Dracula: Dead and Loving It

UPC: 053939270020

Studio: Castle Rock

MPAA Rating: PG13   Contains:[Suitable for Children, Adult Humor]

Summary: Mel Brooks does it again with this send-up of vampire films. That Leslie Nielson plays the great blood-sucking count gives viewers a good idea as to what they are in for. This Dracula takes himself very seriously despite the fact that he's a bit of a klutz with a tendency to slip in the bat guano that adorns his castle floor. Staying very close to Bram Stoker's original story, Brooks also pays sly homage to other major vampire film classics, including Nosferatu. Though silly but subtle gags abound in this outing, Brooks has taken great care to recreate the late 19th-century atmosphere in rich detail and harkens back to Hammer horror movies popular during the '50s and '60s. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

Category: Comedy

Features: Commentary by director/co-writer Mel Brooks, co-stars Steven Weber and Amy Yasbeck and co-writers Rudy de Luca and Steve Haberman
Theatrical trailer
Subtitles: English, Fran?ais, and Espa?

Dracula: Dead and Loving It

Format: DVD

Release Date: 06/29/2004

Audio: DDS2.0 Dolby Digital w/ 4 channels

Runtime: 90 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Subtitles: English,French,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1 --
1. Illustrated Credits [2:32]
2. Dangerrrrrrrrrr [4:32]
3. Slippery Sticky Welcome [2:45]
4. Signed and Nipped [1:52]
5. Easy to Enslave [3:42]
6. Rough (Criss) Crossing [1:40]
7. Message in the Lobby [4:45]
8. Lucy's Visitors [3:26]
9. Lunch Bugs [4:23]
10. 10 Out of 10 [4:52]
11. A Daymare [2:02]
12. Yes, We Have Nosferatu [3:27]
13. One Flies, the Other Doesn't [3:56]
14. There's Lucy [3:09]
15. The Last Word [4:20]
16. Lucy Loose [2:01]
17. Bloody Mess [5:12]
18. Mixed Hypno-Signals [2:21]
19. The Dance of Love [3:31]
20. Rather Touchy [4:43]
21. Dance Duet Solo [6:01]
22. Follow That Imbecile [3:38]
23. Smoking Bat [3:36]
24. The Final Word [1:48]
25. End Credits [5:20]

Derek Armstrong

Dracula: Dead and Loving It received much scorn at the time of its release, as critics derided the creative bankruptcy they thought it represented in both its star (Leslie Nielsen) and its writer/director (Mel Brooks). Too bad those critics couldn't know how truly bankrupt the parody genre would become in the years to follow. If Dracula: Dead and Loving It can be accused of anything, it's of being sort of limp. Brooks and Nielsen have both been famous for the gag-a-minute pacing of their material, so it's a bit surprising that their first and only collaboration traffics in more a sporadic kind of joke-slinging. In fact, many scenes don't even end on a joke. However, since some jokes work on a basic visual level -- such as Steven Weber's Harker getting repeatedly drenched by blood after staking a corpse -- the decision to concentrate on a relatively small number of them can actually be viewed as a disciplined sort of shrewdness. Unfortunately, comic minimalism is not why most people watch either a Brooks movie or a Nielsen movie, meaning Dead and Loving It should still be filed among the lesser works of both funnymen. At the very least it's fun to see the two legends interacting with each other, especially in the scene where Brooks' Van Helsing and Nielsen's Count Dracula jockey to see who can get in the last word -- which has a funny payoff at the end. Also, Peter MacNicol was a brilliant casting choice to play Renfield. With his excellent ability to twitch and dart his eyes around the room, he was born to play that character. Still, viewers are more likely to remember a bat with Leslie Nielsen's head crashing into a window and going cross-eyed, which is a more representative example of the film's humor level. ~ Derek Armstrong, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Sandy Johnson  Actor 
Ira Miller  Actor 
Matthew Porretta  Actor 
Ben Livingston  Actor 
Barbaree Earl  Actor 
Maura Nielsen  Actor 
Jude Van Wormer  Actor 
Vince Grant  Actor 
Robin Shepard  Actor 
Ezio Greggio  Actor 
Blane Savage  Actor 
Sonje Fortag  Actor 
Phillip Connery  Actor 
Grinnell Morris  Actor 
Ted Sprague  Actor 
Kathleen Kane  Actor 
Mark Blankfield  Actor 
Gregg Binkley  Actor 
Leslie S. Sachs  Actor 
Sharon Savoy  Actor 
Darla Haun  Actor 
Jim Peace  Actor 
Casey King  Actor 
Clive Revill  Actor 
Michael Connors  Actor 
Manette LaChance  Actor 
Loraine Shields  Actor 
Audrey Baranishyn  Actor 
Tricia McFarlin-Mattson  Actor 
Karen Roe  Actor 
Johnny Cocktails  Actor 
Megan Cavanagh  Actor 
Zale Kessler  Actor 
Jody Peterson  Actor 
Mel Brooks  Actor 
Cherie Franklin  Actor 
Jennifer Crystal  Actor 
Elaine Ballace  Actor 
Cindy Marshall-Day  Actor 
Nick Rempel  Actor 
David DeLuise  Actor 
Tommy Koenig  Actor 
Avery Schreiber  Actor 
Rudy de Luca  Actor 
Stan Mazin  Actor 
Lisa Cordray  Actor 
Jeffrey Broadhurst  Actor 
Anne McVey  Actor 
Sandra Rovetta  Actor 
Tony Griffin  Actor 
Derek Mark Lochran  Actor 
Stephen Wolfe Smith  Actor 
Shirley Kirkes  Actor 
Alton Ruff  Actor 
Ric Coy  Actor 
Kevin Crawford  Actor 
Delores Nemiro  Actor 
Richard Alan Stewart  Actor 
Carol Arthur  Actor 
Henry Kaiser  Actor 
Chuck McCann  Actor 
Maud Winchester  Actor 
Dennon Rawles  Actor 
Megan Cavanaugh  Actor 
David Savoy  Actor 
John Frayer  Actor 
Thea Nielsen  Actor 
Alan Walls  Actor 
Mel Brooks  Director 
Mel Brooks  Producer 
Mel Brooks  Screenwriter 
Rudy de Luca  Screenwriter 
Steve Haberman  Screenwriter 
Hummie Mann  Composer (Music Score) 
Peter Schindler  Executive Producer 
Peter Schindler  Producer 
Steve Harborman  Screenwriter 
Leslie Nielsen  Actor 
Peter MacNicol  Actor 
Steven Weber  Actor 
Amy Yasbeck  Actor 
Lysette Anthony  Actor 
Harvey Korman  Actor 

Country: USA