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Dracula 3D

Dracula 3D

The Legend Rises

2012110 minNot RatedMidcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Director
Dario Argento
Starring
Thomas Kretschmann, Asia Argento, Rutger Hauer, Marta Gastini

When Englishman Jonathan Harker visits the exotic castle of Count Dracula, he is entranced by the mysterious aristocrat. But upon learning that the count has sinister designs on his wife, Mina, Harker seeks help from vampire slayer Van Helsing.

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Highlights

What stands out about Dracula 3D?

Dracula 3D earns 4 badges, led by Overhyped and Universally Panned.

  • Reception
  • Craft and mood
  • Awards and box office

Reception

Is Dracula 3D worth watching?

Dracula 3D's Midcredits score is the 1st percentile of all films, from 15K ratings across 6 sources. 14% liked it (rated it 7 or higher out of 10).

Midcredits score

How well it was received

1st percentile

Among the least well received films

1st percentile among Drama1st percentile among 2010s
Acclaim (how much people like it)2nd
Approval (how many liked it)3rd

36 /100

2nd percentile of all films

1st percentile among Drama3rd percentile among 2010s

Critics 25 · Audience 37

Audiences liked it more than critics did.

Rating distribution

The crowd leans negative, with most ratings sitting in the bottom half of the scale.

14% liked it

3rd percentile of all films

1st percentile among Drama3rd percentile among 2010s
14% rated it 7–1086% rated it 1–6

Critics 17% · Audience 14%

On Rotten Tomatoes, critics and audiences approve at similar rates.

Awards

0 Oscars won · 0 Oscar noms · 0 wins / 2 noms overall

Reach

How many have seen it

80th percentile

15K ratings across platforms

83rd percentile among Drama82nd percentile among 2010s
TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 1% in 30 days

Box office

Budget€5.6M

In euro, not converted to dollars.

Opening weekend$3.1K
Domestic gross$8.1K
Worldwide gross$673K

55th percentile earner in its genre.

What reviewers say

Common ground

Both camps agree it's a cheesy, cheap-looking Dracula adaptation with terrible CGI and a fun, campy Hammer homage feel.

Fans praised

  • Gorgeous Hammer-style sets, costumes, and painterly cinematography
  • Claudio Simonetti's atmospheric score
  • Rutger Hauer's charismatic Van Helsing and charismatic cast

Detractors panned

  • Wretched CGI, especially transform scenes and the giant mantis
  • Wooden acting, poor dubbing, and stilted dialogue
  • Boring, plodding pace with lack of tension or scares

What stands out

Sound and musicDivisive70

Simonetti's retro score praised, some find it cheesy

CinematographyDivisive55

Colorful and painterly but flat, overlit, TV-movie look

AtmosphereDivisive55

Gothic sets and evocative locations, but cheap look and lack of menace

OriginalityDivisive45

Divisive shape-shifting ideas (mantis, owl) and Hammer pastiche

ActingDivisive30

Stiff, wooden performances, poor dubbing; Hauer and Gastini praised, Kretschmann mixed

Plot and story25

Loose, unfaithful adaptation with logic gaps and dull pacing

Pacing20

Plodding, overlong, boring stretches despite short runtime

Effects and spectacle15

CGI universally panned as cheap and laughable; mantis scene ridiculed

Preferred by

No notable difference between any of the groups: each pair ranks it within 10 percentile points.

  • Women vs men even
  • Critics vs users 1 point apart
  • US vs non-US 1 point apart

Watch experience

What is Dracula 3D like to watch?

Conclusions only — categories and positions, no plot detail.

Scary: browse every movie of this kind

Watch this when you are ready for heavy feelings, and you want to be scared.

It is intense and leaves you wrung out and released. Skip it when you want an easy night.

ToneFeelDemandwhat the answer rests onexact position · filled zone: the category

What it asks of you

Room for heavy feelings.

What it feels like

Scary.

The answer rests on this: Moods
TenseDread
Heaviest: late
Register
Solemn: Grave and dignified; treats its subject with weight and respect.Melodramatic · 9% of films: Heightened emotion, played large.
Told as
Three-act: Setup, confrontation, resolution — the default Hollywood shape.
ToneThe film plays its gothic horror material earnestly, without irony or self-awareness.
The rideThe film sustains a gothic atmosphere of dread and tension, culminating in the violent final confrontation.
StructureThe story proceeds conventionally from Jonathan Harker's arrival at the castle, through Lucy's tragedy, to the final confrontation in Transylvania.

How it leaves you

what you carry away

Wrung out and released.

Cathartic · 6% of filmsBittersweet
Why it leaves you this wayThe defeat of the vampire provides emotional release, but the sacrifice of a character lingers as a melancholy note.
How it ends · evidence
Bittersweet ending

Story archetype

where it sits among all films
Monster — 21% of films. A threat menaces the hero's world and must be defeated.Rags — 3% of films. A rise from lowliness to fortune, status, or recognition.Quest — 10% of films. A journey toward a defined objective, with companions and obstacles.Voyage — 4% of films. Into a strange world and back again, changed.Comedy — 11% of films. Confusion and cross-purposes resolved into harmony.Tragedy — 9% of films. A flaw or fixation drives the protagonist to ruin.Rebirth — 13% of films. A stalled or darkened life reopened and renewed.Mystery — 7% of films. A question drives the story — who did it, what happened, what is real — until it is answered.No archetype — 22% of filmsPredator — 6% of films. A creature or killer hunts the protagonists (Jaws, Alien).Tyrant — 6% of films. A human villain holds power over the hero's world (Die Hard).Invasion — 2% of films. An external force attacks the home or world (Independence Day).Oppressive state — 2% of films. A government, its agencies or a secret faction inside them is the monster (V for Vendetta).Corporate villainy — 1% of films. A company or its bosses are the monster (Erin Brockovich).Institutional injustice — 1% of films. A court, prison, police force, school or church is itself the enemy (Spotlight).Class system — under 1% of films. The gap between rich and poor, or a rigid hierarchy, is the monster (Parasite).Technology turns — under 1% of films. Technology people rely on becomes the threat (The Terminator).Inner demon — 1% of films. The monster is within — addiction, illness, a dark double.Underdog triumph — 2% of films. Rise through competition or contest (Rocky).Social ascent — under 1% of films. A climb in class or status (Pretty Woman).Fame and fortune — under 1% of films. An artistic or showbiz rise (A Star Is Born).Rise and fall — under 1% of films. Wealth or power gained, self lost (Scarface).Hidden worth revealed — under 1% of films. The protagonist's true value finally recognized.Treasure hunt — 1% of films. Retrieve an object of value (Raiders of the Lost Ark).Rescue — 4% of films. Retrieve or save a person (Saving Private Ryan).Mission — 5% of films. Accomplish or destroy a defined objective (Mission: Impossible).Journey home — under 1% of films. The goal is getting back (Finding Nemo).Pilgrimage — 1% of films. The journey itself transforms; the destination is symbolic.Portal fantasy — under 1% of films. Transported into another world (The Wizard of Oz).Fish out of water — 2% of films. Displaced into an unfamiliar social world (Elf).Survival ordeal — 1% of films. Trapped in a hostile environment, fighting back (Cast Away).Time displacement — under 1% of films. Unstuck in time (Back to the Future).Descent — 1% of films. A night-journey into an underworld or subculture (After Hours).Romantic comedy — 4% of films. Lovers kept apart by confusion, united at last.Comedy of errors — 3% of films. Mistaken identity or misunderstanding drives the plot.Farce — 2% of films. Escalating absurd chaos and coincidence (The Hangover).Buddy comedy — 1% of films. A mismatched pair forced together (Rush Hour).Comedy of manners — 1% of films. Social codes and class satirized (Clueless).Hubris — 1% of films. Pride or ambition invites the fall (There Will Be Blood).Obsession — 2% of films. A fixation consumes the protagonist (Black Swan).Corruption arc — 2% of films. Step-by-step moral decay (The Godfather).Doomed love — 2% of films. Love destroyed by circumstance (Brokeback Mountain).Crushed by fate — 3% of films. Destroyed by forces beyond the protagonist's control.Redemption — 3% of films. Moral reawakening of a hardened soul (A Christmas Carol).Healing — 5% of films. Recovery from grief or trauma (Good Will Hunting).Liberation — 2% of films. Breaking free of a confining life (Room).Second chance — 2% of films. A stagnant life re-opened to love or purpose (Groundhog Day).Puzzle — 1% of films. A clue-by-clue puzzle you can try to solve before the reveal (Knives Out, Clue).Investigation — 5% of films. A long pursuit of the truth that may never be fully solved (Zodiac, Memories of Murder).Enigma — 2% of films. The mystery is what is real, or what is actually happening (Mulholland Drive).MonsterPredator
Every story archetype, clockwise from the top
  • Monster 21% (this title): Predator 6% (this title) · Tyrant 6% · Invasion 2% · Oppressive state 2% · Corporate villainy 1% · Institutional injustice 1% · Class system under 1% · Technology turns under 1% · Inner demon 1%
  • Rags 3%: Underdog triumph 2% · Social ascent under 1% · Fame and fortune under 1% · Rise and fall under 1% · Hidden worth revealed under 1%
  • Quest 10%: Treasure hunt 1% · Rescue 4% · Mission 5% · Journey home under 1% · Pilgrimage 1%
  • Voyage 4%: Portal fantasy under 1% · Fish out of water 2% · Survival ordeal 1% · Time displacement under 1% · Descent 1%
  • Comedy 11%: Romantic comedy 4% · Comedy of errors 3% · Farce 2% · Buddy comedy 1% · Comedy of manners 1%
  • Tragedy 9%: Hubris 1% · Obsession 2% · Corruption arc 2% · Doomed love 2% · Crushed by fate 3%
  • Rebirth 13%: Redemption 3% · Healing 5% · Liberation 2% · Second chance 2%
  • Mystery 7%: Puzzle 1% · Investigation 5% · Enigma 2%
  • No archetype 22%

Overcoming the monster: A threat menaces the hero's world and must be defeated. · Predator: A creature or killer hunts the protagonists (Jaws, Alien).

21% of films fit this archetype

Why this archetypeThe protagonists hunt and destroy the vampire Count Dracula, who preys on innocent people.

What it's about

7 groups · 53 themes
Bonds — 27% of filmsSelf — 22% of filmsPower — 7% of filmsMorality — 16% of filmsSurvival — 15% of filmsSociety — 9% of filmsIdeas — 5% of filmsRomantic love — 15% of filmsMarriage — 2% of filmsFamily bonds — 21% of filmsParenthood — 2% of filmsFriendship — 9% of filmsLoyalty — 4% of filmsIdentity — 14% of filmsComing of age — 5% of filmsAging — under 1% of filmsSelf-worth — 7% of filmsAmbition — 7% of filmsPurpose — 9% of filmsMemory — 3% of filmsObsession — 3% of films. A fixation consumes the protagonist (Black Swan).Power — 2% of filmsCorruption — 3% of filmsGreed — 3% of filmsClass — 3% of filmsOppression — 4% of filmsFreedom — 5% of filmsJustice — 13% of filmsDuty — 2% of filmsRevenge — 4% of filmsGuilt — 3% of filmsRedemption — 6% of films. Moral reawakening of a hardened soul (A Christmas Carol).Forgiveness — 1% of filmsSacrifice — 4% of filmsBetrayal — 5% of filmsDeception — 9% of filmsSurvival — 17% of filmsWar — 1% of filmsViolence — 4% of filmsMortality — 2% of filmsGrief — 6% of filmsTrauma — 7% of filmsMental illness — 1% of filmsAddiction — 1% of filmsIllness and disability — under 1% of filmsCommunity — 14% of films. Consequences reach a town, institution or group.Isolation — 5% of filmsPrejudice — 3% of filmsDisplacement — 1% of filmsFaith — 3% of filmsTradition vs change — 2% of filmsFame — 3% of filmsLegacy — 4% of filmsFate — 1% of filmsFree will — under 1% of filmsTruth — 4% of filmsHope — 5% of filmsNature — 2% of filmsArt — 4% of filmsTechnology — 1% of filmsSelfSurvival
Every theme, clockwise from the top
  • Bonds 27%: Romantic love 15% · Marriage 2% · Family bonds 21% · Parenthood 2% · Friendship 9% · Loyalty 4%
  • Self 22%: Identity 14% · Coming of age 5% · Aging under 1% · Self-worth 7% · Ambition 7% · Purpose 9% · Memory 3% · Obsession 3%
  • Power 7%: Power 2% · Corruption 3% · Greed 3% · Class 3% · Oppression 4% · Freedom 5%
  • Morality 16%: Justice 13% · Duty 2% · Revenge 4% · Guilt 3% · Redemption 6% · Forgiveness 1% · Sacrifice 4% (this title) · Betrayal 5% · Deception 9%
  • Survival 15% (this title): Survival 17% (this title) · War 1% · Violence 4% · Mortality 2% · Grief 6% · Trauma 7% · Mental illness 1% · Addiction 1% · Illness and disability under 1%
  • Society 9%: Community 14% · Isolation 5% · Prejudice 3% · Displacement 1% · Faith 3% · Tradition vs change 2% · Fame 3% · Legacy 4%
  • Ideas 5%: Fate 1% · Free will under 1% · Truth 4% · Hope 5% · Nature 2% · Art 4% · Technology 1%

Survival

SurvivalSacrifice · 4% of films
Warns its theme: Presents its theme as a danger or a coming cost.Community stakes: Consequences reach a town, institution or group.Ensemble lead
How it treats its themeThe characters dedicate themselves to defeating the vampire to protect themselves and others, with some making the ultimate sacrifice.
StanceThe film warns of the seductive and predatory nature of evil, which must be confronted collectively.

The world

19th centuryRuralInstitutionalHorror supernatural
Orchestral classicalForeground music · original score · Claudio Simonetti
SettingVictorian England and Transylvania
MusicSimonetti's score blends traditional gothic orchestration with modern synth elements to heighten the horror.

Content guide

Is Dracula 3D okay for kids?

Not Rated

Dracula 3D is not rated. As of March 15, 2026, Midcredits content scores put its violence at severe (88/100), sexual content at moderate (58/100), language at minimal (9/100), drug and alcohol content at moderate (37/100) and frightening material at moderate (59/100). Its violence, drug and alcohol content and frightening material have too few votes to rank.

Ratings in 6 other countries
  • UK18
  • AustraliaM
  • Germany18
  • France12
  • JapanR15+
  • ItalyT
Overall
Intense · all five categories
not ranked
Violence & Gore
Severe
too few votes to rank (8 votes)
Sex & Nudity
Moderate · audience split: No severity level holds a majority of voters
typical for an unrated film
heavier than 73%
Profanity
None / Minimal
light for an unrated film
heavier than 17%
Alcohol & Drugs
Moderate
too few votes to rank (9 votes)
Frightening / Intense
Moderate · audience split: No severity level holds a majority of voters
too few votes to rank (9 votes)

Point along a line to see a well-known title at that level.

Too few votes to rank this title overall (69 votes across 5 categories; ranking needs 10 in at least three).

Source: Midcredits content scores, 0 (none) to 100 (severe) per category, with each standing ranked against other films that have them.

What content warnings does Dracula 3D have?

Not screened for content warnings yet.

Cast and crew

Who is in Dracula 3D?

Cast

Thomas Kretschmann
as Dracula
Asia Argento
as Lucy Kisslinger
Rutger Hauer
as Van Helsing
Marta Gastini
as Mina Harker
Unax Ugalde
as Jonathan Harker
Miriam Giovanelli
as Tanja
Maria Cristina Heller
as Jarmila
Augusto Zucchi
as Andrej Kisslinger
Giuseppe Loconsole
as Zoran
Christian Burruano
as Milos

Crew

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