Ravenloft, the Movie

[Spectral Anomaly]

Well Strahd's really just Dracula in D&D drag, but that's how you differentiate this from everything that came before -- the vampire has a different name! And instead of Van Helsing, vampire hunter coming for him, it's a ranger, barbarian, magician, thief, cavalier, and and acrobat.

And a unicorn! You can't forget the unicorn!

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

And a unicorn! You can't forget the unicorn!

Probably eaten by one of the wolves in the forest.

Those wolves were nasty. One game I played in we never made it to Barovia -- we left the trail and were eaten by wolves.

 

[overgeeked]

Vampire movies always seem to carry their weight.

Would a Ravenloft movie make a good D&D/vampire crossover film?

Horror movies do great. You’d be at cross purposes with horror and D&D. Just like in the recent setting and module.

In the last year and into the next we will have Sinners, Dracula, and Nosferatu. Or, better yet, here’s a list of newer vampire movies.

https://hellhorror.com/movies/new-genres/vampires/

What would a Strahd movie bring to the table besides licensing fees, Hasbro meddling, and confused audience expectations? Basically anything you could do with Strahd you can do with those obstacles.

 

[Ryujin]

That gets you the tiny D&D audience, and probably makes the mainstream audience think “huh, that’s weird, why did they change Van Helsing into a hobbit?” — I just don’t see a reason to do it from the Hollywood POV. It would come across like those gimmicky comedy rip-off horror films to anybody not familiar with D&D.

There’s a reason D&D copied Dracula.

As it's a pocket dimension I suppose they could take a leaf out of the '70s book of SciFi; "The Fantastic Journey." Have modern day characters, as audience POV, then mix in other times and fantasy.

 

[TiQuinn]

Vampire movies always seem to carry their weight.

Would a Ravenloft movie make a good D&D/vampire crossover film?

Having just come off watching the first three episodes of The Mighty Nein, as well as being a fan of Castlevania, I think an animated movie or show would fit this bill nicely.