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| Universal Pictures | Release Date: July 20, 1979 |
Starring:
Donald Pleasence, Frank Langella, Jan Francis, Janine Duvitski, Kate Nelligan, Laurence Olivier, Sylvester McCoy, Teddy Turner, Tony Haygarth, Trevor Eve
Summary:
In 1913, the charming, seductive and sinister vampire Count Dracula travels to England in search of an immortal bride.
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The new Dracula is a dazzler, a classic retelling of a classic text. From opening wolf howls through ominous, ambiguous concluding images, it sustains an exciting, witty, erotically compelling illusion of supernatural mystery and terror. [13 Jul 1979, p.E1]
A splendidly mounted and impressively acted version of the Bram Stoker classic. [09 Jul 1979]
Langella offers the best interpretation of Stoker's villain since Christopher Lee, and Badham's film, shot in England, gives him a classy environment to devastate. But the decision to create such a sympathetic vampire (especially alongside Olivier's hammy Van Helsing) leaves the film short of suspense, and so romance has to take most of the weight. As a result, it begins to drift badly at the climax.
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