''Bram Stoker's Dracula's Guest'' (also known as just ''Dracula's Guest'') is a 2008 film that was written and directed by Michael Feifer. It was released
direct to video
Direct-to-video or straight-to-video refers to the release of a film, TV series, short or special to the public immediately on home video formats rather than an initial theatrical release or television premiere. This distribution strategy was p ...
in August 2008 and is loosely based on
Bram Stoker's short story "
Dracula's Guest".
Plot
The story opens showing a young man finding a young woman he knows behind bars, having been imprisoned and raped. He swears to get her out and the scene cuts to six months earlier. The young man is Bram Stoker and he has a relationship with Admiral Murray's daughter, Elizabeth in Victorian England. He works in a real estate company and has just given his career a boost by finding a home for the firm's new client, Count Dracula. The Admiral is not impressed with Bram and insists he and Elizabeth observe a year's separation to test their love before he'll give his blessing to their marriage. Bram accepts and leaves to begin his year but Elizabeth is rebellious and runs off, presumably to find Bram in Scotland. She gets waylaid by the Count at the train station where he abducts her to his home in Transylvania. Bram's friend Malcolm rushes to find Bram and tell him about the abduction but is caught and killed by Dracula at Stoker's apartment. He had told his business to Mrs. Withen the landlady, before he died so Bram was able to get the information he needed and rushed off to her rescue. He is accosted twice on the road to the Slovak region, once in France and the second time in Germany on Walpurgisnacht. Meanwhile, the Admiral is also on his way to rescue his daughter. We come again to the scene where Bram finds Elizabeth imprisoned in her underground chamber and he then begins a death-defying climb up the side of the mountain to where he can enter the castle. He challenges the Count to a fight in which he is clearly outmatched and when the Count abandons him the Admiral catches up to Bram in the mausoleum. He sends the young man on to find his daughter, while he searches for Dracula. The two older men meet up in front of the dungeon grating shortly after Bram finds Elizabeth and fight. The Admiral wins in spite of taunting by the Count and the scene fades out.
Cast
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Amy Lyndon as Mrs. Witham
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Wes Ramsey
Wesley Albert Ramsey (born October 6, 1977) is an American actor. He is known for his performance in the romantic drama film '' Latter Days'', and for playing Sam Spencer on the CBS daytime soap opera ''Guiding Light'' and for his recurring r ...
as
Bram Stoker
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Andrew Bryniarski as
Count Dracula
Count Dracula () is the title character of Bram Stoker's 1897 gothic horror novel ''Dracula''. He is considered to be both the prototypical and the archetypal vampire in subsequent works of fiction. Aspects of the character are believed by some ...
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Kelsey McCann as Elizabeth Murray
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Dan Speaker as Admiral Murray
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Ryan Christiansen as Malcolm
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Caia Coley as Mrs. Murray
* Thomas Garner as Mr. Quartermane
* Robert Smith as Johann
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Maya Waterman as Shanty Woman
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Stan Bly as Pierre
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Robert William Madrigal as Dracula's Carriage Driver
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Nino Simon as Herr Delbruch
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Andy Parks as Conductor
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Daniel Bonjour
Daniel Bonjour (born September 28, 1981) is a South Africa–born actor, director and screenwriter best known for his roles in '' The Walking Dead'', ''Frequency'', and ''iZombie''.
Early life
Bonjour was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. His ...
as German Captain
Reception
Critical reception has been predominantly negative. ''
Dread Central'' and ''
DVD Talk
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History
Kleinman founded the site in January 1999 in Beaverton, Oregon. Besides news and reviews, it features information on hidden DVD features known as ...
'' both rated the movie negatively, and ''Dread Central'' remarked that although Feifer "tries really hard on his minuscule budget to recreate the look, talk, and manner of a Victorian era vampire movie - not an ounce of it feels authentic, like an old PBS production by way of The Asylum." ''
DVD Verdict'' panned the movie overall, stating that while they won't call it "the worst movie ever" it was "certainly a contender."
References
External links
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{{Adaptations of Dracula
2008 films
Dracula films
Films set in castles
2000s English-language films
Films directed by Michael Feifer