31 Days of Halloween: Day 21 – Bram Stoker’s Dracula

Estimated to be portrayed a record 160+ times in film history, Dracula is practically a genre of film to itself. One of the best adaptations of the Count’s foray into bloodsucking is 1992′s Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Starring a list of some of Hollywood’s biggest names, Dracula tells the story of the classic vampire as he travels from Transylvania to England, looking for his former love. Keanu Reeves, Anthony Hopkins, Winona Ryder and Gary Oldman give some of their best performances in the retelling of Stoker’s work.

As much as I enjoy this movie, a glaring problem to me is Reeves as Johnathan Harker, a Englishman. Struggling to keep from saying “Whoa” the whole film, Reeves must not have spent a lot of time on his British accent. When actors cannot pull off an accent, it’s better if they do not try regardless, like Kevin Costner in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Don’t let Point Break keep you from checking out this film this Halloween though.