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Entertaining but very stupid.


This film will have it's fans for sure but it's extremely silly.

The credits clock in around 87 minutes, it's got a joke every other second, it's got quite a few action set pieces with over the top gory kills (played only for laughs). It's not boring, I'll give it that.

When this was first announced I thought it was actually a Netflix type film, a straight-to-streaming release and honestly it should have been. This film is what would happen if Netflix tried to make a comedy film about Dracula and his assistant. Can't believe the budget for this was $65 million, how they thought this would break out and make $150+ million at theatres is beyond me.

This is a comedy first and foremost, followed by action, then horror.

6/10

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Renfield was always a comedy act. The guy eats all kinds of bugs and spiders

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It is a wasted opportunity. Had they toned down the goofball comedy and the rivers of blood, it could have been pretty good.

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