Dracula: The Series

Though this show was billed as family entertainment, it still has its darker moments. Be prepared to suspend disbelief - and enjoy the puns and jokes while you're at it. Definitely worth a look... you might just find that you enjoy it! Geordie Johnson, Mia Kirshner, & Bunny Behrens are great!

A couple of American kids staying with their uncle in Belgium become vampire sleuths when they discover that the most powerful man by the name of Alexander Lucard, a business mogul in Europe, has minions and other vampires running the entire area where they are staying. The kids are joined by their Uncle Gustav and his charge, Sophie, to fight the evil Lucard using the traditional vampire-fighting agents and interestingly enough, develop their own state-of-the art inventions, one of which was a laser gun called The Boffin. Another was a protein type drink which gave off electrical shocks to keep vampires at bay. Memorable guest stars include Lucard's arch rival Nosferatu, brilliantly played by the late Denis Forest. Full season one ends with a cliffhanger but the series was not renewed. Great cast line up led by veteran stage performers Geordie Johnson as Lucard and Bernard Behrens as vampire hunter Uncle Gustav Helsing.

Its on DVD. I got the first 11 episodes off the 5.99 rack at Best Buy.

This show is corny. Very corny. But it knows it is and doesn't take it self too seriously. I believe this was a kids show aimed at army brats and expatriots kids in Europe. It really bizarre how this is supposed to be in Spain or somewhere and every one, including the police captain, speak with an American accent. I love how Sophie is always making snide comments about Americans but doesn't even attempt to hide her accent.

Its nice show for Vampire completest and Americans living abroad with kids.

(BTW, Geraint Wyn Davies is in this as a vampire. This was two years before "Forever Knight". And Mia Kershner is in this as Sophie, long before her staring role in "The L Word.")

I loved this show as a kid! Of course, if I saw it now I might feel otherwise. The show was terribly campy but always entertaining. In addition to vampire henchmen, A. Lucard (i.e. "Dracula" backwards) also had a host of ghoulish zombies to do his bidding.

Geordie Johnson, who played Lucard, was oh-so sexy and alluring in this role, always the suave gentleman. He had the added-bonus of being able to transform into a flock of bats. The kids and Uncle Gustav would always invariably get themselves into a sticky situation, out of which they would miraculously escape within the alloted time-frame.

I would love to get my hands on old episodes of this show!

This is a great series. I found it for a very reasonable price, around $16.00 dollars, and snapped it up quickly. I remember wanting to see this when it first came out in 1990, but none of the television stations in my area carried it. I never imagined that I would have to wait 15 years to see it!! Geordie Johnson was a very good Dracula, not over-the-top or flamboyant like some actors who have portrayed this role in the past. Mr. Johnson has a very good speaking voice. It really fit the part magnificently. The actors that portrayed the kids were, for a change, not obnoxious or overtly cutesy. Sometimes a kid can kill a good program or movie and thankfully, they did not in this show. I only wish that this series had been able to have a final wrap-up episode.