With his supply of virgin blood diminishing, dracula is forced to seek a fix in a catholic italian province, where a few virgins still exist. Blood for dracula is a 1974 horror film written and directed by paul morrissey and starring udo. Upon initial 1974 release in west germany and the united states blood for dracula was released as andy warhols dracula. Perhaps the conclusion of harkers part of the story is done in an offhand fashion, but.
Vampira also known as old dracula is a 1974 british comedy horror film directed by clive donner and starring david niven and teresa graves. This bizarre japanese vampire film preceded by lake of dracula begins with. Son of dracula is a british musical film directed by freddie francis and starring harry nilsson. Despite the films later being marketed as warhols frankenstein and warhols dracula, the moptopped pop artist was only a. Originally slated for telecast in october of 1973, dracula was reshuffled to february 8, 1974, due to the latebreaking vicepresidential nomination of gerald ford. With jack palance, simon ward, nigel davenport, pamela brown. The trilogy is completed with 1974 s evil of dracula, with a stronger european influence in its tale of breastbiting, boarding schooldwelling vampires. Curtis had just completed a very successful run on the cult tv soap, dark shadows, which ran from 1966 to 1971 and told the story of. The shakiest gun in the west western film hd full length comedy duration.
Soon after completion, starr called in graham chapman, who was writing with douglas adams at the time and had been working on a proposed but eventually unfilmed television special for ringo. Dracula follows the monsignor back to his hometown, preying on the holy mans beautiful niece and her friends. Following the success of young frankenstein, vampira was retitled old dracula for release in the united states in an attempt to cash in on its success. Dracula on film and tv from 1960 to the present chapter 16 the. Loosely based on the novel by bram stoker, the film follows count dracula from transylvania to london and back again. Tender dracula, french film from 1974 starring peter cushing. Kier reteamed with morrissey to make 1974 s blood for dracula. Italian director antonio margheriti is credited in italian prints of the film. The romantic subplot of dracula attempting to recapture the reincarnation of a longlost lover who diedcommitted suicideis murdered, etc. Il conte dracula 1974 guarda il film italiano youtube. Following on from the success of the universal dracula films in the 1930s and early 1940s. Dracula 1974 docs dracula week, film 1 horror cult.
The conclusion to this tv adaptation prefigures the oftenpraised end of. Blood for dracula 1974 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. The film involves count dracula arriving in italy to feast upon the blood of virgins, only to find difficulty with this due to the lack of virgins present in italy. Dracula is searching for a woman who looks like his long dead wife. Between 1958 and 1974, dracula had found a new cinematic home within. Filming was completed by november 1972, but son of dracula had to wait a year and a half for release. Reviewing the 1974 dan curtishelmed adaptation of dracula starring jack palace and seeing how it compares to the book, and exploring its significance in the history of dracula films. The trilogy is completed with 1974s evil of dracula, with a stronger european.
1272 1395 1560 758 1471 392 695 487 1586 696 697 1194 494 686 1584 1292 103 64 314 969 1273 954 159 983 264 352 859