Dracula
- Streaming Availability: You can now stream Luc Besson’s Dracula on Paramount+.
- Unique Interpretation: The film blends horror, fantasy, and romance in a new take on the classic story.
- Part of Collection: It is included in Paramount+’s Peak Screaming collection for the spooky season.
- Notable Cast: Caleb Landry Jones stars as Dracula, alongside Zoë Bleu and Christoph Waltz.
Paramount+ has announced that you can now stream Luc Besson’s Dracula on the platform. Besson brings his unique visual style to the timeless story and blends horror, fantasy, and romance for a new interpretation. The movie is also part of Paramount+’s Peak Screaming collection, which is giving fans even more ways to sink their teeth into spooky season with horror favorites, iconic franchises, and Halloween-ready thrills throughout October. Other titles include Scream, Pet Sematary, A Quiet Place, and shows like Dexter: Resurrection and Yellowjackets.
Cast and Synopsis
Also known as Dracula: A Love Tale, the film is, as that title gives away, a love story, following Dracula as he connects with a woman in Belle Époque Paris, who resembles his beloved wife Elisabeta, who died in mid-15th century Transylvania. Per legend, it was Elisabeta’s suicide that led Romanian ruler Prince Vlad III (the real-life inspiration for Dracula) to forsake God and embrace life as a vampire. The action moves between time and the settings of Dracula’s castle in Romania’s Transylvanian Mountains and Belle Époque Paris, which substitutes Stoker’s original UK settings of Whitby and London. The Paris-set scenes in the second part of the film unfold in the lead-up to July 14, 1989, as the city gears up to celebrate the centenary of the French Revolution.
The title character is played by Caleb Landry Jones, who just worked with Besson on his most recent film, Dogman. The idea that Jones would make a great Dracula occurred to Besson while they were on the set of Dogman. Wanting to work with the actor again as quickly as possible, the filmmaker then started assembling his take on Dracula. He told Deadline he’s fascinated with Jones because “He’s crazily talented. It’s something I haven’t seen since Gary Oldman. On a human level, he’s a gem, kind, lovely… there’s no entourage, no agents and assistants in tow.” This is the most inspired he has been by an actor since Jean Reno, with whom he made six movies.
Jones is joined in the cast by Zoë Bleu (Mother, May I Sleep With Danger?) as Elisabeta and her 1989 look-alike Mina, Matilda De Angelis (Citadel: Diana) as Mina’s best friend, and Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained) as a vampire-hunting priest who is on Dracula’s tail.
JoBlo’s own Tyler Nichols gave Dracula a 6/10 review that you can read HERE.
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