safely and
meets Count Dracula, a charming but rather strange man who is, of
course, a vampire. Dracula signs the papers finalizing the purchase of
Carfax Abbey in England, and Renfield retires for the night. He wakes
up when two Brides of Dracula come gliding seductively in. Dracula then
casts a hypnotic spell on the suggestible Renfield, making him his
slave. Dracula and Renfield soon embark for England. He goes ashore,
leaving Renfield behind. When Renfield is discovered alone on the ship,
he is confined to a lunatic asylum. Dracula introduces himself to his
new neighbors: Doctor Seward, owner of the asylum where Renfield is
being held, and a believer in enemas as a sovereign remedy for mental
illness; Seward's assistant, Jonathan Harker; Seward's beautiful
daughter Mina; and Seward's ward, the equally pretty Lucy. Dracula
flirts with Lucy and, later that night, he feeds on her blood. The next
day, Mina discovers Lucy still in bed late in the morning, looking
strangely pale. Seward, puzzled by the odd puncture marks on her
throat, calls in an expert on obscure diseases, Dr. Abraham Van
Helsing. Van Helsing is convinced that Dracula is a vampire and that
they must destroy him before he gets to Mina next.
Dracula: Dead and Loving It may be a bit silly at times, but seriously,
you can't help but laugh. It's certainly a lot better then most spoof
movies today. How could you not love Leslie Nielson as Dracula? He was
so hilarious, but who truly stole the show? Peter MacNicol as
Reinfield, I can't tell you how hard he made me laugh, if one laugh
supposedly makes you loose 3 calories, I think I lost 15,000 calories
with just his scenes. Reinfield being seduced by Dracula's brides, him
trying to save Dracula's coffin on the ship from hitting the walls back
and forth, him sneaking under Lucy's bed sheets to peak at her, to the
ending, actually every scene with him is non stop laughs. I don't care
what people think, I'm not comparing, I think this is a very funny
movie and is just a blast to watch, if you don't laugh while watching
this movie, you're not invited to my parties, you party pooper!
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