Filmmaker Denise Castro wants to make her "most personal film yet", another adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula, with her unique selling point being that the film''s at least partially shot at the actual Castle Dracula in Transylvania. To that end she flies her cast - Claudia Trujillo as Mina and Ricard Balada as Dracula - and crew - just her and her cinematographer and editor Alfredo Ruiz - over to Romania for some filmwork. Now she isn't excited about her stars being a couple and thus more itno another than into her vision, and watching their every move on a camera hidden in their room doesn't make things any better, but the real killjoy of the excursion is Clauudia, who upon realizing what small fry production she*s in throws a regular tantrum, one that not even Ricard manages to talk her out of. In Denise*s mind, the show must go on though at whatever cost, so she steals Claudia and Ricard's passport out of their room while they're away, just to make sure they won't leave mid-shoot. Thing is though, all of the group's talk of Dracula just might have summoned the real deal ...

Now I've probably said it a few times too often already, I'm not a massive fan of the found footage approach as such ... but then again time and again there are movies that use that style to their advantage, like Denise Castro's Dracula, which at first comes across much more like a making-of/bts movie than an actual genre piece, this way giving the whole thing a meta dimension, and at first really derives its drama really from these parts rather than the actual horror that's only kept for late in the film. And all this, coupled with some down-to-earth performances, make this one a rather unique and definitely worthwhile genre flick.

And if this has at all gotten you interested, Denise Castro's Dracula will launch on https://bloodstreamtv.com/ on April 12th, 2026.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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