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Title: Deviates greatly from the novel
Review: Although Marc Warren gives a respectable performance as the Count, this BBC/Masterpiece Theatre adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel is a far cry from the source material. Several characters and events are omitted in favor of a wildly out-of-place subplot involving a syphilis-infected Arthur Holmwood and his dealings with a Dracula blood cult. With its rushed pace and brief 90-minute running length, it appears to have been a hurried production and heavily edited for its U.S. airing. One would expect a more faithful version of a literary classic from the BBC and Masterpiece Theatre.
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