“Count Dracula” revived with new blood *Note! Contains spoilers. [Mizumaru Kawahara's CINEMONOLOGUE Vol.38]

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• The creators of “SHERLOCK” are releasing something new…
• British Dracula's Blood
• Immortal content called Dracula

The creators of “SHERLOCK” are releasing something new…

There are many people who have had their New Year hijacked by extremely unlucky characters. `` Count Dracula ,'' which has begun streaming on NETFLIX, not only reminds us of the charm of this famous Monster more than a century after its creation, but also has new charms. The duo of Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat, who brought Sherlock Holmes, who, like Dracula, lived in the 19th century, back to the 21st century in `` SHERLOCK '' gave fresh blood to the Monster. The legendary vampire is brought back to life with a love and respect for the original that was evident in ``SHERLOCK,'' as well as a unique interpretation that goes one step further.

What was released was a series of 3 episodes, and there were some surprising developments along the way, so I won't touch on the core parts from here on out.

The first episode begins in 1897 (the same year the original novel was published), with a man in a Hungarian church telling a sister about his horrifying experience. The man's name is Jonathan Harker. He has no hair, a pale complexion, and his body is covered in insults, with flies buzzing around him, but he was once a young lawyer about to marry a beautiful woman. His narration begins the familiar introduction, in which lawyer Jonathan Harker visits an Eastern European aristocrat who wants to buy a mansion in London. Although there are some tricks and new interpretations here and there, the story basically follows the same well-known plot as the original, and is easy to get started with.

Danish actor Claes Bang will play the title role and the new Count Dracula. His role as a frivolous art curator in ` `The Square '' is still fresh in my memory, and his small eyes shining under his thick eyebrows give Dracula a wolf-like vibe. Dolly Wells plays Sister Agatha, who studies vampires and hears Harker's report on the terrifying Count. Her inquisitiveness and interest in vampires puts the church in danger, but the confrontation with her becomes a long battle for Dracula as well. Agatha already knows many of the weaknesses of vampires when the story begins, but the question is why are these weaknesses of the Count? They cannot enter the grounds or buildings unless invited from within, they hate crosses so much that they cannot look directly at them, and they perish when exposed to the sun... If you don't understand those reasons, you can't say you've truly suppressed your weaknesses, and you risk being outwitted by the Count. The mystery of this weakness is one of the themes of this work throughout the story.

British Dracula's Blood