Oct 091995
 
toxic

 A parody of other Dracula films, it tells the same story of Count Dracula (Leslie Nielsen) moving to England, seducing Lucy (Lysette Anthony) and Mina (Amy Yasbeck), and confronting Van Helsing (Mel Brooks) and Jonathan Harker (Steven Weber).

Quick Review: Watching this waste of film stock, it is sad to think that the man who made Blazing Saddles and The Producers is responsible. Just how funny is suggesting that everyone gets an enema? How about watching over and over someone falling down, tripping, hitting his head, or running into a wall? That’s all Dracula: Dead and Loving It has to offer besides many “funny” accents. There is nothing new, exciting, or edgy here. You’ve seen Leslie Nielsen do his routines before in the The Naked Gun, but now he has a cape. Maybe Mel Brooks has nothing more to say, or simply can’t think of a joke. Not everything in his earlier films was funny, but when not funny, at least it was different. Dracula: Dead and Loving It has the same old jokes, done with less skill.

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