Admirable film.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

This movie has a lot of rough edges and no decent climax. Kinski as Dracula works well, as does Isabel Adjani as Lucy. But the blocking of the camera is amateurish, the perspective is confused, and worst of all, it's the only vampire movie that doesn't scare anyone. (Oh by the way, if you are on the way to driving a stake into a vampire's heart, don't appear in the next scene with the stake in your hand; you are supposed to leave it in.)Herzog has said that this movie was an attempt to show the highest values of his own culture. I have no idea whether he succeeded, but as a movie, this is a failure.

I realize that I don't have many remakes as some of my favorite movies. I feel kind of bad for not remembering the original 1922 movie that well, because it is one of my favorite silent movies. It's just great to see a new version of this story without any need to update it. Well, it wouldn't work out any way because they simply didn't change the time that it took place. It's great to see everything being kept from the original movie and seeing it in color. It's still not quite as good as the original, probably because the original just broke so much new ground for cinema in general.This is quite faithful to the original movie as best as I can remember. The atmosphere is just beautiful here. The weird thing is that in the original half hour, it comes off as kind of clichéd. It's not until Nosferatu appears that the film really gets its own style. I realize that even back then, the film was great because it really did show off a unique style and a great setting even if the story itself wasn't that original. Now, he was referred to as Dracula in this version and not Nosferatu or Count Orlock. It doesn't matter because it's a great movie whatever his name is. ****

The original 'Nosferatu (1922)' remains one of the greatest early films. However, possibly feeling that some aficionados might be put off by the understandably scratchy quality, German director Werner Herzog set about recreating the atmosphere original.For the pivotal character of Dracula, or Count Orlok, Herzog cast his friend, the mighty Klaus Kinski, who brings an incredible haunted intensity to a role that seemed to be made for him. Whether staring longingly at Harker's bleeding hand, or his bride Lucy, or snapping into inhuman speed due to his blood-lust, Kinski shines like a beacon in every single scene. It truly is an unearthly performance, he is probably the creepiest vampire of them all.There were two versions shot of this; an English and a German version. Perhaps because English is not the actors' native tongue, only Kinski emerges with a believable performance. Other members of the cast do well to sustain the slightly 'removed' atmosphere vital to such a dreamlike horror, but the acting does occasionally stray into wooden territory.And yet everything else is wonderfully ethereal. Harker's journey, Dracula's arrival by boat at the Varna seaport, the infestation of plague rats, the vibrant but desolate town, the choice of location and architecture … all these things come together to make a truly spooky film. Happily, the ending doesn't strive to placate the viewer, as Harker – one of the few survivors of the story – begins to look a little unwell.

(84%) Without doubt one of the better Dracula based movies ever put to film. It's certainly up there with Universal's classic, Hammer's, or pretty much anything else, even Blade 3. The opening is one of out and out horror with really hideous looking deformed mummified corpses that marks one of the sharpest descents into terror ever, but thankfully for the squeamish there's some footage of fluffy kittens playing to balance out the dread. This follows the actual Dracula story quite well, and like the novel the best part is Jonathan Harker making his way toward the count and his grim fate. Klaus Kinski's is superb as the foul monster, and even though I found him very amusing in parts there's still something very creepy about the design. The stunning Isabelle Adjani is also fantastic as Lucy Harker who fits the role better than anyone else could. The only issue here is the fact that this is at its best in the first half, while the second is just not as strong, but overall this is a must-watch for all followers of Dracula: the dirty old man.