Dracula (1973/I) (TV)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Dan Curtis

Writer:

Richard Matheson (written by)

Release Date:

8 February 1974 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Plot Keywords:

Victim | England | Aristocrat | Vampire Bat | Victorian Era

Cast

Jack Palance	...	Dracula
Simon Ward	...	Arthur
Nigel Davenport	...	Van Helsing
Pamela Brown	...	Mrs. Westenra
Fiona Lewis	...	Lucy
Penelope Horner	...	Mina
Murray Brown	...	Jonathan Harker
Virginia Wetherell	...	Dracula's Wife (as Virginia Wetherall)
Barbara Lindley	...	Dracula's Wife
Sarah Douglas	...	Dracula's Wife
George Pravda	...	Innkeeper
Hana Maria Pravda	...	Innkeeper's Wife (as Hanna-Maria Pravda)
Reg Lye	...	Zookeeper
Fred Stone	...	Priest
Roy Spencer	...	Whitby Inn Clerk

Also Known As:

Bram Stoker's Dracula (USA)

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:18 (re-rating) | Argentina:X (original rating) | Finland:K-18 | UK:15 (video rating) (1994) | UK:X (original rating)

Filming Locations:

England, UK

Company:

Latglen Ltd.

Trivia:

Jack Palance admitted to being glad once the film was completed. A method actor, he felt that he was "becoming" Dracula more than he wanted.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Dracula flips over Lucy's coffin, the supposedly dead actress inside can clearly be seen to quickly raise her arms to cover her chest and face, presumably to shield herself from the fall.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)

A true image of a Vampire Lord

This is a review in retrospect, since it's been about 20+ years or so since I saw it on TV. However, despite the time passed might seem great, the overall impressions is still there, and for a reason. This is just simply one of the best visualizations of a Vampire Lord filmed.

Jack Palance moves through the story with absolute power and confidence - as it becomes him - being an Immortal creature. I remember being truly pleased by this one thing; at last, a movie that showed how this powerful creature a Vampire really is, also allowed it to behave like an Immortal being.

Palance is not the kind that lurks in the shadows waiting to stab it's unsuspecting prey in the back, he steps out and confronts his hunters in the open and laugh mercilessly at their despair. Of course these puny humans chasing him is nothing more than an itch to be scratched. Annoying, but nothing more...

This film makes a very believable depiction of what it would be like to have an undead Immortal Lord (or Count) crashing through your neighborhood...