Film Review – Dracula

Dario Argento isn’t the director he once was. With cult classics such as
“Deep Red” and “Suspiria,” Argento built a powerful brand name in
horror circles, displaying his gift for stylish execution with his
macabre imagination for murder. These days, it’s difficult to find
anything inspiring about his work, with recent output “Giallo” and “The
Card Player” showing faint flashes of life, but coming off labored, with
the helmer trying to revisit his past successes without the same
creative tools (I do possess a fondness for 2007’s “The Mother of
Tears”). “Dracula” is perhaps his weakest effort to date, a flaccid
retelling of Bram Stoker’s immortal tale of monstrous obsession, reduced
here to a filmed community theater rehearsal with Full Sail freshman
visual effects.
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