Fresh
The production's genially tatty air enhances its anarchical mood and encourages one to go with its goofy yet often shrewd comic flow.
Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine
Love at First Bite
Your favorite pain in the neck is about to bite your funny bone!
1979 · 1h 36m · PG
Comedy, Horror, Romance
Directed by
Stan Dragoti
Overview
Dracula and Renfield relocate to '70s era New York in search of Cindy Sondheim, the reincarnation of Dracula's one true love, Mina Harker. "Trouble adjusting" is a wild understatement for the Count as he battles Cindy's psychiatrist, Jeffrey Rosenberg, a descendant of Van Helsing, who may be in love with Cindy too.
Director and cast
- Stan Dragoti Director
- George Hamilton as Count Vladimir Dracula
- Susan Saint James as Cindy Sondheim
- Richard Benjamin as Dr. Jeffery Rosenberg / Van Helsing
- Dick Shawn as Lieutenant Ferguson NYPD
- Arte Johnson as Mr. Renfield
- Sherman Hemsley as Reverend Mike
- Isabel Sanford as Judge R. Thomas
- Barry Gordon as Flashlight Vendor
- Ronnie Schell as Guy in Elevator
- Stanley Brock as Erwin Newman (Cab Driver)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
70%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Casting Dracula as the Last Romantic, Scott Fitzgerald-style, was a clever idea, but nothing clever remains in the film's hodgepodge of flat one-liners and graceless slapstick.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh
What would happen if Dracula was victimized by life in modern New York City? It's a fun notion and George Hamilton makes it work.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
A coarse, delightful little movie with a bang-up cast and no pretensions at all.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Rotten
If you haven't smoked any wolfsbane you might wonder why you have such fond memories of this one.
Entertainment Weekly
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