I watched this movie late last night, as a second feature after Paranormal Activity (a movie so stultifyingly boring that watching paint dry would have been more interesting)...and I found it delightful! Take Bram Stoker's classic story, choreograph it for the Winnipeg Royal Ballet, stir in a score by Gustav Mahler, then bake it as a silent movie a la Jean Cocteau, sprinkle with a little 21st-Century irony courtesy of director Guy Maddin, and viola! A cool instant classic. Perhaps one of the best Dracula movies ever made, and certainly one of the strangest. Renfield, unfortunately, does not have a dance number in it, but it's still great.
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