Unlike the MPAA we do not assign
one
inscrutable rating based on age, but 3 objective ratings for SEX/NUDITY, VIOLENCE/GORE
and PROFANITY on a scale of 0 to 10, from lowest to highest,
depending on quantity and context.
English actor Gary Oldman delivers a sympathetic
performance as the Count, in this case more the Prince of Pain than Darkness, especially
when he cries bloody tears for his lost love. Also with Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder and
Anthony Hopkins.
SEX/NUDITY 7 - Sex with vampires, male and female, some female nudity, lots
of writhing around and sexual innuendo. In order to become a vampire, one must go through
a ritual where each drinks the others blood. There is a scene where this ritual is shown
in a sexual light. A woman drinks the blood of a man by opening a wound on his chest.
Another scene where three female vampires are shown nude, seducing and sexually teasing a
man. He is terrified, but seems to enjoy it.
VIOLENCE/GORE 7 - The opening scene is of Dracula stabbing a cross after he
discovers his wife is dead, the whole room fills with blood. Decapitations, blood pouring
from inanimate as well as animate objects, people are impaled (in silhouette). There is a
scene where Dracula is shaving another man and he cuts him with the razor. Vampires are
beheaded, off screen, but we see Anthony Hopkins throwing their heads off a cliff.
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not as stringent as they are now. We therefore need to revisit many
older reviews, especially those written prior to 1998 or so; please
keep this in mind if you're consulting a review from that period.
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limited and it is a slow, time-consuming process.
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