A Taste of Blood (1967)

A businessman turns into a vampire after drinking brandy laced with vampire blood and sets out on an odyssey of killing the descendent's of Dracula's executioners.

Director:

Herschell Gordon Lewis

Writer:

Donald Stanford (original screenplay)

Stars:

Bill Rogers, Elizabeth Lee, William Kerwin

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Bill Rogers	...	John Stone
Elizabeth Lee	...	Helene Stone (as Elizabeth Wilkinson)
William Kerwin	...	Dr. Hank Tyson (as Thomas Wood)
Lawrence Tobin	...	Det. Crane
Ted Schell	...	Lord Gold
Otto Schlessinger	...	Dr. Howard Helsing
Eleanor Vaill	...	Hester Avery
Gail Janis	...	Vivian
Herschell Gordon Lewis	...	The Limey Seaman / Voice of Baron Khron (as Seymour Sheldon)
Judy Waterberry	...	Ida - the maid
Dolores Carlos	...	Sherri Morris
Roy Collodi	...	Delivery Man
Karl Stoeber	...	Man walking dog
Thomas Rowland	...	Detective
Sidney J. Reich	...	Arthur Morris (as Sidney Jaye)

Storyline

Mild-mannered Miami businessman, John Stone, receives a parcel from England containing two old bottles of Slivovitz brandy and upon drinking them both, becomes a vampire. Stone uses his new-found vampire powers to keep his wife, Helena, in a trance as he travels to England to kill the descendants of Van Helsing whom murdered Count Dracula while Hesling's distant relative, Howard Helsing, pursues Stone with the intent to put the re-born vampire to rest for good.

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Plot Keywords:

vampire | brandy | blood | stabbed in the heart | stripper | 

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Taglines:

Will Dracula's avenger turn loose his wrath into the 1970's?

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 August 1967 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Secret of Dr. Alucard

Filming Locations:

Miami, Florida, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$65,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Creative Film Enterprises Inc.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

117 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Herschell Gordon Lewis: The British-accented, mustachioed sailor (in two scenes) aboard a freighter.

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Goofs

In the night-time scene on the ship docked in London's East End, lights from Miami Beach's high-rise hotels and apartment buildings can be glimpsed in the background.

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Quotes

The Limey Seaman: Hi ya Governor! Aint t'night fit for t'devil!
John Stone: I wouldn't know.

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Connections

Referenced in Fear, Panic & Censorship (2000)

User Reviews

Maybe not for the casual viewer, but def. for exploitation diehards.

PRobably HG's most ambitious project even more so than 200 maniacs, and I really loved it. It is very talky but unlike other HG and exploitation flicks the acting from bill rogers and willy kerwin is quite good and makes you care about the characters and what they have to say. Since its an HG flick we have some gore but its not one of his intensive gore flicks. There is a great scenes where the vampire stone takes a nice chunk out of a stripper dancer. I do have to point out however that almost all of HG Lewis flicks have a certain style to them to make you know its an HG Lewis flick. There's the out of focus closeups, lingering gore scenes, but there is also these horrendous day-for-night shots. This movie is no exception to that as the last 20 minutes feature some of the worst day-for-night shots ever filmed. Bad movie lovers and exploitation fans should be very pleased.