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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 89Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovIt's almost dreamlike in its weird little tone, a Manischewitz hangover of a nightmare that's giddy enough to usher chuckles and is thoroughly unique.
- 88USA TodayMike ClarkUSA TodayMike ClarkDirector Roman Polanski co-stars with and directs wife Sharon Tate in their only collaboration. That's one reason this box office bomb, which came out less than two years before Tate was murdered by Charles Manson's crew, has picked up a following. [08 Oct 2004, p.4E]
- 75TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineShot in the Italian Alps, the cinematography is striking.
- 70EmpireKim NewmanEmpireKim NewmanFunny and scary, this is vintage Polanski.
- 63Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumThe film amiably runs through all the standbys associated with vampire movies, putting a personal and goofy spin on most of them. Sharon Tate also appears, at her most ravishing.
- 60Ferdy Mayne is the menacing Dracula, and Sharon Tate, lady in question, looks particularly nice in her bath. Alfie Bass, the innkeeper; Iain Quarrier as the count’s effeminate son, who has some fangs all his own; Terry Downes, the toothy hunchback castle handyman (who might be Quasimodo returned), and Jessie Robbins, innkeeper’s spouse, lend proper support.
- 60Time OutTime OutWith all its faults, an engaging oddity.
- 30The New York TimesBosley CrowtherThe New York TimesBosley CrowtherThis beautifully produced, superbly scenic and excitingly photographed spoof of old-fashioned horror movies is as dismal and dead as a blood-drained corpse.
- 25Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertNobody laughed. One or two people cried, and a lady behind me dropped a bag of M&Ms which rolled under the seats, and a guy on the center aisle sneezed at 43 minutes past the hour. But that was about all the action.