Post by Prime etc. on Jun 10, 2020 17:06:23 GMT
It doesn't take a crystal ball to know that they will make Dracula a misunderstood stranger again or some other subversive element for political reasons.
The basic Dracula story is a sinister foreigner causing trouble in another land--attacking women etc. So a group of men take him out.
This theme just won't work with executives. A scary mean Dracula is rare as it is.
Other than Hammer and some indie productions like Blacula or the Monster Squad or Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein where the protagonists are not your standard white heroes (in the case of The Monster Squad it begins with the text that Van Helsing and company "blew it").
The basic Dracula story is a sinister foreigner causing trouble in another land--attacking women etc. So a group of men take him out.
This theme just won't work with executives. A scary mean Dracula is rare as it is.
Other than Hammer and some indie productions like Blacula or the Monster Squad or Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein where the protagonists are not your standard white heroes (in the case of The Monster Squad it begins with the text that Van Helsing and company "blew it").