When I wrote about IFC’s first trailer for ARGENTO’S DRACULA, I lamented the lack of a giant CG praying mantis, as well as the all-out craziness that we had come to expect from the promo trailers for this delirious flick. Well, thankfully, the distributor has given us a new red-band trailer which contains plenty of WTF?! moments, so prepare to laugh yourself silly. (Really now, why would they even include some of these FX shots in this trailer?)
The tale begins with Jonathan Harker, journeying by train and carriage from England to Count Dracula’s crumbling, remote castle situated in the Carpathian Mountains on the border of Transylvania. The purpose of his mission is to catalogue the big library of Dracula. At first enticed by Dracula’s gracious manner, Harker soon discovers that he has become a prisoner in the castle. He also begins to see disquieting facets of Dracula’s nocturnal life. One night while searching for a way out of the castle, and against Dracula’s strict admonition not to venture outside his room at night, Harker falls under the spell of three wanton female vampires, the Brides of Dracula.
ARGENTO’S DRACULA stars Thomas Kretschmann, Marta Gastini, Asia Argento, Unax Ugalde, and Rutger Hauer. It’s available on VOD right now!