Mel Brooks's run of cinematic disappointments continued with this woeful spoof on vampire movies. Leslie Nielsen is dreadfully miscast as the count, although most of the blame must be levelled at director Brooks and his co-writers. They not only fail to demonstrate an understanding of the genre they're sending up, but also seem to have forgotten how to write a remotely funny gag. What makes it doubly depressing is that Brooks's other excursion into horror satire, Young Frankenstein, remains one of his best films.

When a lawyer shows up at the vampire's doorstep, he falls prey to his charms and joins him in his search for fresh blood. Enter Professor Van Helsing, who may be the only one able to vanquish the Count.