NBC's Dracula has a campy, can't look away quality that may become addictive for some. We've received the first several episodes, and though we haven't had the chance to watch ahead, we hear that the series improves as it goes along. So we'll likely be checking back in with it. The pilot is a clunky mix of melodramatic vamp romance, nods to Coppola's extravagant adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel, and a contemporary - and somewhat politicized - spin on the mythology, which may be off-putting for some. Jonathan Rhys Meyers brings his particular brand of bizarre sexuality/'70s glam rock flair to what is essentially a very soapy period drama/play on an old-fashioned Gothic horror. All of these elements combine to create one of the more bizarre, though in many ways intriguing, pilots of the season.
