Dracula's Guest (2008)

Director:

Michael Feifer

Writer:

Michael Feifer (writer)

Release Date:

24 July 2009 (Germany)

Genre:

Adventure | Horror | Thriller

Plot:

Based upon Bram Stoker's short stories, Dracula's Guest follows the story of two young lovers, Bram and Elizabeth...

Cast

Amy Lyndon	...	Mrs. Witham
Wes Ramsey	...	Bram Stoker
Andrew Bryniarski	...	Count Dracula
Kelsey McCann	...	Elizabeth
Dan Speaker	...	Admiral Murray
Ryan Christiansen	...	Malcolm
Caia Coley	...	Mrs. Murray
Thomas Garner	...	Mr. Quartermane
Robert Smith	...	Johann (as Robert Ragis)
Maya Waterman	...	Shanty Woman
Stan Bly	...	Pierre
Robert William Madrigal	...	Dracula's Carriage Driver
Nino Simon	...	Herr Delbruch
Andy Parks	...	Conductor
Daniel Bonjour	...	German Captain

Also Known As:

Bram Stoker's Dracula's Guest (Australia)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for thematic elements and some violence.

Runtime:

82 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

North American Entertainment

No coffin! No blood! No acting!

If my students would have presented this film to me in a film class, I would have given it a B minus. Then, again, I'd be a pushover as a professor. Some of the shooting was beautiful and some of the scenes were interesting.

However, considering the budget of this film, the flaws were really outstanding. It seemed like somebody had set-out to sabotage this production. Why did Dracula appear in the daylight twice with no explanation? He should have at least had on sunglasses or closed the shades.

Mortimer, Bram Stoker's friend, is hung by Dracula in the daylight. By that time the Count had already gone back to Romania! It's illogical even by the standards of vampire standards.

Bram and the Admiral (traveling separately) go from England to Romania in 3 days. Impossible in 1890. The scene with the coachman being attacked by the wolf was creepy.

Both Bram and the Admiral separately locate the secret cavern below the castle where Elizabeth was kept prisoner. I cringed when Elizabeth gave them both almost exactly the same speech. Elizabeth came across like a snotty and rich high school cheerleader with an attitude problem.

Dracula looked like a Slavic wrestler and Dracula's Castle looked like a bank after hours. I was looking for elevators. I did like the work of the actor who played Bram Stoker. His Irish accent stayed consistent throughout the movie. But it was never explained that Bram was a budding writer who would use his real encounters with Count Dracula for a novel in the future.

Still worth a look.