Dracula: Dead and Loving It | | Cast : | Mel Brooks, Leslie Nielsen | | Director : | Mel Brooks | | Studio : | Warner Home Video | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen | | Released Date : | December 22, 1995 | | DVD Released Date : | June 29, 2004 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | July 10, 2005 | | Summary | Very Funny! | Content
 | Dracula Dead and Loving it is a funny spoof of the Dracula movies and I think it is just as good as Mel Brook's many other hilarious comedies and the cast is topnotch, especially, Leslie Nielson as Dracula, Peter MacNichol as Renfield, Steven Weber as Jonathan Harker and Amy Yasbeck as Mina and I'm glad that they finally put this movie on DVD and that I now have it in my collection and I now hope that some of my other favorite Mel Brooks' comedies make it to DVD and I especially hope to see Silent Movie, High Anxiety and Robin Hood Men in Tights get transferred to DVD! |
| Rating | | | Date | May 28, 2005 | | Summary | Better Than The Francis Ford Coppala Movie | Content
| I thought this was better than "Bram Stoker's Dracula" - 1992 it is a comedy that makes fun of other Dracula movies Including Dracula{1931} Dracula{1979} and Bram Stoker's Dracula{1992} My Favorite Part is where Van Helsing Played by Mel Brooks is telling Dracula about Vlad Tepesh and the Count Just Blurts out "They Had it Coming" for people who love Mel Brooks and Young Frankenstein Get it on DVD or If you Can Find it on VHS I would also Recommend "Love At First Bite with George Hamilton It is Just as Good Better in my opion |
| Rating | | | Date | January 02, 2005 | | Summary | i am drinking vine and eating chicken! | Content
| dracula...you have to love that guy and his chicken |
| Rating | | | Date | November 01, 2004 | | Summary | What a STINKER | Content
| If you are expecting the level of humor and parody ala YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, forget it! What a stinker. A total waste of time.
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| Rating | | | Date | October 11, 2004 | | Summary | "Give 'im an enema. It gives 'im a sense of accomplishment." | Content
| While not nearly as clever, parodic, or satirical as his cinematic masterpiece YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974), Mel Brooks' 1995 entry DRACULA: DEAD AND LOVING IT is nonetheless a humorous spoof of the classic Dracula films that horror fans will likely regard as a worthy companion piece to the comedy director's magnum opus.
The structure of the tight, well-written script for DRACULA: DEAD AND LOVING IT primarily borrows from that of the classic Universal flick of 1931 that made Bela Lugosi a star, but it also takes lots of playful jabs at Francis Ford Coppola's grandiose 1992 interpretation of Bram Stoker's classic novel and manages a poke or two at the Hammer Studios flicks, starring Christopher Lee as the eponymous count, that were popular in the 1960s and early 1970s. Fans of the horror genre or vampire sub-genre are likely to enjoy this film more than a general audience, as it requires that esoteric inside knowledge to "get" many of the film's funniest jokes.
The casting of deadpan comedic actor Leslie Nielsen as Dracula is a master-stroke, as Nielson's interpretation of a clueless count generates numerous laughs totally independent of the script's laugh lines, yet his performance also greatly enhances the scripted jokes. Also delightfully wonderful is Peter MacNichol's portrayal of the insect-ingesting Renfield. MacNichol does a seemingly dead-on (excuse the pun) impersonation of Dwight Frye's manic performance in the classic 1931 film, yet he also manages to adeptly parody Frye at the same time. It's a performance that has to be seen to be fully appreciated. Director Brooks himself delivers a few good belly laughs in the role of vampire hunter Van Helsing, Steven Weber (of TV's WINGS) is stupendously stoic in the role of Jonathan Harker, and Amy Yasbeck and Lysette Anthony round out the talented cast with their own combination of humor and sexiness.
Overall, the laughs in DRACULA: DEAD AND LOVING IT are more sophomoric and visceral-based than YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN. But even if Brooks' more cerebrally satirical sense of humor is missing here, there are still lots of laughs and the director's genuine affection for the classic horror flicks still shows.
The DVD from Warner Home Video offers a mostly pristine anamorphic widescreen transfer of the flick, and the cool extras include the original theatrical trailer and a feature commentary with Brooks, actors Weber and Yasbeck, and the writers who helped Brooks script the film. (Actually, this commentary is much more informative and entertaining than the dull, stoic commentary that Brooks recorded solo for Fox's DVD treatment of YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN.)
Note: This is a four-star flick for hardcore genre fans, but a general audience probably won't understand the basis for all of the jokes and puns. Thus, the three-star rating given by this reviewer takes the general public into consideration. |
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