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Dracula (1979)

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Average Rating: 6.2/10
Reviews Counted: 11
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 4

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Release Date: Jul 20, 1979 Wide

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In the late '70s, Frank Langella starred in the hit Broadway play Dracula, written by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston. Langella's charisma and the surreal, black-and-white sets designed by cartoonist Edward Gorey were the chief outstanding features of the play, which was otherwise undistinguished. While this film production of the play boasts performances by stage veterans Lord Laurence Olivier and Donald Pleasance, as well as Frank Langella as the suavest of counts, it was neither a

R, 1 hr. 50 min.

Horror, Romance, Art House & International

Directed By: John Badham

Written By: Bram Stoker, Hamilton Deane, W.D. Richter

In Theaters: Jul 20, 1979 Wide

On DVD: Oct 10, 2000

Cast

Frank Langella
Count Dracula
Laurence Olivier
Abraham Van Helsing
Donald Pleasence
Jack Seward
Kate Nelligan
Lucy Seward
Trevor Eve
Jonathan Harker
Jan Francis
Mina Van Helsing
Janine Duvitski
Annie
Teddy Turner
Swales
Joe Belcher
Tom Hindley
Anthony Haygarth
Renfield
Kristine Howatih
Mrs. Galloway
Sylvester McCoy
Walter
Gabor Vernon
Captain of Demeter
Peter Wallis
Priest
Frank Henson
Demeter Sailor
Tony Haygarth

Critic Reviews for Dracula

All Critics (14) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (4) | DVD (1)

This is sort of a Saturday Night Fever version of the story with a stylish, afro'ed Langella walking around with an open shirt looking for girls to take to his Castle Disco.

February 1, 2010 Full Review Source: Kinetofilm

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Brian Holcomb

Kinetofilm

Granted, it's staged and composed like Masterpiece Theatre.

April 21, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

The casting is right on target and the atmosphere fittingly eerie in director John Badham's suspenseful, handsomely-mounted 1979 version.

January 26, 2006 Comment

Chuck O'Leary

Fantastica Daily

Nice production values, but that's about it

November 5, 2002 Comment

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Just doesn't fly.

July 26, 2002 Comment

Scott Weinberg

eFilmCritic.com

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1979 saw a decent adaptation of Bram Stoker's classic horror/romance novel.It's easy to admit that this version of DRACULA is seemingly less popular and less remembered than the same-titled 1992 film or even DRACULA 2000; but this one deserves the praise it does not get.Though I'd have to say that without the

October 8, 2011