Universal is rebooting its classic monster movies to form a cohesive cinematic universe (perhaps inspired by Marvel) with characters like Dracula, the Mummy and Frakenstein, etc. Dracula Untold is the first one out of the gate but it already looks inferior to Bram Stoker's Dracula directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
Critics' Consensus: (26% rotten rating at rottentomatoes.com)
You can drive a stake through his heart, expose him to sunlight, and come at him with a convent's-worth of crucifixes, and still, Dracula will rise again -- since the silent era, we've been treated to hundreds of cinematic depictions of Transylvania's favorite son. That said, critics say Dracula Untold is visually striking but narratively shaky, borrowing heavily from a wide range of fantasy/adventure movies. In 15th Century Romania, Vlad Tepes (Luke Evans) makes a deal with an old vampire in order to protect his kingdom from an invading army. He's granted a variety of supernatural powers, but at the cost of developing a taste for blood. The pundits say Dracula Untold offers some fun battle scenes, but it's a bit unclear on the rules of being a vampire.