Mediocre low-budget vampire movie, interesting only because of its originality compared to its predecessors. While Dracula movies so far were placed in past centuries, this story takes place in "present", in a small American town in the fifties of the 20th century, and main characters are a teenage couple, local priest/doctor and some town aunts. Pretty much unusual for Dracula movie. Still, story and characters are undeveloped, the plot is simple, and everything happens fast and easy, like in short cartoons. The movie is two-dimensional and fails to involve us enough, so there's no dramatic tension. Teenage romance won't fill you with emotions, nor will horror elements scare you. Overall, interesting idea, technically well done for its time and budget, but not elaborated enough, so movie fails to build an atmosphere that could leave a strong impression. You won't get bored, but you'll forget all about it soon enough.
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5,5/10