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Vampire fiction has always had a sexual element to it, the OG Dracula was very much about sexual repression in Victorian society. It's probably one of the most consistently horny genres of fiction ever. Also Nosferatu is a blood sucking demon.
If it's not your cup of tea that's fine, but between it being about Dracula and the director having a reputation for not shying away from graphic or uncomfortable subject matter idk how anyone expected it NOT to have gore and sex.
Well I don't know who the director is, nor would I have. I do realise gothic horror in general is often about sexual repression, but a lot of the film's use of it just felt unnecessary.
Maybe the intended audience are more au fait with the director, then? I'unno