Sesame Street?
Dammit you beat me to it.
Dracula II: Ascension (2003)
That’s the one!
I never saw that, but I have seen Hong Kong vampire movies where the undead can only move by hopping.
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What’s your recommendation for someone who’s never seen a Hong Kong vampire movie?
https://cinenoir.net/countries/hong-kong/the-jiangshi-canon-essential-hong-kong-vampire-cinema/
To be honest, I remember the scene but not the title. It was an action comedy.
Hopefully the list helps you.
it sounds really familiar but can’t place it.
Darklamer figured it out, it was “Dracula II: Ascension (2003)”
There’s an X-Files where they have to count seeds.
The X Files had an episode like that. It was pretty funny.
Not sure it would be dirt. More likely to be small distinct things like seeds or rice.
When you place dirt from their grave in front of them the undead are forced to count the grains.
I think you are conflating a few different bits of lore.
It was mustard seeds:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B-9eDJ4maak
https://universalmonsters.fandom.com/wiki/Dracula_II:_Ascension
Strange. Why would that even work?
EDIT: Checks out, Macedonian Folklore published in 1903 cites it as an old Greek folklore. https://archive.org/details/macedonianfolkl01abbogoog/page/218/mode/2up?q=count
