DRACULA UNTOLD

Dracula Untold: The Story of Prince Vlad III

As great as a movie-theater experience can be, sometimes, going out and jostling for a seat next to a bunch of teenagers does not make for the most romantic of evenings. Not that you can just snuggle on the couch, switch on the TV and call it a date, either. But if you put just a little bit of effort into atmosphere, menu and timing, you can make a night in with a good movie into an occasion.

Here’s how to plan a date around “Dracula Untold,” available to own Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD. It’s a nail-biting, emotionally wrought action film starring Luke Evans as the heroic Prince of Wallachia who makes a dangerous sacrifice to keep his people safe from the Turkish sultan.

The classic tale of Dracula could never be conveyed in its full potential on the big screen up until now. “Dracula Untold,” the reboot of Universal’s monster franchise directed by Gary Shore, tells the story of a complex hero Vlad the Impaler (Luke Evans) who sips the blood of a powerful vampire in the hope of saving his Transylvania village and the family he loves from an army of Turkish fighters under the control of former friend Mehmed (Dominic Cooper).