As for where I fall into the camp of defenders or detractors of Francis Ford Coppola’s opus, I am a defender. Nuance and detail is pervasive, picking up on skittering, gravity-defying rodents, wind wisping in, creaky floorboards, and echoing castle rooms, and disseminating it exquisitely across the array, crafting an encompassing, engaging, engulfing track that embraces the innate style of the production and delivers it right into your ears. Dracula was shot with all manner of cinematic techniques as already detailed, including rear projection, multiple exposures, miniature effects, compositing images with a forced perspective, matte paintings, front projection and reverse motion. Seven years on, and fans of the film should already be very familiar with it, but if not, then you're in for a real treat, with - much like the video - the production itself providing the nuances required to bring this engaging, evocative track to life. Those experiencing it for the first time will find that it is a wonderful upgrade to a thirty-year-old classic .

One moment, we hear the story told from Jonathon Harker’s perspective like his trip to Transylvania and escape from Castle Dracula. In the first of two commentary tracks, the always voluble Francis Ford Coppola goes into every aspect of the film’s creation, covering his visual inspirations, reasons for shooting entirely in the studio, keeping the special effects practical, relations with cast and crew members, and the film’s overarching themes. Speak up and share your huffy opinions in our famous forums where 5,000 showbiz leaders lurk every day to track latest awards buzz. Black levels are off-the-charts fabulous, the miniatures and elaborate sets all look stunning, and the thirty-year-old classic has simple never looked any better.But by forcing Dracula into this mold of being a misunderstood romantic, it deadens the seriousness and horror of his atrocities and is incongruous with the rest of the film.

To celebrate this film’s 30th Anniversary, Sony curses physical media fanatics with a new two-disc 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray SteelBook release. The use of shadow play to show Vlad’s victories in battle is in keeping with the film’s overall reliance on deliberately old-fashioned camera trickery and the aesthetics of early cinema.I love Gary Oldman’s take on the ancient monster with Hopkins turning in a devilishly delightful Van Helsing.

Aladdin” would be winning Academy Awards in other categories, and I can’t imagine many were hoping to make a Steven Seagal action movie like “Under Siege” an Oscar winner. Francis Ford Coppola's lavishly crafted interpretation of Bram Stoker's classic novel Dracula is an audacious work of cinematic art, charmingly flawed by a couple of off-kilter performances, but equally so damn outlandish in its own flavoursome way that you don't care, particularly with a career-defining Oldman centre-stage. Updated daily and in real-time, we track all high-def disc news and release dates, and review the latest disc titles. Coppola directs with all the stops out, and the actors perform as if afraid they will not be audible in the other theaters of the multiplex. Bram Stoker’s Dracula rises from the grave once again to feed upon the wallets of physical media collectors for a new two-disc 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray 30th Anniversary SteelBook.The font really shouldn’t be that big of an issue, but flipping between discs, the generic white does affect the mood of the film. However, I will say this 4K image certainly doesn’t betray these elements, if anything I had a greater appreciation of them and how fluidly they worked - Harker’s letter on the left side of the screen with Dracula’s castle to the right that fades into Harker’s room as he’s shaving while the letter then slowly fades revealing the full room as the narration finishes is beautiful in-camera effects work. On the other side of things, I’m not at all a fan of the romantic anti-hero angle for the character. Dracula's 4K Blu-ray enjoys what appears to be the exact same outstanding Dolby Atmos track that has adorned not only the previous 2017 4K release but even its preceding 2015 Blu-ray reissue, and, such is the testament to its quality, it continues to be one of the finest tracks on the format.