Sean Owens

I would have given this movie a 2 star but had to make it a 1 to balance out so many of the fake 5 star reviews. The good - the movie is true to its 19th century timestamp from the wardrobes to the settings. The bad The movie feels at time like it's being shot in a cave. Literally one of the darkest movies I've seen. The characters are shallow and not likeable. The villain is not particularly scary. The plot has a lot of holes - since when to you have to cross an ocean to get from Transylvania to Germany? How does a cold and calculating miser just transform into a slathering fool apropos of nothing. The end was just a random bunch of scenes jumbled together into one of the dumbest endings I've ever seen. I hate when movies get fake reviews and hype and you get suckered into seeing a real bad movie (ie Gladiator 2)

Very disappointing. The story was really boring with little character development.

This movie reminded of that rotten shark dish that is popular in Iceland. You will have some people that will appreciate it as fine, eclectic cuisine; but most people will be like c'mon, your eating a rotten shark that is just disgusting. This movie is like that - you'll have a handful of people who will appreciate this movie as 'art' with some deep story line, but most will say c'mon this movie makes absolutely no sense, is not scary, and is just really a boring waste of 1 hour and 24 minutes.

A very strange movie which is not necessarily a bad thing but very boring plot with bad music and weak character development. Crazy how this movie seemed to get positive reviews.