Dracula: Dead and Loving It

"You'll laugh until you die...then you'll rise from the dead and laugh again!"

1995 1h 28m EN

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When a lawyer shows up at the vampire's doorstep, he falls prey to his charms and joins him in his search for fresh blood. Enter Professor Van Helsing, who may be the only one able to vanquish the Count.

“You'll laugh until you die...then you'll rise from the dead and laugh again!”

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Cast

Leslie Nielsen
Count Dracula
Mel Brooks
Prof. Abraham Van Helsing
Amy Yasbeck
Mina Seward
Peter MacNicol
Thomas Renfield
Lysette Anthony
Lucy Westenra
Harvey Korman
Dr. Jack Seward
Steven Weber
Jonathan Harker
Mark Blankfield
Martin

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Mel Brooks
Writers: Rudy De Luca, Steve Haberman, Mel Brooks
Languages: English
Countries: France, United States of America

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RUNTIME

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88 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Earned back only 36% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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ERA

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31 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: France, United States of America.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Mel Brooks, shot by Michael D. O'Shea. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Hummie Mann. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Adam Weiss shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Leslie Nielsen and Mel Brooks and Amy Yasbeck carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Mel Brooks directs. Michael D. O'Shea behind the camera. Hummie Mann scores. Adam Weiss cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in France, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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188 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Earned back only 36% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
331 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
4International production across 2 countries: France, United States of America.
5Directed by Mel Brooks, shot by Michael D. O'Shea. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Hummie Mann. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Adam Weiss shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Leslie Nielsen and Mel Brooks and Amy Yasbeck carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "You'll laugh until you die...then you'll rise from the dead and laugh again!".
10IMDB entry: tt0112896 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Released under 25 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Michael D. O'Shea
Original score: Hummie Mann
Editing: Adam Weiss
Production design: Roy Forge Smith
Costume design: Dodie Shepard
Runtime: 88 min · 1h 28m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $30,000,000
Box office: $10,772,144
Return: 36% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)

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talisencrw2016-09-28
★ 7/10
Most probably my least favourite film, both of Mel Brooks (though I haven't seen 'Life Stinks' yet) and of Leslie Nielsen (though I refuse to watch any other of the post-'Airplane' and 'Naked Gun' knockoffs he's made over the years since), but it still doesn't deserve all the hate. It's STILL at least 50,000 times funnier than Lena Dunham's 'Tiny Furniture' (or about 70% of the so-called contemporary American comedies made these days).
Filipe Manuel Neto2022-08-14
★ 7/10
Nielsen has done better, but this movie is good enough to be enjoyable and mildly funny. This comedy, starring Leslie Nielsen and intelligently directed by Mel Brooks, is truly good. It is a parody of old horror movies, in which Dracula is an aristocratic undead who lives off the blood of unsuspecting humans. The film is more directly inspired by the old productions of Hammer Studios and Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula, which was still recent when the film was released. The script is, therefore, similar in every way to the last film I mentioned. Nielsen is perfectly capable of putting up with the film effortlessly, with a generous dose of good humor, charisma and spirit. The actor is a veteran of cinema comedies and satire, we've seen him before in very funny films, and the actor does well here again. However, I can agree with those who say that the actor has done better works. In addition to directing, Brooks gives life to Van Helsing and is also resourceful and witty, with a relatively flawless work, but also without major merits. Much better than Brooks was Peter MacNicol's excellent performance in the role of Renfield. The actor is good, and he seems genuinely deranged. Amy Yasbeck and Lysette Anthony do what they can, but they're not particularly happy, because their characters don't really matter here. Being a film that takes place in the Victorian England, it is possible that Brooks gave the cast instructions to try to Britishize their accents. However, such an effort rarely resulted in any happy results, not to mention the jokes, who didn't always work well, with several scenes sounding overly serious or dull. The sets, as well as the costumes, are good enough, and I didn't find any major problems with the question of the historical period. The regular cinematography, the satisfying but not brilliant editing and the relatively lukewarm soundtrack complete the production values of the film, which is far from being really good, but it turned out to be interesting, funny and good enough for us to bear watching it again.
Wuchak2023-03-21
★ 6/10
Amusing parody of Dracula with Leslie Nielsen, Mel Brooks and Harvey Korman “Dracula: Dead and Loving It” (1995) is a Mel Brooks spoof of the Dracula story with the same fun style and goofy humor of “Young Frankenstein” (1974) and “Spaceballs” (1987). Unlike "Love at First Bite" (1979) with George Hamilton, the story doesn’t take place in the modern day, but is basically a silly redo of the first half of “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” (1992) along with bits from other Dracula flicks. With Nielsen as the protagonist, you can’t help but think of The Naked Gun movies. Meanwhile Steven Weber is effective as Harker and Peter MacNicol hams it up as Renfield. The presence of the stunning Amy Yasbeck brings to mind Brooks’ previous film, “Robin Hood: Men in Tights” (1993. Along with Amy, Lysette Anthony is a highlight in the feminine department as Lucy. Too bad her part wasn’t bigger (but it’s big enough, I reckon). The film runs 1 hour, 30 minutes, and was shot in at Culver Studios in Culver City, southeast of Hollywood. GRADE: B-