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Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Horrible acting, no plot, and a woman who mysteriously travels in time for no reason whatsoever. Vlad doesn't have the dark, alluring charm that vampires are supposed to have, but instead wears a stressed maniacal gaze akin to that of a man having painful explosive diarrhea. Especially in the sex scenes, where he looks like he's about to spontaneously combust out of frustration of his ineptitude as a frightening vampire shrouded in torture and suffering.But the special effect were great though. Oh wait, there were none other than the part where he climbs a wall (is pulled up the wall in a rope, on fast forward).

First of all, "Vlad" is a different kind vampire movie. It has almost nothing in common with the typical vampire movie and moves further in the Gothic fantasy genre, horror-fantasy would be a better term. Far away from typical clichés of the genre, this movie presents us a twist in the well known history of Count Dracula as it removes any link to Bram Stoker's novel and focuses on the myths that inspired Stoker's novel. This movie is a tale of Romanian vampires.The plot is a bit confusing, but at its core, it is about four graduated students who are selected by a Rumanian organization that will fund their research for their final thesis as their projects deal with Rumanian folklore and/or Vlad Tepes, the legendary ruler of Valachia who inspired Stoker to write the famous novel. The organization, lead by Radescu (Brad Douriff), is in fact a facade for an ancient order created by Tepes centuries ago, and their purposes will reveal when one of the students, Linsey (Monica Davidescu), reveals her secret: Her family had stolen a medallion from Vlad's grave.The secret powers of the medallion will create chaos as the members of the order try to find it, for different purposes everyone, and the students are in the middle of the struggle aided by Adrian (Billy Zane), a loyal agent of Radescu who tries to avoid the rebirth of Vlad.Now, the plot is for once very clever and quite interesting. The writers really did a great research when they wrote the story as it includes pieces of real history, Romanian folklore and Vlad Tepes' biography. Of course, spiced with fantasy and horror elements. Nevertheless, this is also its big problem, the movie tries to accomplish many tasks and this creates a confusing script. Certainly, a bigger budget would have resulted in a longer movie, and a longer movie would have fixed the confusion.Depsite that huge problem, the movie works at its level, with an incredibly looking visuals, thanks to the beautiful Romanian locations and the amazing camera-work. It's indeed surprising how much they could make with so small budget.Sadly, the budget hurts the SFX and they look as if they came from a cheap TV series. This indeed decreases a work of good quality, but fortunately, they focus on acting and not in SFX, so it is not that notorious.The acting is very good, and the young actors show promise. While some of the characters were not very developed, the actors did a good job with the little they had and the result is pretty good. Again, a bit more of care in the script would have resulted in outstanding performances, but yet, the actors carry the film with grace.Last but not least, the most remarkable feature of this movie is without a doubt the music. It is an outstanding work and it is a shame that the movie had not been more known, because the music is really outstanding. Few times a b-movie has a score this good and the movie really makes the most of it.While probably this movie is not Oscar material, it is certainly among the best vampire movies of this decade. Or at least, among the most original. A great fantasy movie. 6.5/10

I watched Vlad not once, but twice. I love vampire movies, but this was just one of many that was less than thrilling. It wasn't the worst, but it wasn't the best either.I tried to give it another chance and I admit that I understood it better the second time around, but like so many others before this, it just didn't do it for me.I enjoyed Brad Dourif and Billy Zane, but there roles weren't quite what I expected. I'm fans of their work, but not really of this film.If you're a hardcore vampire movie buff, I would probably say that you will get bored with portions of this film. Again, it's not the worst, but it's a little dry....

I very much enjoyed Vlad. What attracted me was first, I love horror movies and the actors who were in it such as Kam Heskin, Francesco Quinn, Billy Zane, and Paul Popowich each of whelm played their roles very well.I love "Dracula" movies that give you a back story as to how he became who he would become. It helps the viewer to understand why he is who he is and that he is not just a one dimensional villain.Circumstances beyond his control were the reason he would become Vlad Dracul. Francesco Quinn portrays Vlad very convincing as well as give you the person as well as the demon he has become. One can't help but feel empathy for him.Kam Heskin, from Sunset Beach, plays Alexa Meyer, who becomes the object of Vlad's desire and he obsession to possess her which he does. She plays her role well as Alexa goes from being scared to being Vlad's slave. The viewer believes the transformation. The seduction scene was very well done. Not too much or too little. It was just right. On the DVD, they have an alternate ending which shows that Alexa still under Vlad's control and that she is no longer who she once was.After Vlad kidnaps Alexa, her brother Jeff played by Paul Popowich goes to rescue her from Vlad's clutches. Along with him are the other companions who went along with them on this trip to Europe.The fight scenes were very good and not at all cheesy as some horror movies can be. You could see the characters fighting to the death.The other actors were just as good at playing their roles. The priest who tried to empathize with Vlad by understanding him was good even thought it did not work as he had wanted but he tried all the same.It was a wonderful movie and I would recommend it to anyone who liked horror movies or Dracula.