Two-Time Oscar Winner Can’t Save Dreadful ‘Dracula’

A century’s worth of filmmakers have squeezed every last drop of blood out of Count Dracula, and yet the desire to bring Bram Stoker’s infamous nightwalker to the screen seemingly cannot be killed

The Professional and The Fifth Element auteur Luc Besson is the latest to try his hand at resurrecting the monster with Dracula (February 6, in theaters), a retelling of the legend that puts a premium on the fanged fiend’s romantic yearning. And even the typically welcome presence of two-time Oscar winner Christoph Waltz can’t revive this lifeless corpse.

Ewens Abid and Christoph Waltz. / EuropaCorp

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