Billy the Kid versus Dracula (1966)

User Rating:

2.2/10   

Director:

William Beaudine

Writer:

Carl K. Hittleman (writer)

Release Date:

April 1966 (USA)

Genre:

Western | Horror

Tagline:

The Newest in Terror-tainment! SHOCKORAMA (original ad of Embassy's double-bill, with "Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter")

Plot:

Dracula travels to the American West, intent on making a beautiful ranch owner his next victim. Her fiance, outlaw Billy the Kid, finds out about it and rushes to save her. |

Plot Keywords:

Dracula | Billy The Kid | Vampirism | Vampire | Impostor

Cast

John Carradine	...	Vampire
Chuck Courtney	...	William 'Billy the Kid' Bonney
Melinda Plowman	...	Elizabeth (Betty) Bentley
Virginia Christine	...	Eva Oster
Walter Janovitz	...	Franz Oster
Bing Russell	...	Dan 'Red' Thorpe
Olive Carey	...	Dr. Henrietta Hull
Roy Barcroft	...	Sheriff Griffin
Hannie Landman	...	Lisa Oster
Richard Reeves	...	Pete (saloonkeeper)
Marjorie Bennett	...	Mary Ann Bentley
William Forrest	...	James Underhill
George Cisar	...	Joe Flake
Harry Carey Jr.	...	Ben Dooley (wagonmaster)
Leonard P. Geer	...	Yancy (as Lennie Geer)

Also Known As:

Billy the Kid vs. Dracula (USA) (promotional title)

Runtime:

73 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Pathécolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:TV-PG | USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA

Company:

Circle Productions Inc.

Trivia:

This film, and its companion piece, Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter (1966), were the final films for William Beaudine. This marked the end of a career that included approximately 250 (known) films beginning in the silent period.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Dracula is walking down a mine shaft with a torch, the light shines on the other side of the vampire.

Quotes:

Vampire: Your bullets can't hurt me.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)

About what you'd expect

I don't see much point in giving a plot description to "Billy the Kid versus Dracula", the title alone should tell you what you're in for.

As expected, it's a very bad movie, bad acting, a bad script, stupid plot, incompetent direction. All the hallmarks of a bad horror movie are here. To make matters worse, its not bad in a funny sort of way. I think I laughed once.

That all being said "Billy the Kid versus Dracula" still has a charm to it an was in its own little way entertaining. As you can tell from my user name, I'm a big fan of both Westerns and vampire movie (especially ones that deal with Dracula), so I may be a little biased. It's not something I'd recommend to any though; you have to have a pretty high tolerance of bad movies to truly like it.