Good movie to watch for the dracula story another masterpiece from director good cinematography and good music.
4 Reviews
Nice movie on dracula
dy3849316 February 2020
Atmospheric but characterless.
parry_na13 July 2018
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Self-funded by director Emilio Schargorodsky, this fusion of Bram Stoker's Dracula and Edgar Allan Poe's lesser known poem 'Spirits of the Dead', stars Javier Caffarena as the Count. Caffarena also co-writes, produces and provides the musical score for this. Such a labour of love is commendable, as is the laudable acknowledgement of inspiration Jess Franco (who is interviewed on this DVD) and Nosferatu.
As such, it genuinely pains me not to find much to like here. The locations are excellent, and filmed to show their every advantage. The dubbing from Spanish to English, however, is variable - every line uttered by Dracula is delivered in exactly the same style of 'portent of doom' apocalyptic growl which becomes deeply irritating, risible even, very quickly. The Count speaks this way *all the time*. I should point out that I don't have a problem with dubbing generally, nor do I find it unreasonable when the lines are not matched with the actor's delivery: after all, the very nature of dubbing is to translate a foreign language.
Paul Lapidus is slightly more convincing as Van Helsing, and actress/model Nathalie Legosles dons the blank-eyed vampire contact lenses with aplomb, but doesn't get the opportunity to do much else. The dialogue is without any character whatsoever, simply perfunctory exposition, and some of it is drowned out - especially early on - in Caffarena's exuberant filmic score, a score that attempts to add menace to scenes in which often, nothing much happens.
In the extras, a very aged Jess Franco's exuberant words about 'Apostle of Dracula' show him more positive about a filmed work than I ever remember seeing. And while there are some good moments in the film (amongst which are clever sequences involving shadows, and interesting use of some familiar looking portraits) it is ultimately, I'm very sorry to say, a bit of a chore.
As such, it genuinely pains me not to find much to like here. The locations are excellent, and filmed to show their every advantage. The dubbing from Spanish to English, however, is variable - every line uttered by Dracula is delivered in exactly the same style of 'portent of doom' apocalyptic growl which becomes deeply irritating, risible even, very quickly. The Count speaks this way *all the time*. I should point out that I don't have a problem with dubbing generally, nor do I find it unreasonable when the lines are not matched with the actor's delivery: after all, the very nature of dubbing is to translate a foreign language.
Paul Lapidus is slightly more convincing as Van Helsing, and actress/model Nathalie Legosles dons the blank-eyed vampire contact lenses with aplomb, but doesn't get the opportunity to do much else. The dialogue is without any character whatsoever, simply perfunctory exposition, and some of it is drowned out - especially early on - in Caffarena's exuberant filmic score, a score that attempts to add menace to scenes in which often, nothing much happens.
In the extras, a very aged Jess Franco's exuberant words about 'Apostle of Dracula' show him more positive about a filmed work than I ever remember seeing. And while there are some good moments in the film (amongst which are clever sequences involving shadows, and interesting use of some familiar looking portraits) it is ultimately, I'm very sorry to say, a bit of a chore.
Dracula reworking without a budget
Leofwine_draca13 July 2017
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Apostle of Dracula is a very low rent indie horror flick that attempts to breathe new life into the Dracula legend. It was shot in Spain on a minimal budget so don't go expecting anything in the way of quality here; it's pure nonsense for the most part. The film does start off promisingly enough with an amnesic woman waking up on a yacht, but once the hammy Van Helsing enters the frame it all falls apart and devolves into a dingy chore to sit through. The staging is quite laughable.
Princess of the Shadows
nogodnomasters16 April 2018
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A woman at a European disco gets picked up and finds herself going back to the past when she sleeps to a small remote castle with a guy named Dracula and a couple guys are out to give him some wood.
This is a very poorly dubbed Spanish film. Imagine if Rene Perez wanted to make the worst Dracula film ever. It was at times so bad it was laughable like the hammer scene. I didn't know Renfield responded to a cross. Wasn't he human? There was also some very boring monologue. Dialogue was poor as was the acting, script, and direction. Low budget Spanish bomb.
Guide: sex and nudity (Nathalie Legosles)
This is a very poorly dubbed Spanish film. Imagine if Rene Perez wanted to make the worst Dracula film ever. It was at times so bad it was laughable like the hammer scene. I didn't know Renfield responded to a cross. Wasn't he human? There was also some very boring monologue. Dialogue was poor as was the acting, script, and direction. Low budget Spanish bomb.
Guide: sex and nudity (Nathalie Legosles)
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