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Fans of artistically perverse Euro-horror always get a little excited when a new Dario Argento movie is announced. Granted, the Italian horror master hasn’t exactly been on top form in recent years with the disappointing Mother Of Tears and the Adrian Brody lawsuit laden Giallo feeling like pale imitations of the director’s iconic classics like Suspiria and Deep Red. But there’s always hope amongst the gore-loving community that he’ll recapture his distinct brand of surrealist gore-horror in the next outing. Argento’s upcoming Dracula 3D does hold some promise given that it will be the visual master’s first crack and stereoscopic cinematography and will feature Rutger Hauer as Van Helsing. There is always a chance that the lazy storytelling and wooden acting that plagued Argento’s recent work will crop up again here, but hopefully the iconic story will keep the director in check. Today the first few images of Argento’s 3D tribute to blood-sucking love-making have...
The tale begins with Jonathan Harker, journeying by train and carriage from England to Count Dracula’s crumbling, remote castle situated in the Carpathian Mountains on the border of Transylvania. The purpose of his mission is to catalogue the big library of Dracula. At first enticed by Dracula’s gracious manner, Harker soon discovers that he has become a prisoner in the castle. He also begins to see disquieting facets of Dracula’s nocturnal life. One night while searching for a way out of the castle, and against Dracula’s strict admonition not to venture outside his room at night, Harker falls under the spell of three wanton female vampires, the Brides of Dracula.
It's already played theatrically in Europe, and will get a limited theatrical run in the US and VOD.
It's really sad to see the creator of a great movie like Susperia put out something like this.
Dario Argento is awesome in my book. This looks kind of lame,but I will watch it!
I'm a big fan of his movies.
Best Horror Movies says 'Like Lucio Fulci in the last decade of his career, Dario Argento is a talent in free fall, a formerly respected filmmaker who has acquired a brown thumb - everything he touches becomes a coiled and steaming mess. Each offering from the Italian maestro poses the same question: how bad will this one be?'
This was a really bad movie, maybe Dario Argeneto is losing his touch. Old age maybe?
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We’ve landed the two clips from Dario Argento’s Dracula 3D, which looks absolutely ridiculous. I still have high hopes considering I liked Mother of Tears.
IFC Films has snagged the rights and will release it under the IFC Midnight label in 2013.
I don't know about this at all...3D for Dracula?