Dracula: Dead and Loving It

Dracula: Dead and Loving It

Credits
Title:	Dracula: Dead and Loving It
Directed by:	Mel Brooks
Written by:	Mel Brooks; Rudy De Luca; Steve Haberman
Produced by:	Mel Brooks; Peter Schindler
Based on:	Dracula
Music by:	Hummie Mann
Cinematography:	Michael D. O'Shea
Edited by:	Adam Weiss
Production
Production:	Brooksfilms Castle Rock Entertainment
Released:	December 22nd, 1995
Rating:	PG-13
Running time:	88 min.
Country:	USA
Language:	English
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Dracula: Dead and Loving It is an American feature film of the comedy spoof and vampire fiction subgenres of horror. It was directed by Mel Brooks with a screenplay co-written by Brooks, Rudy De Luca and Steve Haberman. It wasp produced by Brooksfilms and Castle Rock Entertainment and premiered in the United States on December 22nd, 1995. The film stars erstwhile funnyman Leslie Nielsen as the eponymous Transylvanian vampire Dracula along with Steven Weber as Jonathan Harker, Peter MacNicol as bug-eating sycophant Renfield and Brooks himself as occult scholar and vampire slayer Professor Van Helsing.

Cast[]

Actor

Role

Thomas Renfield

Amy Yasbeck

Harvey Korman

Martin

Megan Cavanagh

Essie

Clive Revill

Sykes

Chuck McCann

Innkeeper

Avery Schreiber

Peasant on coach

Cherie Franklin

Peasant on coach

Ezio Greggio

Coach driver

Leslie Sachs

Usherette

Matthew Porretta

Handsome lieutenant at ball

Guard

Nurse

Brunette vampire

Blonde vampire

Charlie Callas

Man in straightjacket

Notes & Trivia[]

The tagline for this film is "Got blood?", which is a play on the "Got milk?" advertizing campaign that appeared in many periodicals in the mid-1990s.
Production on Dracula: Dead and Loving It began on May 8th, 1995. Principal filming on the movie concluded on July 26th, 1995. The movie was filmed in Culver City, California.
Dracula: Dead and Loving It grossed $2,708,298 over its opening weekend. It grossed $10,772,144 during its entire domestic run. It did not have an international release.
At its widest release, Dracula: Dead and Loving It was screened in 1,425 theaters. It remained in release a total of fifty-three weeks (376 days).
Dracula: Dead and Loving It came in at number 10 at the box office during its opening release.
Dracula: Dead and Loving It was released on Blu-ray by Shout Factory on November 23rd, 2021.
Visually, the film primarily parodies the 1992 version of Dracula by director Francis Ford Coppola as well as the original Dracula from 1931.
Actress Leslie S. Sachs, who plays an usherette, is credited as Leslie Sachs in this film.
Actress Jennifer Crystal Foley, who plays a nurse, is credited as Jennifer Crystal in this film.
The events of this film take place between November and December, 1893.
The character of Renfield is identified as Thomas Renfield in this film. Classically, the character is known as R.M. Renfield.

Explicit content[]

Female topless nudity: The drawings in the opening credit sequence portray women in various states of undress. There is no actual nudity in the film.

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