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You'll laugh until you die...then you'll rise from the dead and laugh again!
When a lawyer shows up at the vampire's doorstep, he falls prey to his charms and joins him in his search for fresh blood. Enter Professor Van Helsing, who may be the only one able to vanquish the Count.
Sierbahnn
Jun 16, 2026 · via TMDB
Mel in top form Mel can get misses, but this is him at his peak. The movie gets hold of the source material, injects the whimsy of Mel, and then pours on Leslie on top to make the best vampire-sundae you can imagine. The lines are flying, the absurdity seems logical within context, and noone is slacking. The effect-work, something which was never the focus, is also working well for what it is supposed to do, and with passable stunts and great music, this is pretty much the best you are going to get in this genre.
Wuchak
Mar 21, 2023 · via TMDB
**_Amusing parody of Dracula with Leslie Nielsen, Mel Brooks and Harvey Korman_** “Dracula: Dead and Loving It” (1995) is a Mel Brooks spoof of the Dracula story with the same fun style and goofy humor of “Young Frankenstein” (1974) and “Spaceballs” (1987). Unlike "Love at First Bite" (1979) with George Hamilton, the story doesn’t take place in the modern day, but is basically a silly redo of the first half of “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” (1992) along with bits from other Dracula flicks. With Nielsen as the protagonist, you can’t help but think of The Naked Gun movies. Meanwhile Steven Weber is effective as Harker and Peter MacNicol hams it up as Renfield. The presence of the stunning Amy Yasbeck brings to mind Brooks’ previous film, “Robin Hood: Men in Tights” (1993. Along with Amy, Lysette Anthony is a highlight in the feminine department as Lucy. Too bad her part wasn’t bigger (but it’s big enough, I reckon). The film runs 1 hour, 30 minutes, and was shot in at Culver Studios in Culver City, southeast of Hollywood. GRADE: B-
Filipe Manuel Neto
Aug 14, 2022 · via TMDB
**Nielsen has done better, but this movie is good enough to be enjoyable and mildly funny.** This comedy, starring Leslie Nielsen and intelligently directed by Mel Brooks, is truly good. It is a parody of old horror movies, in which Dracula is an aristocratic undead who lives off the blood of unsuspecting humans. The film is more directly inspired by the old productions of Hammer Studios and Francis Ford Coppola's _Dracula_, which was still recent when the film was released. The script is, therefore, similar in every way to the last film I mentioned. Nielsen is perfectly capable of putting up with the film effortlessly, with a generous dose of good humor, charisma and spirit. The actor is a veteran of cinema comedies and satire, we've seen him before in very funny films, and the actor does well here again. However, I can agree with those who say that the actor has done better works. In addition to directing, Brooks gives life to Van Helsing and is also resourceful and witty, with a relatively flawless work, but also without major merits. Much better than Brooks was Peter MacNicol's excellent performance in the role of Renfield. The actor is good, and he seems genuinely deranged. Amy Yasbeck and Lysette Anthony do what they can, but they're not particularly happy, because their characters don't really matter here. Being a film that takes place in the Victorian England, it is possible that Brooks gave the cast instructions to try to Britishize their accents. However, such an effort rarely resulted in any happy results, not to mention the jokes, who didn't always work well, with several scenes sounding overly serious or dull. The sets, as well as the costumes, are good enough, and I didn't find any major problems with the question of the historical period. The regular cinematography, the satisfying but not brilliant editing and the relatively lukewarm soundtrack complete the production values of the film, which is far from being really good, but it turned out to be interesting, funny and good enough for us to bear watching it again.
talisencrw
Sep 28, 2016 · via TMDB
Most probably my least favourite film, both of Mel Brooks (though I haven't seen 'Life Stinks' yet) and of Leslie Nielsen (though I refuse to watch any other of the post-'Airplane' and 'Naked Gun' knockoffs he's made over the years since), but it still doesn't deserve all the hate. It's STILL at least 50,000 times funnier than Lena Dunham's 'Tiny Furniture' (or about 70% of the so-called contemporary American comedies made these days).
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Amy Yasbeck
Mina Seward
Peter MacNicol
Thomas Renfield
Lysette Anthony
Lucy Westenra
Harvey Korman
Dr. Jack Seward
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Mark Blankfield
Martin
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Cherie Franklin
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Rudy De Luca
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Darla Haun
Brunette Vampire
Charlie Callas
Man in Straitjacket
Maud Winchester
Ballroom Guest
Sandy Johnson
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Matthew Porretta
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Dan DeLeeuw
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Bruce Paul Barbour
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Mel Brooks
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Bram Stoker
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Mel Brooks
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Rudy De Luca
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Dec 22, 1995
May 23, 1996
Columbia/TriStar Home Video # 80093 [VHS] 90 minutes
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