Although promoted as a bold reimagining of classic horror characters, writer-director Stephen Sommers' frenetic action spectacle is a hokey monster mish-mash that plunders the richly textured histories of Dracula, the Wolfman and Frankenstein's monster. It starts promisingly, with a glistening B&W sequence recapping FRANKENSTEIN's (1931) familiar conclusion, with a twist. As always, the doomed doctor (Samuel West) animates his sad creature (Shuler Hensley) as angry, torch-bearing villagers storm his castle, but now Count Dracula (Richard Roxburgh), Frankenstein's secret financial backer, lurks in the shadows. The action shifts to Paris and muted color, and a mysterio...
Released:
2004
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
125 mins