The Worst Dracula Films
 

I've been a Dracula fanatic for decades, and with the new NBC series starting tonight I've been looking back over the history of the character in film.
We've probably all seen the great versions (Nosferatu, Lugosi, Lee etc) but with a character this old you can't help but have more than a few losers in the bunch.
So just for laughs, what are some of the worst Dracula movies/shows you've seen?
Here's just a few of my "favorites"

"Die Hard Dracula" (pointless, plotless and completely amateurish, but hysterical)
"Billy The Kid vs Dracula" (legendary crapfest. Just as bad as you've heard)
"Dracula vs Frankenstein" (oh, so bad. sad to see Lon Chaney jr and J. Carrol Nash in such crap)
"Satanic Rites Of Dracula" (Lee's last Dracula film.What a sad way to go)
"Dracula In Istanbul" (Turkish vampire film. Dear gods, what were they on)
" Bram Stokers Dracula" (I know, lots of people love this film, but I personally loathe it)
and my personal favorite:

"Dracula's Dog" (The name says it all)

I haven't seen "Argentos Dracula" yet, but I hear it's pretty bad.
I know there's lots more out there, so lets get the lists going!

Blacula...

Ha! You beat me to it!

Ahhh, how can you say that guys, "Blacula" is "GROOVY, BABY, GROOVY"....ok...it...sucks :D

I mean..."Drake". Jesus wept.

On a side note, how the hell does that shop stay in business? Two people working, no customers, middle of the day, music playing, fridges running. Their overheads must be ridiculous.

Dracula: Dead and Loving It
Van Helsing
Blood of Dracula's Castle
Dracula 3000

I'm afraid I have to call this film a guilty pleasure of mine. One of Brook's worst and it DOES have some terrible moments, but this scene gets me every time.

I forgot (mercifully) about Dracula 3000. That one howls at the moon, its such a dog.
As for "...Dead and Loving It", I have to agree with Ferretchucker, it's a guilty pleasure. Bad, but fun.

Ah yes, that's the one that goes with the Judas storyline, right?

EDIT: Scratch that, I'm thinking of Dracula 2000. Too many millennial Draculas...

Blacula is a great film, as is the sequel.

How about Deafula or SOn of Dracula (the Ringo star one)?

I haven't seen Spermula or Dracula Suck but I imagine they are bad.

There are hundreds of vampire movies if not thousands, and a lot of the zero budget indies can be pretty bad. I doubt you could ever make a comprehensive list of all the truly terrible vampire movies. If you are restricting your list to versions of Dracula, you might be able to, maybe. By the way, I don't think Blacula is that bad. Its swiftly plotted and the production as a whole isn't badly mounted, directing, acting, sets, ect. It's a watchable movie.

Dracula 3000 gets my vote! But honestly I think pretty much all Dracula/vampire related movies made within the last 15 years have been terrible... unless I've just missed all the good ones, of course ;)


Although I like the movie, I can understand the critisism that some people have of it (you're not the only one). Like all other vampire movies since, it's pretty much a "chick flick", it just happens to be one that this chick actually likes.

Agreed, it would probably be easier and more effective to make a list of good vampire movies as opposed to bad ones. It would be a lot shorter of a list too.

Vampirella (1996)

Rock legend Roger Daltrey plays Vlad of Draculon (aka Dracula) in the truly awful cable tv movie based on the classic comic book.Talisa Soto plays the title character. It's am embarrassment to all concerned.

"Dracula And Son" (1976)
-Christopher Lee

French comedy that apparently was heavily re-edited when released in American. My memories of this film are pretty vague, I only saw it once, but what I do remember, is really bad.Sadly, another Lee film on the list.

I've never heard of this film!

Many years ago, I used to belong to a group called "The Count Dracula Society" , the group was an offshoot of "The Academy Of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror" ( the folks who produce the annual Saturn Awards). One of the perks of being a member was seeing sneak previews of films. Saw a lot of great movies, "Dawn Of The Dead (78),"Love At First Bite", "The Muppet Movie" etc, all before the general public got to see them, unfortunately we also got to see our share of losers, including this stinker:

"Nocturna, Granddaughter Of Dracula" (1979)
a truly awful piece of cra...er comedy. Terrible acting, direction, writing, just awful. A sad way to see John Carradine and Yvonne DeCarlo. Avoid if you can.


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Blade Trinity if it counts

I liked Bram Stoker's Dracula well enough. The shots of Harker (Reeves) and Drac in Drac's castle we expertly shot by Coppola -- the Drac shadows, movement tricks and cinematography were excellent. Those really got my attention. And whenever I see Winona Rider's face, it's like smelling a rose. Basically everything else disappointed me a bit.

I thought Blade was fine. I think the director knew what kind of film it was, and did that well. I don't remember Blackula well enough.

I thought Daybreakers was surprisingly good. Good, as in entertaining and interesting; not as in a great film.

Dario Argento's Dracula

Phantoms Review: I honestly don't know what Argento was thinking of when he made this film , but, Dear Gods, this film is awful. Not an ounce of suspense or thrills. Acting that seems like it's out of a high school play (my apologies to high school plays, for the comparison) and some of the worst CGI FX that I have seen, outside of a Syfy channel film. This film is a shambles from start to finish.