Mel brooks, master of the parody, turns 90 film dw 28. He is a parody of the original dracula and is more comedic than evil. Spaceballs, blazing saddles, robin hood men in tights. Dead and loving it is an embarrassingly poor end to mel brooks legendary directing career. Dead and loving it with extremely high expectations and was a bit disappointed. In fact most people i know do their best to forget it ever happened, stating the last original brooks film was robin hood men in tights. A mysterious force is sucking blood from the helpless beauties of england in this mel brooks dracula spoof. In mel brooks biography it was stated that halloween might have been a better time to release dracula. As a parody of the original dracula, he is more comedic than evil. Dead and loving it in mel brooks comedy of terrors. Dead and loving it is mel brooks worst film, but i can say it is one of his worst, but im just tired of it, so lets get this over with. For one thing, the timing, as with most of the latter mel brooks movies, is a good deal slower than those earlier examples. People setting money aside for a mel brooks film wanted to laugh. Brooks eventually started a comedy act and also worked in radio and as.
Harker visits his fiancee, mina, to check on how she is feeling and if she was untroubled by any supernatural forces, like dracula during the night. Mel brooks did not tell him what was going to happen. Mel brookss funniest movies ranked from worst to best. It has glimmers of the old brooks comic madness and genius, but it just fails to be a great film all the way through, as compared to his ultimate western spoof, blazing saddles. Brooks began his career as a comic and a writer for the early tv variety show your show of shows. Too bad those critics couldnt know how truly bankrupt the.
Leslie nielsen, mel brooks, lysette anthony, amy yasbeck, steven weber. Dead and loving it topic seinfeld frank costanza funniest moments duration. Mel brooks is often regarded as one of hollywoods funniest men, thanks to such highly successful films as the producers, blazing saddles, and young frankenstein. Mel brooks delivers another fun monster movie spoof with dracula. Film satires number one star and alltime top director have teamed up to give new life to the immortal legend of dracula. Slight, unfunny and strangely slow, only the hardest of. Dead and loving it, blazing saddles, young frankenstein and spaceball credit. Seward finds lucy pale so he contacts professor van helsing mel brooks. Clip of leslie nielsen as dracula mesmerizing an usher at the theatre in mel brooks dracula dead and loving it.
This work provides a thorough synopsis and thematic. The vampires are loose, but somehow everyones having a great time, including the undead count himself in dracula. Leslie nielsen, peter macnicol, steven weber, amy yasbeck, mel brooks, lysette anthony, harvey korman, mark. Bram stokers dracula is still the most famous of his books, and the story of the deadly vampire came to the screen with these five adaptations. Known for his deadpan comedic style in sillierthanlife projects such as the naken gun series, leslie nielson returns to the screen as the title character in mel brooks dracula. Mel brooks parody of the classic vampire story and its famous film adaptations. He served in wwii, and afterwards got a job playing the drums at nightclubs in the catskills. The local village, the people of the mountain are quite familiar of what dracula is capable of doing and has found. Nov 08, 2012 bram stokers dracula is still the most famous of his books, and the story of the deadly vampire came to the screen with these five adaptations. Mel brooks most recent in a string of parodies of classic hollywood movies, does have some laughs. Seward lets him out for lunch, and he eats bugs from the ground so he is locked up again. He is known as a creator of broad film farces and comedic parodies. This fits in the same category making fun of all the dracula films before it.
Mel brooks was born melvin kaminsky on june 28, 1926 in brooklyn, new york. Dead and loving it is a 1995 satirical comedy horror film directed by mel brooks and starring leslie nielsen. Mel brooks, master of the parody, turns 90 film dw. Basically, he took bram stokers dracula, gave it a new cast and a new script and made a big. Dracula is the titular antagonist of mel brooks dracula. June 28, 1926 is an american director, writer, actor, comedian, producer and composer. A comic reinvention of the bela lugosi classic about a transylvanian vampire who works his evil spell on a perplexed group of londoners. Too bad those critics couldnt know how truly bankrupt the parody genre would become in the years to follow. This is the only mel brooks film i would out right call bad. Dead and loving it dvd mel brooks takes a turn at a classic horror tale. Harker visits his fiancee, mina, to check on how she is feeling and if she was untroubled by any supernatural forces, like dracula during the.
Dead and loving it dvdmel brooks takes a turn at a classic horror tale. Dead and loving it makes its debut on dvd with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of the film. Staying very close to bram stokers original story, brooks also pays. Dracula dead and loving it 12110 at 4044 january 17, 2016 tags dracula. Bram stokers dracula was a huge hit just three years earlier, and mel brooks had a lot of success in the tiny world of parody horror. Mel brooks celebrity profile check out the latest mel brooks photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Dracula dead and loving it 1995 another spoof from the mind of mel brooks. The vampires are loose, but somehow everyones having a great time, including the. With leslie nielsen, mel brooks, peter macnicol, steven weber.
Dead and loving it in 1995, mel brooks turned back to the horror film genre, this time to the worlds most famous vampire. Dead and loving it either this is the lamest mel brooks comedy ever or its too close to other contenders to make much difference. That leslie nielson plays the great bloodsucking count gives viewers a good idea as to what they are in for. Though nielson may portray a rather debonair undead, the character and the film itself are as lifeless as the unflappable count. Leslie nielsen, mel brooks, lysette anthony, amy yasbeck, steven weber, and peter macnicol. One of my all time fav mel brooks films, i am a huge fan of dracula book and dracula. Dracula has been living in his dark and dull dusty castle, but over time, he has become bored. Together with carl reiner, he created the comic character. Dead and loving it is pretty much like his later comedies. Mel brooks s count is a pratfalling evil prince of a guy who believes in long relationships.
Unlike other hollywood comedies about the count, dracula. If that can be considered the success, dracula dead and loving it. He served in wwii, and afterwards got a job playing the drums at. Brooks eventually started a comedy act and also worked in radio and as master entertainer at grossingers resort before going to television. Brooks portrays vampire hunter van helsing, who wont give a bloodsucker an even break.
Count dracula or simply just dracula is the titular antagonist of mel brooks dracula. He is portrayed by the late veteran actor leslie nielsen. It is a flawless film parody of the frankenstein myth. Dead and loving it is an embarrassingly poor end to mel brooks legendary directing. Biographydracula has been living in his dark, dull dusty castle bored. Dead and loving it, mel brooks funny spoof of dracula movies particularly 1992s bram stokers dracula by francis ford coppola, in the company. Mel brooks does it again with this sendup of vampire films. Dead and loving it 1897 1995 fiction into film is a series devoted to pagetoscreen adaptations. Its like someone else wrote the script then brooks just slapped his name on it. Dead and loving it lasted until september so it was released in december. Renfield is locked up in sewards sanitarium because it is believed he killed all the crew of the ship they arrived on. Dead and loving it takes place in its original time period 1893, with colorful costumes, a rich gothic score, and appropriately.
Dead and loving it received much scorn at the time of its release, as critics derided the creative bankruptcy they thought it represented in both its star leslie nielsen and its writerdirector mel brooks. A major liability is straighthunkturnedaginglampoon. In the book, arthur drives the stake through lucys heart, but in this movie. Buy a cheap copy of dracula dead and loving it book. Jan 16, 2016 harker visits his fiancee, mina, to check on how she is feeling and if she was untroubled by any supernatural forces, like dracula during the night. Mel brookss count is a pratfalling evil prince of a guy who believes in long relationships. Leslie nielsen, mel brooks, peter macnicol, steven weber, amy yasbeck, lysette anthony, harvey korman, mark. Dead and loving it widescreen, subtitled, dolby on. This dracula takes himself very seriously despite the fact that hes a bit of a klutz with a tendency to slip in the bat guano that adorns his castle floor. Mar 16, 2008 clip of leslie nielsen as dracula mesmerizing an usher at the theatre in mel brooks dracula dead and loving it. This comedy followed the bram stoker book very closely. Whether viewed as a spoof of bram stokers dracula and its myriad film adaptations or as an attempt to recapture the magic of brooks masterpiece young frankenstein, this bloodsucker is simply a dud.
I guess i can say that the production design is fine at best, and its kind of interesting to see leslie nielsens character getting tired of this shit, but thats all. His films do have a tendency to turn out much like the jokes that comprise themhitormiss, one minute shootthemoon brilliant and the next minute well short of laughs. Dead and loving it is mel brooks greatestfunniest film ever. Best sellers todays deals new releases books electronics. Dead and loving it is brooks final filma fittingly.