Count Dracula (Leslie Nielsen) is moving from Transylvania to London, with the help of his slave, R. M. Renfield (Peter MacNicol). Once there, however, he unleashes a flurry of charm and destruction, with only one man who might be able to stop him.
While not as good as the Francis Ford Coppola "Dracula" from a few years before (1992), this is pretty good as far as spoofs go. Renfield has always been my favorite character in the Dracula mythos, and while it's hard to top Tom Waits, Peter MacNicol does an admirable job. His voice and accent alone really sell the character.
Is this one of Mel Brooks' better works? Hard to say, but probably not. Brooks tends to either be really brilliant technically or really good with wit. This is neither. It has some wit, some technical, but nothing that makes it stand out. I personally enjoyed it more than "Young Frankenstein", but I'm in the minority.
While not as good as the Francis Ford Coppola "Dracula" from a few years before (1992), this is pretty good as far as spoofs go. Renfield has always been my favorite character in the Dracula mythos, and while it's hard to top Tom Waits, Peter MacNicol does an admirable job. His voice and accent alone really sell the character.
Is this one of Mel Brooks' better works? Hard to say, but probably not. Brooks tends to either be really brilliant technically or really good with wit. This is neither. It has some wit, some technical, but nothing that makes it stand out. I personally enjoyed it more than "Young Frankenstein", but I'm in the minority.