Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Dracula Untold

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 23% (Critics) / 60% (Audience)
Directed By:  Gary Shore
Written By:  Matt Sazamaa and Burk Sharpless
Starring:  Luke Evans, Dominic Cooper, Sarah Gadon and Charles Dance
Studio:  Universal Pictures
Synopsis:  As his kingdom is being threatened by the Turks, young prince Vlad Tepes must become a monster feared by his own people in order to obtain the power needed to protect his own family, and the families of his kingdom. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Dracula The TV Series (Episode 1)

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 52%
Directed By: Steve Shill
Written By: Cole Haddon
Starring: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Jessica De Gouw, Thomas Kretschmann and Nonso Anozie
Network: NBC

Synopsis:It’s the late 19th century, and the mysterious Dracula has arrived in London, posing as an American entrepreneur who wants to bring modern science to Victorian society. He’s especially interested in the new technology of electricity, which promises to brighten the night – useful for someone who avoids the sun. But he has another reason for his travels: he hopes to take revenge on those who cursed him with immortality centuries earlier. Everything seems to be going according to plan… until he becomes infatuated with a woman who appears to be a reincarnation of his dead wife. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Dracula

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA (Critics) / 78% (Audience)
Directed By: Dario Argento
Written By: Dario Argento, Enrique Cerezo and Stefano Piani
Starring: Asia Argento, Rutger Hauer, Thomas Kretschmann and Marta Gastini
Studio: Les Films de l’Astre

Synopsis:A young librarian, Jonathan Harker, is welcomed at Castle Dracula by the Count and a young woman named Tania, who seems intent on seducing Harker. The Count prevents Tania from biting the young man, but Dracula attacks Harker himself, leaving him weak. Harker attempts to escape the castle, but is killed by a wolf. Harker’s wife, Mina, arrives in the village and stays at the home of her friend, Lucy Kisslinger. Worried about her husband, she visits the castle, and falls under the spell of the Count. It transpires that Dracula has engineered their meeting, because Mina is the reincarnation of his long-lost love, Dolinger. Lucy also becomes undead before the mysterious happenings in the village attract the attention of vampire expert Van Helsing, who prepares for final combat with his deadliest foe. (Source)

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