Looking for something to watch on TV tonight, I noticed that one of my local stations was showing Dracula: Dead and Loving It, a Mel Brooks comedy from 1995 starring Leslie Nielsen, so I decided to check it out. One thing that I'd completely forgotten until the credits rolled was that it also stars Lysette Anthony (the '91 DS' Angelique) as the unfortunate Lucy Westenra:
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Lysette had a few good moments, but not as many as some of the other actors. Lucy's staking was quite funny (and how often can you say a vampire's staking is funny? :D), but Lysette wasn't actually in the scene because Lucy's body was down inside the coffin where you couldn't see it.
Overall, the movie's gags ranged from stupid to hilarious - but then, isn't that true of all Mel Brooks' movies? ;) But definitely one of the most hilarious scenes had to be when Dracula was trying to summon Mina from her room and his telepathic signal was also picked up by the maid in the room. The way it was shot was very reminiscent of similar scenes from the '91 DS, and all I could think of was how hysterical it would have been had the same thing happened to Ben Cross' Barnabas. I was laughing so hard that tears were running down my face! ;D If you notice that the movie is also running your area, it's worth catching it just for that scene alone.