Rotten
Either this is the lamest Mel Brooks comedy ever or it's too close to other contenders to make much difference.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
You'll laugh until you die...then you'll rise from the dead and laugh again!
1995 · 1h 28m · PG-13
Comedy, Horror
Directed by
Mel Brooks
Overview
When a lawyer shows up at the vampire's doorstep, he falls prey to his charms and joins him in his search for fresh blood. Enter Professor Van Helsing, who may be the only one able to vanquish the Count.
Director and cast
- Mel Brooks Director
- Leslie Nielsen as Count Dracula
- Mel Brooks as Prof. Abraham Van Helsing
- Amy Yasbeck as Mina Seward
- Peter MacNicol as Thomas Renfield
- Lysette Anthony as Lucy Westenra
- Harvey Korman as Dr. Jack Seward
- Steven Weber as Jonathan Harker
- Mark Blankfield as Martin
- Megan Cavanagh as Essie
- Gregg Binkley as Woodbridge
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
11%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The only real sparks are set off by MacNicol as Renfield, the solicitor who develops a taste for flies and spiders after being bitten by Dracula.
Joe Leydon, Variety
Fresh
Slight but amusing.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Rotten
Not to venture forth some sort of radical idea, but aren't comedies supposed to have jokes?
David Kronke, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
It's a toothless parody that misses more often than it hits.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
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