I've had the following conversation with many people over the past year:
them: "Hey I saw Van Helsing!"
me: "Yeah? Any good?"
them: "Nah."
me: "...not even for the Castlevania fun of it?"
them: "Nope, not even sort of. It was horrid."
Yet I still want to see it for myself.
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest > any other Castlevania, including the ones I never played