Dracula: The Series (2-DVD Pack)
by Allan Eastman
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Actor: Bernard Behrens, Geordie Johnson, Jacob Tierney, Joe Roncetti, Mia KirshnerDirector: Allan Eastman
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 460 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-02-08
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Dracula: The Series (2-DVD Pack)
Movie Review: A fun series with a pro-family message from an unlikely source
Summary: 5 Stars
It's always better when the actors appear to enjoy their roles. Think how different Freddy Krueger would have been if Robert Englund wasn't having a blast playing him.
My take on it is that this Dracula has discovered that pure evil is boring. He still wants to rule the world, but why rush it when you have eternity? He acts more like he wants to eventually become a benevolent dictator and have as much fun as possible doing it. One of the games he plays is to exaggerate himself in front of Helsing and the kids. His behavior towards Helsing makes me think of Q toward Picard in ST:TNG. Lucard could have them all killed with a phone call if he really wanted to (the Magyar cross only protects against vampires, not hitmen).
Lucard has no aversion to modern technology, so of course his castle has hidden cameras and a state-of-the art security system. He'd have to because someone like him has more enemies than just other vampires and a goofy old man. Yet the kids never have any trouble getting in and Lucard's servants never seem to be around to stop them. How could that be unless Lucard doesn't mind the kids visiting? Helsing is just comic relief to Lucard.
While outwardly menacing, though always in a campy way, Lucard is actually pretty protective of the children. When you combine the best security system money can buy with a vampire's hearing, it's a safe bet that Lucard is well aware of everything that happens in his home. In one episode he sends them on a wild goose chase to get them out of harm's way while he deals with the unstable Klaus.
For all of Lucard's wealth, power and servants, he's lonely. He tolerates Helsing because he's not a real threat, it's fun to mess with him and the kids like him. Lucard likes the kids and the mother and is trying to befriend them. He can't do it directly because they wouldn't believe it so he keeps luring them over so that they can see that he has his own sense of honor and fair play and draw their own conclusions. Transforming the mother was a not-too-subtle way of introducing to the kids the idea of them being a family.
Like Edward Herrman in The Lost Boys, he wants a family. Unlike Herrman's character, he wants to become a father figure to the children before he transforms them. Lucard wants it all: power, wealth, and a family to share it with.
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