Red Scream Nosferatu (2010)

Jonathan Harker is sent to Transylvania by his employer with the goal of selling the wealthy Count Orlok a piece of property. But when Jonathan arrives at his far off destination he finds the Count and his home very peculiar indeed. Sure enough the Count is a vampire, and soon Jonathan becomes his prisoner.

Captivated by a photo of Jonathan's beautiful wife, the Count departs to make her his new bride. Meanwhile, the Count's existing three wives seek to make Jonathan their new master which is actually much less pleasant than one might think.

Red Scream Nosferatu melds elements of Nosferatu with elements of Dracula, and then modernize it with a steam-punk aesthetic.

The film attempts the difficult task of convincingly creating a setting which is seemingly based both in the past and the present or near future. Unfortunately this fails and just ends up seeming ridiculous. Each line sounds out of place and forced. That might also just have been the awful acting. The film does contain a few scenes that are kind of cool and artsy when taken on their own. But the story line is goofy and unnecessarily altered. Is Nosferatu some kind of Mormon all of the sudden? What's with all the wives? Red Scream is boring at best, irritating at worst. Instead, stick to Nosferatu (1922), Nosferatu (1979), or Dracula (1931) if you want the real vampire movie goods.

0.5 baby snacks out of 5
Unrated: contains violence, language, sexuality.