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I read a few reviews before watching this (a friend had sent me the youtube link telling me that it was supposed to be really scary). I only read a few reviews because sometimes people forget to say they are writing spoilers when they do... so all I knew was that people had nightmares after this film and that there was THE SCENE in it...

well it was nicely atmospheric, like a Henry James story, as one comment put it.. and some nice tension, but SCARY???? really maybe if I was 10 or 12 years old, but as an adult.. nah... if I was alone in a big house on a windy night, okay maybe a little creepy...

The Haunting will always be the big scary non-bloody film for me (the original, not the horrible remake), The Others for new creepy ghost stories and the 80's film Ghost Story, that gave me nightmares. But this one.. don't think so.. to each his own

I have to agree with the first poster here.. the film's beginning just caught me and reeled me in for the rest of the film.. I was really interested in seeing this film when it came out for many reasons.. 1)another spin on Dracula;2) Hugh Jackman and 3) I was just about to move to the Czech Republic, where most of the film was shot.

I live there now and am watching the film on TV, dubbed, sadly but it's what lead to this comment.. the film does offer up some fun references to other films - and as mentioned gives us one of the best Frankenstein's monsters since Clancy Brown in the horrible "The Bride".

I have to say the only thing I really didn't like about this film was the werewolves.. way to much CGI -- I really haven't seen a werewolf that I liked in recent films.

Hugh's character looks like Vampire Hunter D, the really wonderful Anime vampire hunter, so that's a nice touch.

For doubters of the quality of this film.. it's worth taking a look. It's anachronistic, a bit over the top, but good fun and some good performances.. Much like Sommer's Mummy films.