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Release year: 1995

Storyline

Mel Brooks' parody of the classic vampire story and its famous film adaptations.

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Directors

Mel Brooks

Writers

Cast

Leslie Nielsen — Dracula
Mel Brooks — Professor Van Helsing
Peter MacNicol — Renfield
Steven Weber — Harker

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Did you know

• For the scene in which Harker puts a stake in Lucy's heart, Mel Brooks didn't tell Steven Weber that he would be covered in 200 gallons of blood, so that his reaction would appear natural. This led him to ad-lib "She's dead enough."

• Lysette Anthony talked about her role during an interview. "I was just meant to be there, with my tits hanging out, looking ridiculously glamorous. And, no, I didn't find it offensive being that sort of sexy foil. Lucky me just to have spent a few months working with Mel, one of the comic greats of our time. Love him or hate him, he's one of the founders of what this generation finds funny now."

• The character of the gypsy woman Madame Ouspenskaya, who was portrayed by Mel Brooks' wife, actress Anne Bancroft, was named after Maria Ouspenskaya, who played the character of Maleva in both The Wolf Man (1941) and Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943).