I am honestly surprised at how low a rating this movie has received here. I've seen far worse movies, that have much higher ratings. Don't get me wrong, this is not a good movie, or even a "so bad it's good" movie ( such as "Autumn" (2009) ).
The thing that strikes me as the biggest single issue, is lack of creativity. Every possible chance the director had to suck the life out of this movie, he went for.
Here is a list of some of the issues I had with this little train wreck:
The editing. Many scenes were cut short, most notably the dinner scene. Many more seemed like there was some footage missing. The editing department was not very kind to scene transitions.
The script had to be written by a 12 year old. No adult could have come up with a storyline like this, unless he was very intoxicated.
The twist ending .... What?! Why?! How The?!
The acting. The folks who were in this were trying there best to act, but it is apparent they are not actors.
Sound was OK for the most part, except for certain scenes like the hayloft were noise obscured dialog.
All the central "good" characters were always in the same room.
Character's behavior "out of character" ( to put it mildly ).
Character interactions were very wrong.
Dracula - the whole character was wrong.
Dark blue day-for-night shots.
Plot points brought up, and dropped.
What little set design there were, looked more at home at a high school play, than this movie.
Special effects were so cheap, the movie would have been slightly better without them.
Of all these bad things I have said about this movie, there is 1 good thing I can say. It had some pretty good footage of the Sedlec Ossuary .
The thing that strikes me as the biggest single issue, is lack of creativity. Every possible chance the director had to suck the life out of this movie, he went for.
Here is a list of some of the issues I had with this little train wreck:
The editing. Many scenes were cut short, most notably the dinner scene. Many more seemed like there was some footage missing. The editing department was not very kind to scene transitions.
The script had to be written by a 12 year old. No adult could have come up with a storyline like this, unless he was very intoxicated.
The twist ending .... What?! Why?! How The?!
The acting. The folks who were in this were trying there best to act, but it is apparent they are not actors.
Sound was OK for the most part, except for certain scenes like the hayloft were noise obscured dialog.
All the central "good" characters were always in the same room.
Character's behavior "out of character" ( to put it mildly ).
Character interactions were very wrong.
Dracula - the whole character was wrong.
Dark blue day-for-night shots.
Plot points brought up, and dropped.
What little set design there were, looked more at home at a high school play, than this movie.
Special effects were so cheap, the movie would have been slightly better without them.
Of all these bad things I have said about this movie, there is 1 good thing I can say. It had some pretty good footage of the Sedlec Ossuary .