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Title: Alive...And Liking It
Review: Nobody matches Mel Brooks as a master film parodist. He pretty much owns the genre with films like "Young Frankenstein" and "High Anxiety". "Dracula...Dead and Loving It" is a terrific return to form for Brooks. He doesn't reach the heights that he did with his earlier horror spoof but it'll do. What separates Brooks from his imitators is that he has an affinity for the films he's sending up and not making fun of them. You want to revisit these films after viewing Brooks' parodies. Brooks assembles a terrific cast here led by Leslie Nielsen. Nielsen was probably a septugenarian at the time but he exudes a sexy comic presence. The film isn't up to the comic mastery of the earlier Brooks work but this would be considered an acceptable film from a lesser talent.
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