Jess Franco's Count Dracula (Special Edition)
starring: Christopher Lee, Herbert Lom, Klaus Kinski, Soledad Miranda, Maria Rohm
directed by: Jesús Franco
directed by: Jesús Franco
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Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: MPI
EAN: 0030306812793
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Special Edition, NTSC
Label: MPI Home Video
Manufacturer: MPI Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MPI Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 27, 2007
Running Time: 98 minutes
Sales Rank: 26201
Studio: MPI Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1973
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Editorial Review:
Description:
Count Dracula is a highly atmospheric adaptation of the classic Bram Stoker novel, directed with panache by auteur Jess Franco (Venus in Furs, The Diabolical Dr. Z).
Screen icon Christopher Lee (Horror of Dracula, Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring) portrays the titular Count Dracula, who flees the cold confines of his Carpathian castle for the shores of England, where he must feed on the blood of beautiful Lucy (Soledad Miranda, Vampyros Lesbos) and Mina (Maria Rohm, 99Women) in order to grow youthful and stay alive.
Also featuring excellent performances by Herbert Lom (The Ladykillers) as Van Helsing and Klaus Kinski (Nosferatu the Vampyre) as Renfield, as well as an ominous score by Bruno Nicolai (Eugenie de Sade, The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave), Count Dracula is presented for the first time on DVD in the U.S.
Amazon.com:
Jess Franco, the Spanish director known for soft-core films featuring vixens in various precarious situations, successfully incorporates Bram Stoker's Dracula into his repertoire with Count Dracula. Starring Hammer's Dracula Christopher Lee, this film is unrelated to the Hammer films, to its credit. This film may be the most accurate telling of Stoker's classic vampire story, so faithful is it to the novel, even to include many of the book's lines in the script. With an array of truly Gothic, medieval sets, and a cast well-versed in horror, including Klaus Kinski (Werner Herzog's Nosferatu) as Renfield, and Soledad Miranda (Vampyros Lesbos) as Lucy, Count Dracula authentically captures Stoker's careful blend of physical monstrosity and sexual fetish to portray the Count's quest for eternal life. For example, few vampire films besides Franco's take time to feature Lucy and her lover Quincy's blood transfusions that reinforce blood's metaphoric connection to sexual desire. Moreover, Maria Rohm plays Mina Harker with the proper innocence to serve as a foil character to her promiscuous friend, Lucy. Dr. Van Helsing, in this film, gets ample opportunity to sleuth vampirism. Franco relays the story of this Transylvanian count who leaves his castle in the Carpathian mountains for a house in England by accentuating the sexual aspects of the plot, which is what any Franco fan would hope for. Additionally enlightening is this DVD's featurette, in which Franco describes his theories about vampire films. --Trinie Dalton
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- count draculaanother great film christopher lee did, very different from the other ones he did. this is the last ... Read More
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- Much better than the television version!When I initially saw this film many years ago on television, I thought it was schlock. I didn't care ... Read More
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- Classic HorrorClassic telling of the Brom Stoker story.Well worth veiwing; it has atmosphere, and Christopher Lee.
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- Jess Franco's Count DraculaAtmospheric as promised. Christopher Lee is great as Dracula. It's the
worst dubbing I've ever seen. ... Read More
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- Christopher Lee IS the modern day king of the VampiresOne can argue that Christopher Lee's portrayal of the undead count is one of filmland's best. Famous for the ... Read More
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