Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995): Dir: Mel Brooks / Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Peter MacNicol, Mel Brooks, Amy Yasbeck, Steven Weber: Horror satire about wallowing in the muck of circumstances unchangeable, but it is about time that Leslie Nielsen took on the fangs of the grand face of vampires. Leslie Nielsen seems to be reworking what he perfected in the Naked Gun films but he seems comfortable portraying Dracula at his most zany. He turns Peter MacNicol into an insect eating slave and ventures out for the blood of women. Brooks is brought in as a vampire hunter. Amy Yasbeck plays the victim of neck bites and a dance with Dracula where through mirrors it appears that she hurls aimlessly without the law of gravity. This is no where near as successful or as funny as Young Frankenstein but Brooks uses this as a followup just as Robin Hood: Men in Tights is a lesser return to the success of Blazing Saddles. Nielsen goes through the motions but he is funny as Dracula, particularly his batty defeat. Brooks as the vampire hunter is the only decent supporting role and he counters formula with a superb solution involving mirrors. MacNicol and Yasbeck are total cardboard even after transformation. Steven Weber is plainly not funny and his casting is distracting, and not in a positive way. It is a satire of vampire movies that huge Brooks fans will likely be loving it. Score: 7 / 10
Review of Dracula: Dead and Loving It
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
(1995)
Dracula: Dead and Loving Young Frankenstein.
20 April 2016
Warning: Spoilers