Fisher's Dracula feels well ahead of its time, brimming with eerie atmosphere almost immediately. However, this version seems oddly truncated. Because there's little build-up before the scares are doled out, the film lacks tension overall. It doesn't help that the vampires are so easily foiled; when Dracula's burnt to a crisp in the final reel, it feels by the numbers enough to make the ending anticlimactic. Still, Fisher's crafted an intelligent, expensive-looking horror movie that lives up to a large fraction of its potential.
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