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Dracula On Holiday

Travelling from Transylvania to Scotland by train, the Count’s companion Lucy and their man servant Renfield manage to surprise the Count with accommodation in a humble dwelling that is very different to his usual habitation at Borgo Castle. They try and help him step out of the past and into the twenty first century. They hope of get him over his many fears – sunlight, crosses, bibles, running water, garlic, food and drink.

As the holiday progresses they meet Flora Goddaming, the daughter of the local undertaker. Learning from the child about their new surroundings, the Count begins to find life again until his estranged wife Elizabeta shows up to ruin his new self and threatens to ruin everything for the him and Lucy.

  • Robbie Moffat
    Director
  • Robbie Moffat
    Writer
  • Robbie Moffat
    Producer
  • Rachael Sutherland
    Producer
  • Ed Ward
    Key Cast
    "Dracula"
  • Suzanne Kendall
    Key Cast
    "Lucy"
  • Chris Bearne
    Key Cast
    "Renfield"
  • Edith Glad
    Key Cast
    "Flora"
  • Joe Rainbow
    Key Cast
    "Stewart"
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 30 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    January 1, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    100 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Country of Filming:
    United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    4k
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1:2.35
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Distribution Information
  • phoenix worldwide
    Sales Agent
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Robbie Moffat

Born in Glasgow, educated Sir John Maxwell Primary and Shawlands Academy. Degree in English Language and Literature from Newcastle University. Poet, novelist, playwright, screenwriter - director of theatre and screen - movie producer. His first movie was 35mm Love The One You're With which was nominated for best Scottish Film. Thereafter his output has been prolific with adventure films like the Winter Warrior, Bone Hunter and Axe Raiders, and contemporary features Villains, I
Know What I'm Doing, Heckle, Oh My God and Dracula on Holiday.
In 2004, Moffat moved his company to Pinewood Studios with his co-producer Mairi Sutherland. To date the company has made more than thirty feature films.

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Director Statement

Dracula on Holiday is a romp. It is frivolous and irreverent to the myth of Dracula. The purists wont like it, horror fans will hate it, but kids and anyone with a sense of humour should love it. Why? Because it is designed as a light entertainment. It does not have one moment of fear in the entire story. It is not dark, it is light. The Count needs to reform, indeed he appears to enjoy the overcoming of his fears, the letting go of his miserable former life. His companion Lucy, and his servant Renfield are faithful and nurturing. They are not victims but enablers of Dracula who is the victim of his own fears – water, sunlight, garlic, crosses, bibles, mirrors etc.

How these fears came about is all part of Bram Stoker's original concept for Europe's only caped super-hero, the fore-runner of Batman who is America's reformation of Dracula into a force for good. Well, I've just taken it a little further by having the Count take a vacation in Scotland in order to find himself. When his ex-wife shows up, she doesn't like the changes he has made to himself, but hell, everyone has to move on if they want a divorce.

Ultimately, Dracula on Holiday is a comedy that is meant to be watched lightly and judged as escapism from doom and gloom, and all those other things that are usually associated with Gothic themes. It is a reworking of the suspense and horror genre into parody and pastiche.