Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Moderate
- campy
- irreverent
- macabre
- cult movie night
- halloween party
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Victor searches for musicians' human limbs to assemble the perfect rock band.
The plot relocates Dracula's castle and cemetery mythology into Athens's Exarchia district.
The film combines Dracula ancestry, restless cemetery inhabitants, and underground rock-band creation.
Victor's paranoid devotion to creating a perfect band drives his collection of musicians' limbs.
Films like Dracula of Exarcheia, and why
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
shared campy horror comedy, mad-scientist conceit, and irreverent genre parody
Repo! The Genetic Opera
shared underground music culture, grotesque humor, and rebellious countercultural energy
What We Do in the Shadows
shared black comedy, undead imagery, anarchic tone, and macabre ensemble conflict
The Return of the Living Dead
shared punk sensibility, absurdist horror, and musical subculture
Movie Details
- Director
- Nikos Zervos
- Release Date
- 1983-05-17
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Rating
- 5.4 / 10 (23)
Cast
- Konstantinos Tzoumas
- Tzimis Panousis
- Isavela Mavraki
- Johnny Vavouras
- Dimitris Poulikakos
- Vangelis Kotronis
- Antonis Kafetzopoulos
- Nikolas Asimos
- Maria Tsakalidou
- Thekla Tselepi
Common questions
- What is Dracula of Exarcheia about?
- An anarchic Greek cult horror comedy turns Exarchia into Dracula's rock laboratory, where a mad descendant hunts musicians' limbs for the ultimate undead band.
- What is Dracula of Exarcheia like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Dracula of Exarcheia as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Dracula of Exarcheia violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Dracula of Exarcheia as moderate.
- Which films are like Dracula of Exarcheia?
- Films with a similar feel include The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Repo! The Genetic Opera, What We Do in the Shadows, and The Return of the Living Dead.
- How long is Dracula of Exarcheia?
- Dracula of Exarcheia runs 87 minutes.
