What disappointed me was the exclusion of a cross in any scene. It’s tradition that Dracula and his minions in the movies are deathly afraid of the sign of the cross. When you see “children of the night” cowering from just looking at the cross, it sends out a pretty strong message – Christ defeats evil. It’s strong symbolism and the filmmakers have been extra careful to exclude it. Take away the cross, and what you have is humanism – man alone can defeat evil.