USA, 1995
88m, 2609 metres
35mm film, Technicolor, 1.85:1
8 Channel Dolby, SDDS, English
An American comedy horror film directed by Mel Brooks.
Plot Summary
The vampire Count Dracula arrives in England and meets his match in the shape of vampire hunter Dr Van Helsing.
Credits
Crew
Director: Mel Brooks
© 1995 Borgo Pass Productions, Inc.
Gaumont presents in association with Castle Rock Entertainment a Brooksfilms production
Executive Producer: Peter Schindler
Producer: Mel Brooks
Associate Producers: Robert Latham Brown, Leah Zappy
Script: Mel Brooks, Rudy De Luca, Steve Haberman
Story: Rudy De Luca, Steve Haberman
Characters: Bram Stoker
Director of Photography: Michael D. O’Shea
Editor: Adam Weiss
Music: Hummie Mann
Sound Recordists: Michael Reale, David Cunningham
Costume Designer: Dodie Shepard
Make Up Designer/Department Head: Todd A. Mcintosh
Special Effects Coordinator: Richard Ratliff
Visual Effects: Dream Quest Images
Production Designer: Roy Forge Smith
Cast
Leslie Nielsen (Dracula)
Peter MacNicol (Renfield)
Steven Weber (Harker)
Amy Yasbeck (Mina)
Lysette Anthony (Lucy)
Harvey Korman (Dr Seward)
Mel Brooks (Professor Van Helsing)
Mark Blankfield (Martin)
Megan Cavanagh (Essie)
Clive Revill (Sykes)
Chuck McCann (innkeeper)
Avery Schreiber, Cherie Franklin (peasants on coach)
Ezio Greggio (coach driver)
Leslie Sachs (usherette)
Matthew Porretta (handsome lieutenant at ball)
Rudy De Luca (guard)
Jennifer Crystal (nurse)
Darla Haun (brunette vampire)
Karen Roe (blonde vampire)
Charlie Callas (man in straitjacket)
Phillip Connery (ship captain)
Tony Griffin, Casey King, Nick Rempel (crewmen)
Alternative Titles
Dracula – död men lycklig – Sweden
Dracula – En levende dødbider – Denmark
Drácula – Morto Mas Feliz – Brazil
Dracula – Tot aber glücklich – Germany
Dracula – verevä vainaja – Finland
Dracula mort et heureux de l’être – France
Dracula morto e contento – Italy
Drácula, un muerto muy contento y feliz – Spain
Dracula: Mort et très heureux – Canada (French)
Drácula: Morto Mas Contente! – Portugugal
Dracula: Surnud ja sellega rahul – Estonia
Dracula: Wampiry bez zebów – Poland
Drakula halott és élvezi – Hungary
Mel Brooks’ Dracula – Germany
Det Våras för Dracula – Sweden (DVD)
Links
Includes extracts from
Premature Burial (1962)
Extracts included in
AFI’s 100 Years, 100 Movie Quotes: The Greatest Lines from American Film (2005)
See also
Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)
Dracula (1931)
Dracula (1958)
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
History of the World: Part I (1981)
Nosferatu: Eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)
The Wolf Man (1941)
References
Books
- Classic Horror Films and the Literature That Inspired Them by Ron Backer p.88 – note
- Comedy-Horror Films: A Chronological History, 1914-2008 by Bruce G. Hallenbeck pp.183-186; 225 – illustrated review; credits
- Count Dracula Goes to the Movies: Stoker’s Novel Adapted (3rd Edition) by Lyndon W. Joslin pp.132-137
- Dracula in the Dark: The Dracula Film Adaptations by James Craig Holte pp.70, 91 – note
- The Films of the Nineties: A Complete, Qualitative Filmography of Over 3000 Feature-Length English Language Films, Theatrical and Video-Only, Released Between January 1, 1990, and December 31, 1999 by Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn L. Nowlan p.162
- Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Film Sequels, Series, and Remakes Volume 2 by Kim R. Holston and Tom Winchester p.76-77
