

The Work[]
Love, Death & Robots is an adult animated anthology series on Netflix. Each episode, based on a short story, is made by different crews from different countries, with premises following a similar pattern consisting of... love, death, and robots.
"Sucker of Souls" is the fifth episode from Volume One, in which an old archaeologist and his band of hired mercenaries accidentally unleash an ancient evil. An evil that goes by many names, but you might recognize one: Dracula.
Who is Dracula[]
The Sucker of Souls, the Devourer of Children, the Black Prince, Dracula is a centuries old vampire who terrorized the land, most likely Transylvania given he speaks Romanian; he defeated whole armies to feast on their entrails. He'd impale his victims on poles, which went on for miles according to the visuals in the flashback, as a cruel method of preserving his kills and spreading fear. Some time in the past, he was sealed away within an underground prison by people using not silver or garlic, but cats, as their flesh is poisonous to a vampire.
Centuries later, Dr. Wehunt and his mercenaries do an archaeological dig of his castle, unintentionally awakening and unleashing Dracula. The vampire grabs Simon, Wehunt's intern, and brutally slaughters him by tearing at his neck, before slicing his head in half with his claws. Regaining his strength, Dracula mutates into a beast and chases after the mercs.
Given his ability to rapidly regenerate from the gun bullets, Dracula is unkillable and grabs Flynn, the leader of the mercs. The vampire chuckles at his vain to survive and taunts him in Romanian, which Wehunt translates: Dracula sees him as a warrior, and was looking forward to eating his still beating heart. But before could, one of the mercs' cats arrives and fends him off, allowing Flynn and Wehunt to escape and rendezvous with the others in a storage shed.
While discussing how to defeat the monster and escape, Dracula returns and pounds against the door to break in as the cats were away, busy getting it on (wink, wink). They come up with a plan to use what remains of their C4 and trick Dracula into bursting into the room before detonating it, blasting the vampire to smithereens.
The crew escape from the blast, only to accidentally come across more prison cells containing more vampire beasts. Flynn ends the episode with the proper response to such a situation, "You got to be f***ing kidding me!" before the vampires lunge for the kill, leaving their fates unknown.
Mitigating Factors[]
Sympathy? Nothing remotely somber behind his motives, he's just a power-hungry warlord.
Loved ones? There's other vampires residing in his prison, but what relationship, if any, he shares with them is unclear.
Honor? During his fight with Flynn, he acknowledges his strength by calling him a warrior... and how he'll enjoy eating his heart. This sounds more like a taunt if anything.
Moral agency? Even with only two lines, he's given enough character to show sadism, since he laughs while chasing his prey and taunts one of them with his enjoyment to eating his heart.
Comedy? The mercs make jokes here and there, Flynn especially given his large ham performance. Dracula is played dead seriously with not a single funny spark, such as the absolutely horrific method he uses to execute poor Simon.
Work's Standards[]
Considering LD&R is an anthology, none of the episodes share any connections character and world-wise.
Episode wise, none of the other vampires are given any characteristics other than attacking the crew. Dracula, according to Wehunt, is the most vile vampire of them all for slaughtering entire armies of people and impales their bodies on poles. Oh, and he's supposedly a devourer of children.
Verdict[]
Another fine addition to the vampire king's resume.