Blood of Dracula's Castle (1969)

Directors:

Al Adamson
Jean Hewitt

Writer:

Rex Carlton (writer)

Release Date:

5 October 1969 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

ONCE THE GATE CLOSES YOU'LL NEVER GET OUT!

Plot:

Count Dracula and his wife capture beautiful young women and chain them in their dungeon, to be used when they need to satisfy their thirst for blood. |

Plot Keywords:

Dracula | Chained | Photographer | Sacrifice | Werewolf

Cast

John Carradine	...	George, the butler
Paula Raymond	...	Countess Townsend
Alexander D'Arcy	...	Count Dracula, alias Count Charles Townsend
Robert Dix	...	Johnny
Gene Otis Shayne	...	Glen Cannon (as Gene O'Shane)
Jennifer Bishop	...	Liz Arden (as Barbara Bishop)
Vicki Volante	...	Ann, motorist-victim
Ray Young	...	Mango
John 'Bud' Cardos		(as John Cardos)
Ken Osborne

Also Known As:

Castle of Dracula
Dracula's Castle (USA) (TV title)

Runtime:

84 min | USA:91 min (TV version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:M | Canada:PG (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Indio, California, USA

Company:

Paragon International Pictures

Movie Connections:

Edited into Out of this World Super Shock Show (2007) (V)

Soundtrack:

The Next Train Out

leans more toward "bad" than "so bad it's good"

I have been slowly working my way through the films of Al Adamson over a long period of time....slowly, that is, so not to incur brain damage from watching more than one of an evening. I have found that for the most part, Adamson's films are CHOCK FULL of entertainment value, intended or not. Sadly, "Blood Of Dracula's Castle" seems to be one that was played more-or-less straight with cheesy props and bad acting, and it is more just plain bad with little in the way of redeeming values. A young couple inherits a castle in the desert, or something like that, although it's apparently near the shore, too, huh, where IS that? At any rate, after a tough day at Sea World frolicking with walruses or wherever that is that they were hanging out, they hit the road to go find this place and claim their inheritance. Little do they expect that Dracula & his wife live there, looked after by butler John Carradine and deformed Mango, who collects young ladies for their dining pleasure. There's also something to do with an escaped convict that Mr. & Mrs. Dracula think very highly of, and this guy gets "crazy" when the moon is full....is he a werewolf? Uh, no, he just gets "crazy". Not that we, the viewers, would not already think that of him for all the dirty deeds he committed to get back to the castle. Anyway, this is very lackluster for an Adamson film and has little of the "unexpected pleasures" that bad movie fans like myself really enjoy in his films, so therefore I'm afraid I'll have to pronounce this one a dud. 4 out of 10.