Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)

Director:

Mel Brooks

Writers (WGA):

Mel Brooks (screenplay) &
Rudy De Luca (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

22 December 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror | Thriller

Plot:

Another spoof from the mind of Mel Brooks. This time he's out to poke fun at the Dracula myth. Basically...

Plot Keywords:

Spoof | Park | Corpse | Jumping Through A Window | Bitten In The Neck

Cast

Leslie Nielsen	...	Count Dracula
Peter MacNicol	...	Thomas Renfield
Steven Weber	...	Jonathan Harker
Amy Yasbeck	...	Mina Murray
Lysette Anthony	...	Lucy Westenra
Mel Brooks	...	Dr. Abraham Van Helsing
Harvey Korman	...	Dr. Jack Seward
Mark Blankfield	...	Martin
Megan Cavanagh	...	Essie
Clive Revill	...	Sykes
Chuck McCann	...	Innkeeper
Avery Schreiber	...	Peasant on Coach
Cherie Franklin	...	Peasant on Coach
Ezio Greggio	...	Coach Driver
Leslie S. Sachs	...	Usherette (as Leslie Sachs)
Matthew Porretta	...	Handsome Lieutenant at Ball
Rudy De Luca	...	Guard
Jennifer Crystal Foley	...	Nurse (as Jennifer Crystal)
Darla Haun	...	Brunette Vampire
Karen Roe	...	Blonde Vampire
Charlie Callas	...	Man in Straitjacket
Phillip Connery	...	Ship Captain
Tony Griffin	...	Crewman
Casey King	...	Crewman
Nicholas Rempel	...	Crewman (as Nick Rempel)
Zale Kessler	...	Orchestra Leader
Barbaree Earl Nielsen	...	Ballroom Guest (as Barbaree Earl)
Maura Nielsen Kaplan	...	Ballroom Guest (as Maura Nielsen)
Thea Nielsen Disney	...	Ballroom Guest (as Thea Nielsen)
Robin Shepard	...	Ballroom Guest
Elaine Ballace	...	Ballroom Guest
Maud Winchester	...	Ballroom Guest (as Maude Winchester)
Gregg Binkley	...	Woodbridge
Lisa Cordray	...	Hat Check Girl
Cindy Marshall-Day	...	Young Lover at Picnic
Ben Livingston	...	Young Lover at Picnic (as Benjamin Livingston)
Anne Bancroft	...	Madame Ouspenskaya (Gypsy Woman)
David DeLuise	...	Intern
Ric Coy	...	Intern
Tommy Koenig	...	Intern
Michael Connors	...	Intern
Grinnell Morris	...	Intern
Vince Grant	...	Intern
Stephen Wolfe Smith	...	Intern
Richard Allen Stewart	...	Intern (as Richard Alan Stewart)
Brad Grunberg	...	Intern (as Johnny Cocktails)
Carol Arthur	...	Villager
Derek Mark Lochran	...	Villager
Sonje Fortag	...	Villager
Ira Miller	...	Villager
Henry Kaiser	...	Villager
Kathleen Kane	...	Villager
Loraine Shields	...	Villager
David Savoy	...	Specialty Dancer
Sharon Savoy	...	Specialty Dancer
Audrey K. Baranishyn	...	Ballroom Dancer (as Audrey Baranishyn)
Delores Nemiro	...	Ballroom Dancer
Jeffrey Broadhurst	...	Ballroom Dancer
Jim Peace	...	Ballroom Dancer
Kevin Crawford	...	Ballroom Dancer
Jodi Peterson	...	Ballroom Dancer (as Jody Peterson)
John Frayer	...	Ballroom Dancer
Dennon Rawles	...	Ballroom Dancer
Sandi Johnson	...	Ballroom Dancer
Sandy Rovetta	...	Ballroom Dancer (as Sandra Rovetta)
Shirley Kirkes	...	Ballroom Dancer
Alton Ruff	...	Ballroom Dancer
Manette LaChance	...	Ballroom Dancer
Blane Savage	...	Ballroom Dancer
Stan Mazin	...	Ballroom Dancer
Ted Sprague	...	Ballroom Dancer
Patricia McFarlin-Mattson	...	Ballroom Dancer (as Tricia McFarlin-Mattson)
Jude Van Wormer	...	Ballroom Dancer
Anne McVey	...	Ballroom Dancer
Allen Walls	...	Ballroom Dancer (as Alan Walls)

Directed by
Mel Brooks

Writing credits (WGA)
Mel Brooks		(screenplay) &
Rudy De Luca		(screenplay) &
Steve Haberman		(screenplay)
Rudy De Luca		(story) &
Steve Haberman		(story)
Bram Stoker		(characters)

Produced by
Mel Brooks	....	producer
Robert Latham Brown	....	associate producer
Peter Schindler	....	executive producer
Leah Zappy	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Hummie Mann

Cinematography by
Michael D. O'Shea		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Adam Weiss

Casting by
Lindsay Chag
Bill Shepard

Production Design by
Roy Forge Smith

Art Direction by
Bruce Robert Hill

Set Decoration by
Jan Pascale

Costume Design by
Dodie Shepard

Makeup Department
Jane English	....	makeup artist
Dorothy D. Fox	....	key hair stylist
Alan Friedman	....	key makeup artist (as Alan 'Doc' Friedman)
Erwin H. Kupitz	....	wig maker
Todd McIntosh	....	makeup department head (as Todd A. McIntosh)
Carol Pershing	....	hair stylist
Carol Schwartz	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Robert Latham Brown	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gregg Goldstone	....	first assistant director
Peter Schindler	....	second unit director
Robert Scott	....	second second assistant director
Kenneth J. Silverstein	....	second assistant director (as Kenneth Silverstein)
Ken Wada	....	dga trainee
Darrell Woodard	....	additional second assistant director

Art Department
Tom Altobello	....	assistant property master
Heidi Baumgarten	....	set decoration buyer
Rick Bernos	....	paint foreman
Tim Bowen	....	set dresser
Jo Brown	....	head paint foreperson
David B. Clark	....	painter
Gene 'Hap' Cooper	....	sculptor
Lauren Cory	....	set designer
Phil Dagort	....	senior model maker
Jennifer Dawson	....	assistant property master (as Jennifer E. Dawson)
Louise Del Araujo	....	leadperson
Neil Gahm	....	foreman
Curtis Gutierrez	....	set dresser
Deborah Harman	....	set dresser
Barbara Ann Jaeckel	....	set designer
Johnnie Jenkins	....	construction accountant
Kristin Frances Jones	....	on-set dresser
Terry Kempf	....	construction foreman
Al Kenders	....	stand-by painter
Allen Lafferty	....	foreman
Tim R. Lafferty	....	general foreman (as Tim Lafferty)
Jack M. Marino	....	property master (as Jack Marino)
Douglas R. Miller	....	plaster foreman
Michael J. Miller	....	drapery
Lou Mouneu Sr.	....	plasterer
Dave Newhouse	....	greens coordinator
Robert G. Newhouse	....	greens stand-by
Diane O'Connor	....	art department coordinator
Joseph G. Pacelli Jr.	....	lead set designer
Gary Rizzo	....	set dresser
Carl Robarge	....	mold maker
Michael Sarley	....	storyboard artist
Tracy Stockwell	....	plasterer
Steve Thayer	....	foreman
Rene Vandenberghe	....	greens foreman
W. Wayne Walser	....	construction coordinator
Larry Wise	....	labor foreman

Sound Department
Paolo Amici	....	sound effects editor
James Ashwill	....	foley mixer
Bill Banyai	....	sound engineer
Don Coufal	....	production sound
Louis Counte	....	adr recordist
John T. Cucci	....	foley artist
David Cunningham	....	sound recordist
Carlos Delarios	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gary S. Gerlich	....	supervising sound editor
Gregory M. Gerlich	....	supervising sound editor
Jeff Gomillion	....	adr mixer
Douglas Greenfield	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Jerelyn J. Harding	....	supervising adr editor (as Jerelyn Harding)
Gary Holland	....	production sound
Rick Kline	....	sound re-recording mixer
Elliott Koretz	....	sound editor (as Elliott L. Koretz)
Anne Laing	....	adr apprentice editor
Ryan Luithly	....	foley assistant
David Marquette	....	sound recordist
Colin C. Mouat	....	sound editor
Dan O'Connell	....	foley artist
Sonny Pettijohn	....	assistant sound editor
John Phillips	....	sound editor (as John M. Phillips)
Jerry Pirozzi	....	foley editor
Daniele Quadroli	....	sound effects editor
David Quadroli	....	sound effects editor
Mike Reale	....	sound recordist
Dennis Sager	....	foley recordist
Hal Sanders	....	sound editor
Robert Ulrich	....	adr editor
Gregory H. Watkins	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Greg Watkins)
Craig Weintraub	....	assistant sound editor
Jeff Wexler	....	production sound

Special Effects by
Peter Albiez	....	special effects technician
Larz Anderson	....	special effects technician
Everett Burrell	....	special effects crew
Danny Cangemi	....	special effects foreman
Terry Chapman	....	special effects technician (as Terry P. Chapman)
Greg C. Jensen	....	special effects foreman
Conrad Krumm	....	special effects technician
Larry Odien	....	animatronics
Robert Phillips	....	special effects technician (as Robert A. Phillips)
Lambert Powell	....	special effects technician
Richard Ratliff	....	special effects coordinator
Carl Robarge	....	mold maker
Gary Schaedler	....	special effects technician
Doyle Smiley	....	special effects technician
Paul Vigil	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Jeff Beattie	....	visual effects editor
Scott Beattie	....	motion control
Everett Burrell	....	additional visual effects supervisor
Mark Dawson	....	data manager
Dan Deleeuw	....	digital effects supervisor
Wendy Dobrowner	....	digital matte painter
Rob Dressel	....	computer graphics artist
Rob Dressel	....	senior animator
Kevin Fitzgerald	....	assistant camera operator: visual effects unit
Crys Forsyth-Smith	....	visual effects production manager
Mark Galvin	....	visual effects executive producer
Mark Garbarino	....	assistant visual effects supervisor
Joe Hagey	....	motion control technician
Chris Heeter	....	assistant visual effects supervisor
Matt 'Chief' Hightower	....	computer graphics artist
Blaine Kennison	....	compositing supervisor
Carlin Kmetz	....	digital matte painter
David Lauer	....	computer graphics artist
Rick Lopez	....	scanning and recording technician
John Murrah	....	3D artist
Debbi Nikkel	....	visual effects production coordinator
Larry Odien	....	assistant visual effects supervisor
Marlo Pabon	....	computer graphics artist
Michael Shea	....	visual effects supervisor: DQI (as Mike Shea)
Mario Torres	....	assistant visual effects supervisor
John Vulich	....	additional visual effects supervisor
James Madigan	....	scanning and recording engineer (uncredited)

Stunts
Bruce Paul Barbour	....	stunt double: Dracula (as Bruce Barbour)
Gary Combs	....	stunt coordinator
George A. Sack Jr.	....	stunt driver
R.L. Tolbert	....	stunt double: coach driver
Mike Washlake	....	stunt double: Renfield (as Michael Washlake)

Camera and Electrical Department
Alan S. Blauvelt	....	first assistant camera (as Alan Blauvelt)
Clyde E. Bryan	....	first assistant camera: second unit
John P. Cleveland	....	key rigging grip
Robert C. Crockett	....	grip
Blaise Dahlquist	....	rigging gaffer (as Blaise R. Dahlquist)
Kevin Dean	....	rigging grip
David Dunbar	....	lighting technician
Kimo Easterwood	....	lighting technician
Jon Falkengren	....	grip
Marlin Hall	....	key grip
Dennis Harper	....	grip (as Dennis L. Harper)
Dustin A. Huber	....	rigging electrician (as Dustin Huber)
Jeffrey G. Hunt	....	lighting technician
James Keys	....	rigging electrician (as James J. Keys)
Scott C. Keys	....	lighting technician
Gary B. Kibbe	....	additional camera operator
George D. Knight	....	rigging grip
Norman G. Langley	....	camera operator: second unit
John Lubin	....	rigging grip
Charles May II	....	video assist operator
Michael P. May	....	first assistant camera: second unit (as Michael May)
Joe McKenzie	....	rigging electrician
Raymond Michels	....	grip
Robert Nelson	....	best boy grip
Daniel Nix	....	camera loader (as Daniel B. Nix)
Sean J. O'Shea	....	second assistant camera (as Sean O'Shea)
Ron Peebles	....	rigging grip (as Ron W. Peebles)
Alberto S. Ramos	....	dolly grip
Jack S. Schlosser	....	gaffer
Steve Shaver	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Steven H. Smith	....	camera operator
Peter Sorel	....	still photographer
Christopher D. Thompson	....	camera loader
Edmond Wright	....	grip (as Edmond C. Wright)
John Armstrong	....	generator operator (uncredited)

Animation Department
Rob Dressel	....	senior animator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Lindsay Chag	....	casting (as Lindsay D. Chag)
Belinda Gardea	....	casting assistant
Charlie Messenger	....	extras casting
Bill Shepard	....	casting
Tami Tirgrath	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Paul De Lucca	....	costumer
Charles DeMuth	....	costume supervisor
Mike Evans	....	costumer
Christine Heinz	....	costume supervisor
Marcie Olivi	....	key set costumer
Gary Sampson	....	costumer: Mr. Nielsen
Scheris Shephard	....	set costumer
Bill Smith	....	costumer
Paul St. John	....	costumer
Andrea E. Weaver	....	costumer (as Andrea Weaver)
Lyle Glazer	....	set costumer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
David Crowther	....	assistant editor
Linda DeMarco	....	color timer
Mo Henry	....	negative cutter
Chris Jackson	....	assistant editor
Dana B. Wilson	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Andy Bass	....	scoring crew
Frank Bennett	....	orchestrator
Brad Dechter	....	orchestrator
Sandy DeCrescent	....	music contractor
Marc Gebauer	....	scoring crew
Chris Ledesma	....	music editor
Steve Lively	....	vocal contractor
Brian L. McCarty	....	music playback operator
Don Nemitz	....	orchestrator
Maria Newman	....	musician
Rick Riccio	....	scoring mixer
Jay Selvester	....	scoring crew
Stan Sheldon	....	music preparation
James Thatcher	....	musician: french horn
Gary Wasserman	....	assistant music editor

Transportation Department
Jim Chesney	....	transportation coordinator
Kenny Moore	....	transportation captain (as Kenneth J. Moore)
R.L. Tolbert	....	coach driver double

Other crew
Mike Anzalone	....	production assistant
William Bowling	....	location manager (as Bill Bowling)
Janet Campolito	....	assistant production coordinator
Michael Cavette	....	assistant: Mr. Schindler
Dianne Chadwick	....	production assistant
Ronald Chesney	....	production assistant
Robin Cross	....	assistant accountant
Clark 'Cajun' Davis	....	craft service
Suzanne De Grandis	....	first assistant accountant
Wayne Fitzgerald	....	title designer
Roy Goldman	....	stand-in
Randy Harrington	....	stand-in
Cheryl Henry	....	stand-in
Daren Hicks	....	production coordinator
Johnnie Jenkins	....	estimator
Alan Johnson	....	choreographer
Saul Kahan	....	publicist
K. Lenna Katich	....	production accountant
Betty Kibbe	....	stand-in
Wayne Lamkay	....	production assistant
Tricia Lewis	....	assistant: Mr. Brooks
Monty McKee	....	stand-in
Nancy Beth Orr	....	choreographer
Katy Pacitti	....	assistant: Mr. Brooks
Charlene Painter	....	assistant choreographer
Corky Randall	....	livestock coordinator
Ahmed Saker	....	first aid
Marshall Schlom	....	script supervisor (as Marshall I. Schlom)
David Schreiber	....	assistant: Mr. Brooks
Woody Schultz	....	production assistant
John Semedik	....	assistant accountant
Tiffany Shine	....	production assistant
Ken 'Brother' Vils	....	stand-in
Julie Adams	....	dialect coach (uncredited)
Rob Dressel	....	technical director (uncredited)
Anthony Genovese	....	stand-in (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Gaumont (presents)
• Castle Rock Entertainment (in assocation with)
• Brooksfilms (as A Brooksfilms Production)

Distributors

• Castle Rock Entertainment (1995) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures (1995) (USA) (theatrical)
• Gaumont (1996) (France) (theatrical)
• Warner Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Gaumont Video (2005) (France) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (1996) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Prooptiki (1996) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Astro Distribution (1996) (Germany) (video) (laserdisc)
• Columbia TriStar Film
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (Australia) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar (Brazil) (video)
• Columbia TriStar (video)
• Finnkino (1996) (Finland) (VHS)
• Future Film (2003) (Finland) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (1996) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Llamentol (2011) (Spain) (DVD)
• Manuel Salvador (Spain)
• Nelonen (1999) (2009) (Finland) (TV)
• PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
• Polygram Filmed Entertainment (UK)
• Prooptiki Video (1996) (Greece) (VHS)
• REP Distribution (Australia)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE)

Special Effects

• Dream Quest Images
• Optic Nerve Studios (animatronics and special props)

Other Companies

• Borgo Pass Productions  author of this motion picture for the purpose of copyright and other laws
• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• Optic Nerve Studios  animatronics
• Optic Nerve Studios  special props
• Pacific Title  soundtrack
• Visiontrax Inc.  sound effects

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for comedic sensuality and gore

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA | France

Language:

English | German

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby | SDDS (8 channels) | Dolby SR

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Chile:14 | Germany:12 | Norway:11 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG-13 (certificate #33994) | Iceland:12 | Finland:K-10 | South Korea:15 | UK:PG (video rating) (1997)

Filming Locations:

Culver Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company:

Gaumont

Trivia:

Renfield's laughter and crazed expression at the end of the "You are my slave" scene and at the end of the "Eating insects right off the ground" scene are tributes to the original Renfield, Dwight Frye, in Bela Lugosi's original Dracula.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Dracula visits Renfield in the sanitarium, he pulls apart the metal bars on Renfield's window to have him crawl out. When Dracula let's go of the bars, it is obvious that they are made of rubber.

Quotes:

[Johnathon drives a stake into Lucy's heart and is subsequently hit by many gallons of blood]
Jonathan Harker:Oh... my... GOD! There's so much blood!
Van Helsing:She just ate! Hit her again!
Jonathan Harker:Oh no... i can't...
Van Helsing:How much blood can she have left?
Van Helsing:[Jonathan hits the stake again and is hit with even more blood than last time]
Van Helsing:She's almost dead!
Jonathan Harker:She's dead enough.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Special Collector's Edition: Las sagas: Regreso al futuro (#3.14)" (2011)

Soundtrack:

Hungarian Dance No. 5

Brooks' Farce Provides Lots To Like

This was another entertaining Mel Brooks farce, a la Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles. If you liked those, you'd like this.

Peter MacNichol almost steals the show in this film as "Renfield." He just drives me buggy. Leslie Nielsen, who revived his career later in life playing goofy roles, also is very good, this time as 'Dracula." Actually, I thought he was far better in here than in those other spoofs, such as the "Naked Gun" series. It may be his best comedic role.

The two women in here, Amy Yasback and Lysette Anthony, are beautiful, and well-endowed as Brooks - and a lot of us guys - likes 'em. They are in the film for their looks while the other two provide the laughs.

Story-wise, it's just a light-hearted look at the story of Dracula, told many times in the films, mostly in the serious vein (pun intended) except for "Love At First Bite" which was similar in laughs to this. After watching this film, I could never look at garlic or blood the same way!

When you need some good laughs and nothing else, this will fill the need for an hour-and-a-half.