PBS Dracula instead of the Grammys [SPOILER]

[GoneOffShore]

That's right folks, I didn't hear about the Chicks until I read the NYT this AM.

Watched the new Dracula - Gave me nightmares for the first time in a long while.


















Lots of sex, syphilis, Jonathan Harker never makes it out of the castle, no Renfield, some nice special effects and a really nice/nasty twisty surprise at the very, very end.

[Beausoir]

1. Shoot! I bailed on it. Dracula looked too much like John Mayer for my tastes.

I need a HOT Dracula...dammit!

Now that you've said there is a twist at the end, I'm glad I Tivo'd it.

[GoneOffShore]

2. Hope I didn't give too much away

Shouldn't Dracula be cold? :rofl:

Mrs GoS was not taken with him. But then she doesn't like the Dracula canon particularly. I only read the original novel about 4 years ago.

I loved the campy one with Anthony Hopkins, especially the scene in the pub after they kill Lucy. There's Hopkins/VanHelsing chewing on a nice bloody steak and Mina asks what happened to Lucy. Hopkins in the cheesiest accent imaginable, with a knife and fork in his hands says, "Vell, ve pud a schtake tru her hard und ve cud oft her head." He then cuts off another chunk of steak and starts chewing. One of the funniest scenes in the movie.

[Beausoir]

3. Lol! I love Hopkins in that movie. He's so campy.

He has a maniacal laugh, too!

[Avalux]

4. Crap! I missed it - will it repeat?

:(

[GoneOffShore]

5. Not sure, but it's PBS

So there is a good chance.

[Bryan]

6. Your local PBS station might know

Since PBS' affiliates have so much control over scheduling, it's probably down to your local.

http://www.pbs.org/search/search_programsaz.html

Or, if you've got a region-free DVD player:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dracula-Marc-Warren/dp/B000L42NA0/sr=1-3/qid=1171344172/ref=pd_bowtega_3/202-4501122-6725431?ie=UTF8&s=dvd

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. It was very well done and very, very creepy.

Loved it.

[mykpart]

8. 'Member the old one on PBS starring Louis Jourdan as Dracula?

I think it was a miniseries. Very sexy for its time.

[BlueIris]

9. I watched it, too, and didn't sleep a wink last night.

But I appreciate that they didn't write the Dracula character as a charming devil in that adaptation.