Argento's Dracula 3D Reviews
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TheDudeLebowski65
Super Reviewer
September 17, 2013
Dario Argento is one of the most electrifying directors in horror. Over the course of his career, he has made some stunning pictures that have remained genre classics. His style is unique, and he managed to bring such a creepy tone and atmosphere to his films that have made him standout among others in the genre. However in the last decade, he started to lose his touch, and that could be said about his latest directorial effort, Dracula 3D, which has the look of a low-budget, straight to DVD feature. That's not saying much. This is a painful movie to watch, and it is also a waste of a pretty good cast. Thomas Kretschmann is usually a pretty actor, and he's made some great films, however in the role of Dracula, he tries to elevate the lacking material to no avail. Rutger Hauer who I find to be fairly hit and miss depending on the part just doesn't cut it. Now the thing has bugged many viewers about this film is the laughable CGI. The effects are cheaply done and it's clear that there was no effort put into making that looks good. This effort is just lazy, and I think it's a great shame because Dario Argento was once a great director. I can't believe the man who directed Suspiria, Phenomena, Opera and Deep Red is the same guy that directed this crap. Dracula could have been a very good movie, if the script would have been polished, the budget was bigger, to at least make the effects look good, instead of making them look cheap. If you're a diehard Dario Argento fan like I am, you'll be very disappointed with what's displayed on-screen. I think that this is one of the biggest disappointments that Dario Argento has directed, and the only thing that this movie proves is that this once great director has lost his touch, and with each film that he directs nowadays, the quality suffers and he makes movies that don't even come close to what he used to make in heyday.
www.themoviewaffler.com
Super Reviewer
September 17, 2013
Some directors, especially those involved in the horror genre, just don't age well, producing one "Oh Granddad!" moment after another. There's none more guilty of this than Argento. I can't think of another film-maker whose career provides such contrasting quality from his early work to his recent turkeys. His last two films ('Mother of Tears' and 'Giallo') scaled new levels of ineptitude yet somehow he's managed to reach yet another nadir with his latest. Argento has sadly become a director whose work only a mater suspiriorum could love.
The story stays relatively faithful to the original Stoker text but, on practically every level, this is an absolute travesty. Shot on the cheapest looking digital format and employing matte paintings that seem to have been composed by a child, visually the film resembles those BBC children's productions from the seventies, but with neither the charm nor the excuses of that era. The CG on display here would look dated in an early nineties PC game, never mind a 2013 release. The terrible dialogue, combined with atrocious dubbing, makes competent actors like Hauer and Kretschmann look like idiots.
It pains me to slate a once great talent, the man who gave us nightmares with genre classics like 'Suspiria' and 'Profondo Rosso', but please Dario, retire. Oh Granddad!
Released in 3D in Italian cinemas, Argento's 'Dracula' is quietly hitting DVD and Blu-Ray shelves in most other parts of the world. Closely following the plot of the novel, Jonathan Harker (Ugalde), is summoned to the home of Count Dracula (Kretschmann) to oversee a real estate transaction. Once there he is attacked by the Count and a horny, and exceptionally busty, female vampire (the novel had three but I guess the budget didn't stretch that far). Harker's wife Mina (Gastini), it turns out, is the reincarnation of a former lover of Dracula. To combat all this blood-sucking madness, renowned vampire hunter Van Helsing (Hauer) must employ his unique skills.
Some directors, especially those involved in the horror genre, just don't age well, producing one "Oh Granddad!" moment after another. There's none more guilty of this than Argento. I can't think of another film-maker whose career provides such contrasting quality from his early work to his recent turkeys. His last two films ('Mother of Tears' and 'Giallo') scaled new levels of ineptitude yet somehow he's managed to reach yet another nadir with his latest. Argento has sadly become a director whose work only a mater suspiriorum could love.
The story stays relatively faithful to the original Stoker text but, on practically every level, this is an absolute travesty. Shot on the cheapest looking digital format and employing matte paintings that seem to have been composed by a child, visually the film resembles those BBC children's productions from the seventies, but with neither the charm nor the excuses of that era. The CG on display here would look dated in an early nineties PC game, never mind a 2013 release. The terrible dialogue, combined with atrocious dubbing, makes competent actors like Hauer and Kretschmann look like idiots.
It pains me to slate a once great talent, the man who gave us nightmares with genre classics like 'Suspiria' and 'Profondo Rosso', but please Dario, retire. Oh Granddad!
October 4, 2013
I mean, it SERIOUSLY looks like shit! What the fuck Argento?! Why the fuck tarnish Dracula's name with this fucking movie?!
September 30, 2013
Absolute crap. Just looking at the poster is enough to give me a migraine. Argento, I love you but you should know when to throw in the towel...
September 17, 2013
I didn't know if I was supposed to be afraid or to just laugh at the nonsenses showcased on screen, but well.... 1 star because it's Dario Argento, but god, does he have lost it!
www.themoviewaffler.com
Super Reviewer
September 17, 2013
Some directors, especially those involved in the horror genre, just don't age well, producing one "Oh Granddad!" moment after another. There's none more guilty of this than Argento. I can't think of another film-maker whose career provides such contrasting quality from his early work to his recent turkeys. His last two films ('Mother of Tears' and 'Giallo') scaled new levels of ineptitude yet somehow he's managed to reach yet another nadir with his latest. Argento has sadly become a director whose work only a mater suspiriorum could love.
The story stays relatively faithful to the original Stoker text but, on practically every level, this is an absolute travesty. Shot on the cheapest looking digital format and employing matte paintings that seem to have been composed by a child, visually the film resembles those BBC children's productions from the seventies, but with neither the charm nor the excuses of that era. The CG on display here would look dated in an early nineties PC game, never mind a 2013 release. The terrible dialogue, combined with atrocious dubbing, makes competent actors like Hauer and Kretschmann look like idiots.
It pains me to slate a once great talent, the man who gave us nightmares with genre classics like 'Suspiria' and 'Profondo Rosso', but please Dario, retire. Oh Granddad!
Released in 3D in Italian cinemas, Argento's 'Dracula' is quietly hitting DVD and Blu-Ray shelves in most other parts of the world. Closely following the plot of the novel, Jonathan Harker (Ugalde), is summoned to the home of Count Dracula (Kretschmann) to oversee a real estate transaction. Once there he is attacked by the Count and a horny, and exceptionally busty, female vampire (the novel had three but I guess the budget didn't stretch that far). Harker's wife Mina (Gastini), it turns out, is the reincarnation of a former lover of Dracula. To combat all this blood-sucking madness, renowned vampire hunter Van Helsing (Hauer) must employ his unique skills.
Some directors, especially those involved in the horror genre, just don't age well, producing one "Oh Granddad!" moment after another. There's none more guilty of this than Argento. I can't think of another film-maker whose career provides such contrasting quality from his early work to his recent turkeys. His last two films ('Mother of Tears' and 'Giallo') scaled new levels of ineptitude yet somehow he's managed to reach yet another nadir with his latest. Argento has sadly become a director whose work only a mater suspiriorum could love.
The story stays relatively faithful to the original Stoker text but, on practically every level, this is an absolute travesty. Shot on the cheapest looking digital format and employing matte paintings that seem to have been composed by a child, visually the film resembles those BBC children's productions from the seventies, but with neither the charm nor the excuses of that era. The CG on display here would look dated in an early nineties PC game, never mind a 2013 release. The terrible dialogue, combined with atrocious dubbing, makes competent actors like Hauer and Kretschmann look like idiots.
It pains me to slate a once great talent, the man who gave us nightmares with genre classics like 'Suspiria' and 'Profondo Rosso', but please Dario, retire. Oh Granddad!
September 17, 2013
Dracula 3D, loosely based in Stoker classic novel, tries to retrieve some aspects like the characters and lineage plot line like the novel will do, but knowing much better Argento, you know he always have something under his sleeves.....
Not only try to divert away from the plot of the novel but the scenes, plastic location, cheap VFX and bad dialogues, makes all the sense, why this film has never seen the proper light in theaters. Don't take me wrong , I really like Argento's work and Deep Red is one of my favorite horror movies but Dracula 3D is just an excuse that Argento can make classic horror monsters under his eyes but this one is not that case. Even the film tries enormously to bring some Argento's traditional film techniques like long shot knowing that a killing is gonna happen, some nude scenes and gory killings, it is not enough to consider this one a nice comeback for the master of the Italian horror.... All I can say, Mr. Argento go back with the witches and transvestites killers that fit very well with you, have a nice day!!!!!!!
When Dario Argento first announced his decision to make an adaptation of Stoker's classic, I was very surprise what he could beside witches and nasty serial killers..... Again, the impression after seeing this film, kill all that amusing and must awaited film that I was expecting for.
Dracula 3D, loosely based in Stoker classic novel, tries to retrieve some aspects like the characters and lineage plot line like the novel will do, but knowing much better Argento, you know he always have something under his sleeves.....
Not only try to divert away from the plot of the novel but the scenes, plastic location, cheap VFX and bad dialogues, makes all the sense, why this film has never seen the proper light in theaters. Don't take me wrong , I really like Argento's work and Deep Red is one of my favorite horror movies but Dracula 3D is just an excuse that Argento can make classic horror monsters under his eyes but this one is not that case. Even the film tries enormously to bring some Argento's traditional film techniques like long shot knowing that a killing is gonna happen, some nude scenes and gory killings, it is not enough to consider this one a nice comeback for the master of the Italian horror.... All I can say, Mr. Argento go back with the witches and transvestites killers that fit very well with you, have a nice day!!!!!!!
September 17, 2013
One of the worst horror films I've ever seen and Dario Argento's worst film. This could have been amazing but the terrible CGI, lighting, soft looking photography, abysmal performances, script and lame use of 3D transforms this film into a wreck. And to think I was expecting a Dracula film using the same color scheme of Suspiria, inferno or even Tenebre. Avoid at all costs.
September 17, 2013
Soit disant un maître de l'horreur... Dario Argento l'a été en son temps, mais aujourd'hui la "magie" est perdue... Un joli nanar digne d'une soirée sur M6, avec des acteurs qui récitent leur texte sans y croire, du fan-service avec des scènes de nu gratuites, du CGI en-veux-tu en-voila (et moche!), un Dracula pathétique, un Jonathan Harker inutile, 0 action et une fin baclée. Tout juste Rutger Hauer qui essaie de sauver le film, mais abdandonne à la fin ! 1 étoile 1/2 pour lui =)
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