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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Clint_L" data-source="post: 9809113" data-attributes="member: 7035894">You are not summarizing most Dracula movies very well.Typically, they are not primarily set in Transylvania. London is the most used setting, but Demeter (I just watched it; it's not very good) is set almost entirely onboard the ship. And plenty are set in...well, pretty much any location you could imagine. "Dracula in America" is basically a subgenre to itself (c.f Renfield - fun; more of a superhero origin film). Plus there are a host of Dracula knock-off films, which is what this would be - is there anyone seriously arguing that Strahd is not a Dracula knock-off?Most of these films are bad, but most are also B horror films, which is a wildly inconsistent genre, to say the least. And there are some absolute gems in there (big fan of the original Fright Night, and the Buffy movie, while a bit undercooked, was kind of a Dracula knock-off that launched the iconic series). I don't see much in the Strahd character that stands out as exceptionally different, but, sure, all it takes is a good script and filmmaker.(Speaking of Buffy, that series' take on Dracula in the Season 5 premiere is excellent fun).</blockquote>