Dracula 3D 4K 2012

The gloomy, fog-shrouded Transylvania of 1893. In the tiny village of Passo Borgo arrives a young librarian, Jonathan Harker, hired to work for the mysterious Count Dracula. Soon it becomes clear to Jonathan that this attractive looking aristocrat keeps many terrible secrets and only a certain Abraham Van Helsing can stop him.

Films about Count Dracula for all time of existence of cinematography can be counted countless. It was the turn of interpretation of this story and the cult Italian director, producer and screenwriter Dario Argento, in 2012 presented to the public picture 'Dracula 3D'. Overall, 'Dracula 3D' is a fairly diligent, though noticeably low-budget horror, devoid of over-the-top bombast or excessive thrashiness. 'Dracula 3D' is far from an outstanding picture in its genre, a typical representative of the Italian school of horror, gothic-melodramatic tale, which is equally present blood and romance, giving a specific alloy at the output.

The undoubted plus of the tape I can call the cast engaged in the picture. Thomas Kretschmann as Count Dracula found an adequate embodiment of this iconic image, relying in his game, primarily on Max Schreck. Rutger Hauer is also convincing, playing perhaps one of the most unconventional variations of the image of Van Helsing. Asia Argento as Lucy and Marta Gastini as Mina are also quite good.

The cameraman Luciano Tovoli shot the movie in a dark and full of gothic beauty, confidently keeping the balance between pure horror and melodrama.

The soundtrack by Claudio Simonetti was not very memorable for me, for it served more as a background to the unfolding of the plot than as a colorful addition.

I recommend this movie to all fans of Italian horror films, vampire horror and thrash, and I hope that Dario Argento's latest work will not disappoint you too much.