What The Hell Kind Of Movie Is *BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA?!* | FIRST TIME WATCHING | Movie Reaction

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  • Yall Wanted Me To Do A Bram Stoker's Dracula Movie Reaction, So This My First Time Watching Bram Stoker's Dracula And All I Got To Say Is What Is This?! #MovieReaction #FirstTimeWatching #Dracula #BramStoker
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    Bram Stoker's Dracula Movie Description:
    Count Dracula, a 15th-century prince, is condemned to live off the blood of the living for eternity. Young lawyer Jonathan Harker is sent to Dracula's castle to finalise a land deal, but when the Count sees a photo of Harker's fiancée, Mina, the spitting image of his dead wife, he imprisons him and sets off for London to track her down.
    Bram Stoker's Dracula is a 1992 American Gothic horror film directed and produced by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the 1897 novel Dracula by Bram Stoker.[4][5][6] It stars Gary Oldman as Count Dracula, Winona Ryder as Mina Harker, Anthony Hopkins as Professor Abraham Van Helsing, and Keanu Reeves as Jonathan Harker.
    Dracula was theatrically released in the United States on November 13, 1992, to positive reviews, though Keanu Reeves' performance and English accent received criticism. The film opened at #1 in the United States, and grossed $215 million against a production budget of $40 million. It was nominated for four Academy Awards, of which it won three for Best Costume Design, Best Sound Editing, and Best Makeup while also being nominated for Best Art Direction. Its score was composed by Wojciech Kilar and its closing credits theme "Love Song for a Vampire", written and performed by Annie Lennox, became an international success.
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  • @Engist18
    @Engist18 Год назад +222

    Get this. Coppola wanted Johnny Depp for the role of Harker, who can do a British accent.
    But studio interference said "no, he's not famous enough." We need teen idol, Reeves, for the part.

    • @juliafloreshernandez6854
      @juliafloreshernandez6854 Год назад

      His accent suck!

    • @Threeleebird
      @Threeleebird Год назад +11

      I think I read somewhere that Johnny didn't want to do the movie because he had already worked with Winona and he didn't want to do a project with his partner again so they wouldn't get pigeonholed. Also, Johnny was already a teen idol like Keanu after doing A Nightmare on Elm Street.

    • @viktorriquelme3735
      @viktorriquelme3735 Год назад +3

      @@Threeleebird and 21 Jump street

    • @Uroste
      @Uroste Год назад +3

      Huh, didn't know that. Would have been 10 times better than Keanu "most overrated dude ever" reeves.

    • @charlesderosas5577
      @charlesderosas5577 Год назад +1

      River Phoenix would've been a perfect choice in hindsight

  • @ForgottenHonor0
    @ForgottenHonor0 Год назад +229

    Gary Oldman was drawn to the movie by the line, "I have crossed oceans of time to find you..."

    • @jasong.5165
      @jasong.5165 Год назад +1

      Who cares. One of the worst movies ever.

    • @ColombianThunder
      @ColombianThunder Год назад +34

      @@jasong.5165 Disagree. It's weird and messy as hell sure, but far FAR from one of the worst.

    • @EmilyDickmesome
      @EmilyDickmesome Год назад +15

      @@jasong.5165 Objectively and subjectively untrue lmao

    • @AbsoluteApril
      @AbsoluteApril Год назад +6

      such a beautiful line

    • @sebastianemond5313
      @sebastianemond5313 Год назад +9

      I loved the parody they did of this on In Living Color, with Jamie Foxx and Jim Carrey.
      Ugly Wanda: "What happened to all that crossing oceans of time to find me?"
      Dracula: "I didn't know I was going to find *Land Ho!* "

  • @herewaskendra
    @herewaskendra Год назад +64

    He was able to transform to a younger version of himself because he basically ate the entire ship of sailors transporting him to London. All their blood gave him his youthful appearance. He looked all dried up with Johnathan because he likely hadn't eaten in a while

    • @mckenzie.latham91
      @mckenzie.latham91 10 месяцев назад +4

      Yeah one reason he wants to go to London was becasue there was no one left for him to feed on substantially anymore in his region

  • @chrisleebowers
    @chrisleebowers Год назад +197

    *This is actually the closest adaptation to the "original" version. Most of the story is exactly as Stoker wrote it in 1897. The movie added the love story at the beginning and the idea that Mina is the reincarnation of Vlad Dracula's wife and his final redemption at the end, but the rest of the story is closer than any other movie has gotten.
    *A lot of the lore we know was invented by Stoker for the novel. Traditionally vampires turn into wolves. Stoker came up with bats because vampire bats were a recently discovered species in South America.
    *The silent movie "Nosferatu" was essentially an unauthorized adaptation (ripoff) of Dracula. That movie invented the trope that daylight will kill them.
    *Coppola's idea was to do the whole movie low-tech, as if it were from "back then" ...Motion picture cameras and early film-makers existed in 1897, Nosferatu was made in 1922, and there was a surprising amount of trick photography and special effects knowledge already by the time it was made. Coppola tried to do all the visual effects old-school; double exposures, forced perspective, miniatures and puppets, and really only used one or two CG shots.

    • @wolfcorpse
      @wolfcorpse Год назад +4

      I still put the original Universal Dracula above this, Bela Lugosi IS king

    • @jimmykarlsson2567
      @jimmykarlsson2567 Год назад +4

      Yess i know, this is exactly how the story is.
      And it's perfect 👌

    • @Vooda88
      @Vooda88 Год назад +4

      Maybe it's somewhat close storywise, but the vibe is completely off

    • @jimmykarlsson2567
      @jimmykarlsson2567 Год назад +6

      @@Vooda88 the vibe is like a play from 1800s, just like it should be.
      That's way the movie was Oscar nominated several times

    • @Vooda88
      @Vooda88 Год назад

      @@jimmykarlsson2567 I mean in the book every major character starts either praying or crying every two pages, and I don't remember femail leads being basic hoes

  • @DanielGonzalez-wj9by
    @DanielGonzalez-wj9by Год назад +139

    Probably my favorite version of Dracula and it's actually I think the closest in accuracy to the novel other than one added plot point

    • @wolfcorpse
      @wolfcorpse Год назад +3

      Yeah but the boob head Dracula was corny, Bela Lugosi was the best Dracula

  • @shaunaray1
    @shaunaray1 Год назад +51

    Fun fact: Winona and Keanu actually got married during their ceremony scene by an actual priest, so technically they are still married. They talk about it all the time.

    • @SH-uy8li
      @SH-uy8li Год назад +9

      They joke about it because they adore each other and they're very close but there's nothing official, it's just symbolic

    • @ActionJackson1982
      @ActionJackson1982 Год назад +5

      I’ve heard that story and its stupid. Its not like he said “do you Keanu take Winona”. He would have used character names, so it doesn’t count

  • @joshuawood3055
    @joshuawood3055 Год назад +40

    So fun fact about this film the entire movie was shot using techniques from the time period to make it feel authentic

  • @c.b.barlow
    @c.b.barlow Год назад +51

    Apparently the wedding scene with Keanu and Winona was unknowingly a real ceremony.
    Killing a vampire depends on the Lore. Some say a wooden stake through the heart, garlic, and sunlight are enough, others suggest, running/holy water, complete removal of the head, limbs, heart, and then burning the pieces. Certain parts of Italy/Eastern Europe have buried bodies with a brick shoved in the mouth, and the limbs secured with metal stakes.

    • @reikun86
      @reikun86 Год назад +6

      Oh yes. The wedding ceremony was performed by a real Orthodox priest. I read that they had an annulment, but I also read that they are still married.

  • @cemarz
    @cemarz Год назад +69

    Ah, this movie has that old gothic charm. Interview With a Vampire strikes that same cord. Gothic, epic.
    From Dusk Till Dawn would be a fun one to see your reaction to. It's right up your alley. Unpredictable, weird, shock value.

  • @danielallen3454
    @danielallen3454 Год назад +20

    Coppola was *determined* to do this film with only old-school effects. He wanted NO cgi, which was new at the time and being used in Terminator 2. To the point that, when his production team wasn't 100% on board, he fired them, hired his son as Second Unit Director, and set about making sure that every effect was done in-camera. Every effect is old-school. Watch the making-of video, it's enthralling.

  • @vesbarrow
    @vesbarrow Год назад +15

    He should've been nominated but he wasnt. This did win for best makeup, costume design and sound editing. Hollywood never nominates acting in a horror genre.

  • @Moricant
    @Moricant Год назад +38

    The actress you recognised playing one of Dracula’s brides was Monica Bellucci, who ended up kissing Keane Reeves again in The Matrix Reloaded.

  • @SB0780
    @SB0780 11 месяцев назад +5

    This movie is considered a cinema classic, it won Oscars, its a pretty accurate adaptation of the Dracula book. It's also really well made.

  • @BabySpiegel
    @BabySpiegel Год назад +34

    I'll say this much about the movie: Winona Ryder was so gorgeous in this movie and I still don't know what I watched 😂

    • @nilesstark
      @nilesstark Год назад +1

      Winona Ryder was a freak in this.

    • @BabySpiegel
      @BabySpiegel Год назад +5

      @@nilesstark she really was! I kept going "Freak ass!" when she was doing certain stuff

  • @FeelinErie
    @FeelinErie Год назад +18

    Gary Oldman as the grey suited Prince Vlad... he would have NEVER seen me upright. Good GOD he was HOT as this character. UNASHAMED!! 💦

  • @herewaskendra
    @herewaskendra Год назад +16

    This movie totally changed my perspective on gothic art, melodrama and romance. Gary Oldman was my crush for so long as a teenager, when everyone else was all up Leo's ass

  • @esclad
    @esclad Год назад +47

    Always loved this movie. It's a love story with some horror elements. The music, the cinematography, the shadows, the silhouettes... it's art.

    • @wolfcorpse
      @wolfcorpse Год назад

      Boob head Gary Oldman and Keanu ruin it

  • @randyrocket4546
    @randyrocket4546 Год назад +8

    the real vlad the impaler was terrifying in battle as a fighter and his enemies did trick his wife into suicide which broke him emotionally they thought it would be the end of him but instead he only fought even harder with nothing left to lose

  • @KammyWalks
    @KammyWalks Год назад +40

    This is closest to the book and it's one of my fave Gary Oldman films. Keanu's accent aside, I adore this movie! Check out Crimson Peak for another Gothic horror. Brilliant cinematography 🙏

    • @merlyncharlesnieto
      @merlyncharlesnieto Год назад +2

      Omg crimson peak😭😭😭❤️

    • @reikun86
      @reikun86 Год назад +5

      Crimson Peak really nailed the gothic horror aesthetic that I love in movies. Reminds me of the old Hammer films.

    • @indiatastic
      @indiatastic Год назад +2

      Crimson Peak looked beautiful, i only wish the story hadn't been so prédicable

  • @agenttheater5
    @agenttheater5 Год назад +24

    Please tell me we're going to be getting Mel Brooks's 'Dracula: Dead and Loving It' next week - like when you gave us "Robin Hood: Price of Thieves' and then followed it with Mel Brooks's 'Robin Hood: Men in Tights'.

  • @TReynard11
    @TReynard11 Год назад +26

    A great kind of movie, that's what it is!

  • @Emmaforever
    @Emmaforever Год назад +5

    This is one of my favourite films ever.
    The book Dracula is basically a diary, the cast sat round a table and all read it before they started the filming. Basically so they could get into the characters, the book isn't romantic like the film.
    The paranormal things happening in the castle are also in the book.
    The blue flames at the door represent Draculas treasure. Elizabeta.

  • @Moricant
    @Moricant Год назад +13

    Your favourite vampire movie is Underworld, and you also like Van Helsing. Yeah, don’t think anyone’s going to argue with some Kate Beckinsale thirst, Mello.

    • @HuntingViolets
      @HuntingViolets Год назад

      I like Kate Beckinsale, but I didn’t think either of those was very good. They had the potential to be, but they went off the rails (to me).

    • @theitfactorjameswheezer2852
      @theitfactorjameswheezer2852 Год назад

      @@HuntingVioletsnobody cares about you

  • @NuriaSaladrigasLarroy
    @NuriaSaladrigasLarroy Год назад +7

    For me this is the best love story in a movie about Dracula. Very theatrical, the costumes are so cool, the music… I love it

  • @SandraMorris51
    @SandraMorris51 Год назад +80

    I saw this in the theater and fell in love with Gary Oldman (when he looks young btw)😊
    Pretty true to the feel of the original novel. Definitely over the top but loved Gary and Anthony Hopkins. Keanu redeemed himself a few years later with The Matrix!

    • @Haptophobic
      @Haptophobic Год назад +5

      Same. Gary Oldman love because of this and Sid and Nancy

    • @luludee1300
      @luludee1300 Год назад +4

      I was too young to have seen it in the theater and was therefore too young, I think, to see the appeal of Gary Oldman. I learned the error of my ways later in my 20s lol

    • @KIMKRIS1
      @KIMKRIS1 Год назад +3

      I love me some Gary Oldman...

  • @TheRscorp
    @TheRscorp Год назад +36

    I'm kind of confused did you not get that Mina actually was his wife that flung herself off the tower? Her in reincarnated form? Also Van Helsing was the priest who told Dracula his wife was damned in the beginning as well.

    • @denisenewton5107
      @denisenewton5107 Год назад +5

      I was coming here to say exactly this.

    • @HelloMellowXVI
      @HelloMellowXVI  Год назад +9

      No I didn't because she already had a man, they had their chance and it wasn't even the same woman. And don't try to bring in technicalities with me, that's not the same woman

    • @Threeleebird
      @Threeleebird Год назад +4

      @@HelloMellowXVI In the movie Mina is the reincarnation of his wife, but yes, she is not the same woman who loved him, it is just the same body

    • @xejelah
      @xejelah Год назад +16

      @@Threeleebird It's interesting to see how many people don't get what reincarnation is. She has memories of her past life. She recognized him that's why she said "I know you". That's why she was drawn to him in the first place.

  • @HarlequinWriter
    @HarlequinWriter Год назад +9

    This film is the most book accurate adaption of dracula to date and I love it for it!

  • @c.krueger9530
    @c.krueger9530 Год назад +14

    Well... This is Dracula's origin story. There some changes to the book - like Mina not falling in love with Dracula. And I guess it was changed for dramaturgy.
    I am unsure of what you expected Dracula to be like ;) Maybe glitter around him when he is in sunlight? XD

    • @HelloMellowXVI
      @HelloMellowXVI  Год назад +5

      No, I expected something to not be extra and make sense

    • @filmgirlLisa
      @filmgirlLisa Год назад +5

      @@HelloMellowXVI I think there are certain movies that are not made for reaction videos because while you're making a joke (you make pretty funny ones) you are missing key information. This isn't a surface level vampire flick, you have to get into it to get it.

    • @HelloMellowXVI
      @HelloMellowXVI  Год назад +4

      @filmgirlLisa watch my full reaction and you'll see me trying to understand. Just Because I showed you 30 minutes of 2 hour movie of me talking, doesn't mean I was talking every single minute. This was actually one of the movies where I talked the least, and I was still confused. This movie was not for me and there is nothing wrong with that, they were doing too much. And instead of you just Assuming, actually know the whole context first. I showed you what I wanted you to see.

    • @ogrechan
      @ogrechan Год назад +2

      @@HelloMellowXVI The only 2 things to understand about this movie is that Gary Oldman is awesomely over the top and the movie is a turd.

    • @c.krueger9530
      @c.krueger9530 Год назад +2

      @@HelloMellowXVI sorry you didn't enjoy the movie.
      I personally love this movie. There are no CGI effects involved - Coppola insisted on practical effects.
      Gary Oldman is doing an awesome performance.
      I hope you will enjoy your next movie more

  • @PhantomShadow224
    @PhantomShadow224 Год назад +4

    Why am I expecting Keanu to say “Party on dude” in a British accent?

    • @Spindler2007
      @Spindler2007 Год назад +2

      Whenever he says "Look, he's grown young" when he returns to England and sees Dracula, I go "Woah, no way!" lol

  • @BloodylocksBathory
    @BloodylocksBathory Год назад +7

    I love this movie so much. The soundtrack, the costumes (designed by Eiko Ishioka, the same lady who designed for The Cell and other Tarsem Singh movies), the cast, the old school film effects, the amazing makeup effects... it's all so good.
    As far as favorite vampire movies, I really like Near Dark. It's kind of like a modern western. Bill Paxton is in it and does such a great job with the role.

  • @YolandaAnneBrown95726
    @YolandaAnneBrown95726 Год назад +6

    I saw this opening night in San Francisco. Thankfully I had a friend who was a manager and he escorted me to the theater past the line of people wondering WTF I was. And I ended up crying throughout the movie. It was so beautiful, even if Keanu Reeve's accent threw things out of whack. It made over $200 million on a $40 million dollar budget, and won Best makeup, costume and sound editing Oscars. I absolutely loved the music too.

    • @reikun86
      @reikun86 Год назад

      Ooh. What theater did you see it at? I remember attending a special opening night screening of Anastasia at the Kabuki Theater in Japantown.

    • @bradwiehn499
      @bradwiehn499 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@reikun86 Made me cry too,for a completely different reason.

  • @maingate7672
    @maingate7672 Год назад +2

    You should read the novel. Dracula has the ability to shift shape, he can take the form of a bat, a wolf or a mist. And most likely other nightborne creatures. He can control the elements and overpower the will of those he chooses. He also has several weaknesses, he can't cross running water, tolerate garlic, holy symbols and at certain times of the day he's severely weakened. He must rest in his native soil, although he can rest in the grave of a suicide. The longer he goes without blood, the older and weaker he becomes. He can't enter any dwelling unless he's invited, but once invited, he can enter said dwelling at will. He can also control the meaner things of life, vermin, wolves and such. It's also alleged he can cause plagues. That's about all I can remember.

  • @agenttheater5
    @agenttheater5 Год назад +35

    There's got to be a way of talking about the sexuality of the vampire without turning it into a romance - Dracula and Mina's relationship in the book was literally little more than one conversation, him breaking into her room at night to drink her blood, and then literally forcing her to drink his in what was basically sexual assault (highly charged sexual image I know but still an assault, as in she started screaming the second she could).
    Think it says a lot about us that we take a relationship about a man and a woman who both go through some form of PTSD during their story (Jonathan and Mina) and still stick by each other and help each other get through it, and then we turn it into a woman being in love with a man who is either boring, a jerk or a coward? I know, book Jonathan Harder had his faults, I'm not denying it, but he wasn't a total jerk.

  • @nathanridgway7009
    @nathanridgway7009 Год назад +16

    This is hands down my favorite Vampire movie. The sets and costumes are lavish, the score is great, the camera effects are top notch, and Gary Oldman's performance is phenomenal. I have long thought this is a film for prospective filmmakers to study.

  • @laurenherda2415
    @laurenherda2415 Год назад +6

    My favorite vampire film is The Lost Boys

  • @ForgottenHonor0
    @ForgottenHonor0 Год назад +3

    Mell, my man, you looked like you were about to do a hard Windows reset during the werewolf scene, with XP startup music and all! 😂😂😂😂

  • @micheletrainor1601
    @micheletrainor1601 Год назад +4

    I am a Gypsy Mel and any Gypsy I know would never be offended at being called one tho there are Gypsies from various countries. That's where the minefield occurs I think. We are all v proud to be Gypsies.

  • @LMBraun
    @LMBraun Год назад +3

    This movie was never originally intended for a theatrical release; it was written to be shown on television. As such, it takes many liberties with the standard american theatrical movie model in cinematography, pacing, effects, etc. It helps a lot to appreciate its vision if you think of it like you're watching an opera put to film. It's one of my favourite movies.

  • @JGfromSpace.
    @JGfromSpace. Год назад +3

    This movie is worth a watch, just for the fact that they made it a point to do all of the special effects in-camera, using super old school techniques from the era of silent film.

  • @Ashmo613
    @Ashmo613 Год назад +3

    This movie captures the trippy and creepy mood of the book. Except for the romance and reincarnation as motivation for Dracula's actions, it is the most faithful to the book in terms of the scenes, characters, and events. One reason that it seems so weird is that most other film adaptations stray so far from the original book.

  • @luckyday465768
    @luckyday465768 11 месяцев назад +1

    "Man this dude couldn't even last a minute. And y'all trying to spend eternal life together."
    😂😂😂

  • @stevenpearce8715
    @stevenpearce8715 Год назад +17

    DUDE..... YOU HAVE TO WATCH DRACULA DEAD AND LOVING IT BY MEL BROOKS. It is fricking hilarious 😂

    • @vesbarrow
      @vesbarrow Год назад +1

      One of the best spoofs of all time imo!

    • @stevenpearce8715
      @stevenpearce8715 Год назад

      @@vesbarrow heck yes it is. One of the first Mel Brooks films I ever watched.

    • @stevenpearce8715
      @stevenpearce8715 Год назад +1

      @@TheGollyLlama classics

    • @dracsbee
      @dracsbee Год назад

      Seconded!

  • @christinehorror8178
    @christinehorror8178 Год назад +5

    This is my fav vampire movie because of the top acting of Gary and Anthony... plus the film making, technics, sets and makeup .. just beautiful. Then second is interview with the vampire and then just love the subspecies movies from full moon!

  • @richardlevy1459
    @richardlevy1459 Год назад +4

    I used to love Vampire in Brooklyn growing up. Max was smooth and powerful and it was my first time seeing Angela Bassett and that was love at first sight.

  • @robwalsh9843
    @robwalsh9843 Год назад +4

    Gary Oldman's best performance, which is saying something.

  • @orlandoruizjr3834
    @orlandoruizjr3834 Год назад +6

    Gary Oldman killed it in this role. Aside from him, the art direction and the score are the real stars of this film. Favorite vampire movie is The Lost Boys. Loved the reaction.

  • @traceyreid4585
    @traceyreid4585 Год назад +3

    Since you asked, my favourite vampire film is Interview with the Vampire with Tom Cruise, Brad Pit, Antonio Banderas and Kirsten Dunst. Stellar cast, brilliant story telling

  • @davidellis1374
    @davidellis1374 9 месяцев назад +3

    This movie will make more sense to you when your older. Its got a love story. Kids may get confused and bored. Try watching it after you have fallen in love a few times.

  • @maxkamee
    @maxkamee Год назад +3

    Cant stop laughing man 😂 your reactions 😦😮😲😳 Thanks

  • @gizmogurlie41786
    @gizmogurlie41786 5 месяцев назад +1

    I actually used to babysit for a sound designer who worked on this movie. They won the academy award for the sound. Seeing that statue in his office was quite surreal and I used to hold it every time she went to the bathroom 😂

    • @user-gi3hv4fm1u
      @user-gi3hv4fm1u Месяц назад +1

      Did the kid turned into a vampire?!

    • @gizmogurlie41786
      @gizmogurlie41786 Месяц назад

      @@user-gi3hv4fm1u I haven't seen that family in years so maybe hahaha

  • @jaysverrisson1536
    @jaysverrisson1536 Год назад +5

    Love the imagery and Gary Oldman's very original take on Dracula, even including his looks-like-a-butt hairdo! For a more traditional, straight-up version of Dracula, I think The Horror of Dracula (1958) with Christopher Lee in the title role is pretty well regarded. The 1979 TV mini-series Salem's Lot has many fans. Interview with a Vampire, 1994 (Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise) is a great ride. For outright comedy, there's The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967) directed by Roman Polanski, although I haven't seen it for decades and can't vouch for whether or not the humor still holds up!

  • @NinjaLill
    @NinjaLill Год назад +4

    Gary Oldman in one of his best roles. And Sir Anthony Hopkins is just marvelous. ❤️

  • @dracsbee
    @dracsbee Год назад +4

    Fun as it is, the main problem with this movie is that the inserted love plot and the stuff with Vlad tries to turn Dracula into a sympathetic figure way too much. In the novel, he's anything but. The book's love story was Jonathan and Mina, and it was her strength of character that allows them all to defeat Dracula. This version really shits on that, and Mina in particular. Sadly we've never had a book-accurate version, though it's fair to say this is closer than most.

  • @whimsical82
    @whimsical82 Год назад +2

    I have no idea who was more gorgeous in this movie, Winona or Gary, but boy did I have an slight obsession with it in high school 😅 Eternal love and all those gothic vibes.

  • @ScreamqueenarmyBlogspot666
    @ScreamqueenarmyBlogspot666 Год назад +6

    I LOVE This movie

  • @kcavonedwards2234
    @kcavonedwards2234 Год назад +5

    Your commentary and the editor had me in tears! Hilarious 😂 I never liked this movie but you made it entertaining

  • @c.c.6142
    @c.c.6142 10 месяцев назад +2

    "Yo, do not take drugs before you watch this movie" 😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @arina4387
    @arina4387 Год назад +2

    This is my favourite movie of all time!!!! So glad you decided to react to it, I hope you like it :) I love the surreal visuals and atmosphere this movie has

  • @Haptophobic
    @Haptophobic Год назад +3

    I really really want you to watch " Dracula: Dead and Loving It" now. It's so funny

  • @TheMarvelousM
    @TheMarvelousM Год назад +4

    LOVE this film. A little too faithful to the book for it's own good, but my fav part of it is how Coppola made this like a 1930's film but with a 90's flare to it. Also, BEST OPENING HORROR MUSIC EVER!!!

  • @angelavalentino5146
    @angelavalentino5146 Год назад +2

    I hope you know “The Karma Sutra” is a real book, from India, still in print after hundreds of years

  • @wajidhussain5305
    @wajidhussain5305 Год назад +2

    From Van Helsing to this version of Dracula is like going from Pirates of the Carriages to Hellraiser

  • @Vohaul86
    @Vohaul86 Год назад +3

    29:38: Yes, Bram Stoker wrote Dracula in 1897 as a sequel or something for the Van Helsing movie. Who would have guessed? 😀

  • @42Meglet
    @42Meglet Год назад

    This is my favorite vampire/Dracula movie! So glad you watched it!

  • @AndyFrancis-pe6ng
    @AndyFrancis-pe6ng Год назад

    My man is back, I love your reaction, you best💯 ✊👍

  • @phglam
    @phglam Год назад +2

    Omg I laughed 😅 🤣 😂 😆 thru this while thing. And this is one of my favorite movies so I was delighted that someone popular reacted to it. Not alot of folks reacts to this one,it is kinda heavy, because this one is more of a passionate love story plus horror blended together and it's intensity is a bit much for some people BUT I loved your face thru this it had me in tears laughing, great reaction.

  • @lilacmist04
    @lilacmist04 Год назад +8

    Fun reaction! It’s a very strange, stylized movie, but I still like it. But, even though in some ways it’s close to the original novel, in others it’s very different. Dracula’s back story as Vlad and making Mina being Dracula’s reincarnated wife were made up. Lucy and Mina are both sweet in the book, and Mina helped the men hunt down Dracula, using his control over her against him. Jonathan and Mina come through it together in the end. I’d like to see a fully faithful adaptation someday.

    • @wolfcorpse
      @wolfcorpse Год назад

      Bela Lugosi was the best Dracula

    • @lilacmist04
      @lilacmist04 Год назад

      @@wolfcorpse He was a good Dracula. The movie wasn’t fully faithful to the book, but it is one of the good classic horror films.

    • @reikun86
      @reikun86 Год назад

      Lucy was not at all promiscuous in the novel. She was just considered looser than Mina because she cared for all three beauxs and said that if she had her way, she would've married all three men.

    • @HuntingViolets
      @HuntingViolets Год назад

      Yes, I’d like to see a really faithful adaptation.

  • @wunderbex8755
    @wunderbex8755 Год назад +10

    This is a highly stylized movie. My favorite vamp movie is Lost Boys- it's a modern version of the old-style vampires, back before they sparkled or just poofed into ashes. Fright Night is also very good! Tie between those two, actually. They respect the OG vampires.

    • @filmgirlLisa
      @filmgirlLisa Год назад +1

      I was gonna say that this is my favorite but 2nd is Lost Boys and 3rd is Fright Night.

    • @ogrechan
      @ogrechan Год назад +2

      Agree on Lost Boys and Fright night, the original one.

  • @possiblepuzzles8137
    @possiblepuzzles8137 Год назад +3

    Yeah this one is actually my favorite vampire movie, it nails the psychological horror of the situation.

  • @LuLu-Sil
    @LuLu-Sil Год назад +10

    Whether you liked it or not, I'm just happy you saw it.
    🥀
    Dracula is a trip, for real. It's wild but I love it.
    🖤
    I think if I had to choose my FAVOURITE vampire movie, "30 Days of Night" has to be it and I would love it if you could watch it.
    Btw I miss the intro!
    Mellooooooooo- Awoo! AWOO! AWOO!

  • @SuburbanSavage
    @SuburbanSavage Год назад +2

    Imagine going to see this in the theater with your parents when you're 14 years old. It was a very uncomfortable ride home with my older, very Catholic immigrant parents.

  • @redblackpaws9287
    @redblackpaws9287 Год назад +1

    "Do not take drugs before you watch this movie" ❤

  • @marcribe6483
    @marcribe6483 9 месяцев назад

    "Do not take drugs before watching this movie" might just be the funniest comment I've ever heard regarding this movie. Thanx

  • @reikun86
    @reikun86 Год назад +2

    In terms of gothic aesthetics, my favorite movies that fit this genre are Bram Stoker's Dracula and Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust.
    in terms of modern day vampire movies, I really liked how the vampires looked in 30 Days of Night. The comic illustrator based his designs on great white sharks.

  • @loregraves
    @loregraves Год назад +2

    Keanu and Wynonna were technically actually married in this film. Because it was real priest.

  • @treyowen9213
    @treyowen9213 Год назад

    Now this here, Mellow, is a special classic

  • @filipohman7277
    @filipohman7277 Год назад

    Awesome Work Bro, Thanks 👍👍👍 Greetings from Helsinki, Finland 🇫🇮🇺🇸🇫🇮🇺🇸🇫🇮🇺🇸

  • @twilli3673
    @twilli3673 Год назад +2

    This was my favorite vampire movie because of all the twisted creepy artistic style and imagery that leaves you feeling a sort nightmare vibe The whole time! It's definitely not for kids, The scene when Gary Oldman did that creepy smiling and laughing after his vampire mistresses ate that baby was so disturbing! But to me that is how a vampire horror movie should be. The uneasy twisted vibe of this movie. To me no other vampire movie was able to capture anything like that! I know some people might not agree because there's not a lot of action, but the other vampire movies aren't mature enough in comparison

  • @TheSchaef47
    @TheSchaef47 Год назад +1

    2:30 that's Tom Waits. Among a mountain of other bit characters, he was the mad scientist in Mystery Men, and the guy who recharged Denzel's iPod in The Book of Eli

  • @user-gn1uy5hs7e
    @user-gn1uy5hs7e 10 месяцев назад +1

    I love this movie!!!! Really close to the book. Perfect blend of horror with amazing makeup effects (not lame CGI), romance and action.

  • @lindseyp-3059
    @lindseyp-3059 Год назад

    Oh yay I was hoping you’d eventually do Dracula

  • @sebastianemond5313
    @sebastianemond5313 Год назад +2

    25:05 My favorite vampire movie list:
    1. Interview with the Vampire
    2. Dracula (1958)
    3. The Lost Boys
    4. From Dusk 'Til Dawn
    5. Fright Night (1985)
    6. Blade
    7. Underworld
    8. What We Do In The Shadows
    9. Let The Right One In/Let Me In
    10. 30 Days of Night
    11. Nosferatu (1922)
    Honorable Mentions: Near Dark, Thirst, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992), Priest, Only Lovers Left Alive, Daybreakers, Dracula (1931), Night Watch/Day Watch, London After Midnight, The Hunger.
    Guilty Pleasures: Van Helsing, Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter, Dracula (1992), Vampires.

  • @kimberlylatrice1981
    @kimberlylatrice1981 Год назад +3

    😮😮😮😮 You're doing THIS movie?? Wow! NICE!!!! This is the greatest vampire movie ever!!! ❤️❤️❤️ Good job opening your mind to something this deep! 🙂

  • @TheRealLeewon
    @TheRealLeewon Год назад

    I friggin love this movie. It’s so stylised and creative

  • @hoagsmash4188
    @hoagsmash4188 Год назад +1

    Sharp reaction as always man! I think the jokes are usually about Keanu and Winonna's bad accents, but the movie overall is fantastic!

  • @thatonkgau5221
    @thatonkgau5221 4 месяца назад +1

    If you're really interested in vampire lore I recommend Dracula Untold, Underworld, Interview with the Vampire and The Originals one of the best most underrated vampire stories.

  • @Lynn705Hal
    @Lynn705Hal Год назад +3

    I've always liked this version. Love Gary Oldman's performance. I enjoyed your reaction.👍

  • @gemmahamilton2565
    @gemmahamilton2565 Год назад +2

    It's an absolute classic, my favourite movie of all time. Gary Oldman is iconic as Dracula 🙌

  • @SonicTheHedgehog17
    @SonicTheHedgehog17 2 месяца назад +1

    16:26 - it is perfect, indeed. You can thank the late Polish composer, Wojciech Kilar, for creating it

  • @timriggs08
    @timriggs08 Год назад +3

    I think the more appropriate term for "Gs" you were looking for would be Roma or Romani. I'm not particularly educated on the people but there is a lot of interesting history there.
    This one is not particularly one of my favorite Dracula centric movies, but it does keep pretty tight to the original novel as some other comments have pointed out. I will say, having seen this now, Dracula: Dead and Loving It should be on your list. It parodies this movie pretty closely and Leslie Neilson is pretty damn hilarious in it.

    • @Danny2113182
      @Danny2113182 Год назад

      It's funny considering they're literally in Romania, of course there'll be Romani lol

    • @guillealonso1113
      @guillealonso1113 Год назад

      @@Danny2113182 But just a few of the Romanians are Romani. It's an ethnic minority, and those in the carriage aren't Romani.

  • @johnnyboy6707
    @johnnyboy6707 Год назад +3

    And the Oscar goes to Keanu Reeves…..for one of the worst British accents I’ve ever heard. But, kudos to him for faking it the best he could, unlike Kevin Costner in Robin Hood who couldn’t even do that!! LMAO

  • @Cheers_Mcgee
    @Cheers_Mcgee Год назад +4

    Classic, one of the better vampire films!

  • @spackar2720
    @spackar2720 Год назад +1

    Hi Mell. In this movie Mina is drawn to Dracula because she is the reincarnation of his dead wife.

  • @astrophile1188
    @astrophile1188 9 месяцев назад

    28:46 "holy shit!" 🤣🤣🤣
    All of your reactions here are so funny.
    The main reason I subscribe your channel is because your reaction is so funny. First know your channel because of One Piece live-action.
    Okay, my opinion on the movie...
    This is one of my favorite vampire movies, a classic. I like it better than a certain vampire movie/book. It is understandable that some people dislike this movie and see it as a joke. Not many (esp in today's generation) like this movie, mostly like vampire movies like Underworld or Van Helsing. It is okay and understandable.

  • @quz908
    @quz908 Год назад +1

    This film is not for everyone, but it's a masterpiece for me. Thanks for your reaction.

  • @TheDiabeticGamer_
    @TheDiabeticGamer_ Год назад +2

    Aye Mello could you & Billy maybe do a reaction/commentary to “Pearl” since y’all did one together to “X”?

  • @mmoore0325
    @mmoore0325 Год назад +3

    The 1979 version with Frank Langella is definitely worth watching.

  • @KIMKRIS1
    @KIMKRIS1 Год назад +4

    You should check out ' The Rite', with Anthony Hopkins... just thought about it as I saw him lol
    He seems to love dark movies... perfect for the roles too

  • @danielallen3454
    @danielallen3454 Год назад +2

    This *is* the original. This is as close to the book as we've ever gotten on film.

  • @rama30
    @rama30 8 месяцев назад

    Interview with the Vampire gets my vote for best vampire film.