Blood of Dracula's Castle (1969)

Director:

Al Adamson
(more)

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 | Tarantula | Hitchhiker | Photo Model | Photographer

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
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Joyce King	...	Body in Water (uncredited)

Directed by
Al Adamson
Jean Hewitt		(uncredited)

Writing credits
Rex Carlton		(writer)

Produced by
Al Adamson	....	producer
Ewing Miles Brown	....	associate producer
Rex Carlton	....	producer
Martin B. Cohen	....	executive producer
Jerome Wexler	....	associate producer

Cinematography by
László Kovács		(as Leslie Kovacs)

Film Editing by
Peter Perry Jr.

Makeup Department
Jean Hewitt	....	makeup artist
Ken Osborne	....	special makeup effects (as Kenny Osborne)

Production Management
John 'Bud' Cardos	....	production manager (as Bud Cardos)

Sound Department
Fred Badiyan	....	sound effects editor
Jerry Hansen	....	production sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Richmond L. Aguilar	....	gaffer
Peter Sorel	....	still photographer

Editorial Department
Ewing Miles Brown	....	supervising editor

Music Department
Don Hulette	....	composer: additional music
Harry Lubin	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)

Other crew
Joyce King	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• Paragon International Pictures

Distributors

• Crown International Pictures (1969) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures of Canada (1969) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Ariel International Releasing (AIR) Video (1987) (USA) (video)
• Best Film & Video Corp. (1998) (USA) (video)
• Rhino Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Nothing's New Video (2005) (USA) (VHS)
• BCI Eclipse (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Interglobal Home Video (????) (USA) (VHS)
• Mill Creek Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Scorpion Releasing (2012) (USA) (DVD)
• Showa (????) (Japan) (VHS)

Also Known As:

"Dracula's Castle" - USA (TV title)

Runtime:

84 min | USA:91 min (TV version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:M | Canada:PG (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Indio, California, USA

Company:

Paragon International Pictures

Trivia:

Despite the 1969 copyright date on the title card, according to the date printed on a telegram shown during the scene immediately after the credits, the action of this film takes place during August 1966.

Quotes:

Glen Cannon:We'd like to speak to the Townsends, please.
George, the butler:They are not available till after sunset.

Movie Connections:

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

Soundtrack:

The Next Train Out

silly fangless 1960s Dracula movie

Dracula isn't going by "Dracula" these days, and his castle isn't really his, it's rented, and it isn't really a castle, but just resembles one. And while there is blood, remarkably Dracula is now so leisure-class that he has servants extract blood with needles from his victims and serve it to him (and his wife) in wine glasses.

A young photographer and his model fiancé take some photos at Marineland (are walruses and seals sexy?). He inherits a "castle" from a 108-year-old relative. They decide they'll live and work out of the castle without having seen it, and that they'll have to evict the old couple who'd been renting it.

Meanwhile, at the castle, mute hunchbacked servant Mango (!?) and genteel butler (and moon god Luna cultist) George are acquiring female "guests" to chain in the basement to keep a ready supply for their vampire bosses. The vampires realize they'll have to get the young couple to let them stay in the castle one way or another.

Also showing up is the vampires' friend Johnny, a homicidal maniac. Just on his way to the castle, he kills four people, and that's when he's on his best behavior! Repeatedly, it is said that he's worse when there's a full moon. He's not a werewolf, though.

It's a pretty silly movie, but it's not awful.