Dracula: Dead and Loving It

Dracula: Dead and Loving It
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMel Brooks
Screenplay by
Story by
  • Rudy De Luca
  • Steve Haberman
Based onDracula
by Bram Stoker
Produced byMel Brooks
Starring
CinematographyMichael D. O'Shea
Edited byAdam Weiss
Music byHummie Mann
Production
companies
Distributed byColumbia Pictures (through Sony Pictures Releasing; United States and Canada)
Gaumont Buena Vista International (France)
Release dates
  • December 22, 1995 (1995-12-22) (United States)
  • April 10, 1996 (1996-04-10) (France)
Running time
90 minutes
Countries
  • United States
  • France
LanguageEnglish
Budget$30 million
Box office$10.7 million

Dracula: Dead and Loving It is a 1995 supernatural horror comedy film directed by Mel Brooks, from a screenplay by Brooks, Rudy De Luca, and Steve Haberman, and based on a story by De Luca and Haberman. The film stars Leslie Nielsen as Dracula and Brooks as Van Helsing, with Steven Weber, Peter MacNicol, Amy Yasbeck, Lysette Anthony, Harvey Korman, and Anne Bancroft in supporting roles. Although the film is primarily a parody of the 1897 novel Dracula by Bram Stoker, it follows Dracula (1931) in its deviations from the novel. It also parodies, among other films, The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967) and Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), while the visual style and production values are reminiscent of the Hammer Horror films.

Dracula: Dead and Loving It was theatrically released in the United States on December 22, 1995, to critical and commercial failure, grossing $10.7 million against its $30 million production budget. The film is Brooks' last directorial effort to date.