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Dracula's Curse is a television miniseries directed by American filmmaker Roger Young, based on the famous novel by Bram Stoker. Set during contemporary times, the story involves American investment banker Jonathan Harker (Hardy Krger Jr.) who lives in Budapest with his Italian fiance Mina (Stefania Rocca). In order to secure a lucrative real estate deal of Carfax manor, Harker is called to Romania to visit the creepy Count Vladislav Tepes (Patrick Bergin). Looking to recruit more vampires, Tepes moves to Budapest and starts biting all of Harker's colleagues. Research scientist Dr. Enrico Valenzi (Giancarlo Giannini) tries to stop the vampires. Dracula's Curse was broadcast on Italian television in 2002. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

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Most helpful customer reviews   A better adaptation you will not find, Mar 28 2004 By  Gordon Ehrensing (Water Valley, MS) - See all my reviews    What can I say? Many have attempted it, but this movie is the first to truly capture the spirit of Bram Stoker's classic, Dracula. First published in 1897, this imaginative story has been told in such films as "Nosferatu the Vampire," "Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht," and "Nosferatu L.A. '02" - but never before with equivalent success. Furthermore, writer/director Roger Young has taken the movie a step further by maintaining thematic similarities between book and film while attaching a more familiar setting: the 21st century. When young American investment banker Jonathan Harker arrives at Vladislav Tepes's castle in Romania, he does so not in a carriage but a Porsche. When Harker and Dracula discuss business philosophy over dinner, the count slices their undercooked roast chicken not with a knife but an electric shredder. And when Lucy turns to Arthur and implores him for their love's sake to end her unworthy existence, Arthur rams her through the heart with not a stake but an automatic rifle. Obviously, a novel as dated as Dracula has been failing to reach modern audiences not in lack of adherence to detail but in consequence of such. As the first man to truly understand this, Young has produced the final chapter in a long history of recent Dracula remakes. Finally, directors can feel satisfied that the job has been done well and conclusively. Working with a limited Italian mini-series budget, he has done a marvelous job overseeing such an undertaking. Perhaps in another century visionaries will again need to reinvestigate the story of Count Dracula, but that is in the hands of our descendants, not us. Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   Excellent movie, Mar 28 2004 By  N. Fuller "fullersfield" (Arizona, United States) - See all my reviews    Since this is getting bad reviews, I wanted to share my opinion This is not the typical dracula movie, and I agree with the other reviews that the acting could have been better, but I liked this one better than Dracula itself. The "scenery" was awesome, and the players beautiful. It's worth watching just to look at one of the main characters over and over. I thought it had a great story line, and wonderful ambience. And though it probably was a lower budget film, it didn't give off the "b" movie vibe to me. This is definitely a movie I will watch over and over. Was this review helpful to you?