The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (TV Series) Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Meet Dracula, Part I (1977) User Reviews

Tag Team of the Decade

[alanduran-62543 · 7/10 · 3 May 2022]

This was a very fun episode full of enough '70s cheese to satisfy any appetite. Very amusing scenes when there was a mix-up with the room and the luggage. They really should have played up the sexual tension aspect between between Parker Stevenson and Pamela Sue Martin. We even get Paul Williams and Bernie Taupin thrown into the mix plus singing by Shaun Cassidy. What more could anyone ask for, except to bring on Part 2.

Hardy Boys and Paul Williams Plot

[paullett · 7/10 · 1 September 2008]

Hmm...Paul Williams as rock god? Why not? He might not be a sock stuffer with a swagger...but he has the talent and the long hair (back then) He is more of songwriter and singer than actor. Do you know anything about his musical career? Now lets see how about a short and bald guy who is on the ugly mug side could he be a rock star? I think yes because that is exactly what Phil Collins is. A sexy rock star. It's charisma and talent that counts. Do you think Donald Trump gets women because of his big bank account? NO. He gets women because of his self confidence- the same self confidence that helped him become rich.

Hardy boys should be corny and cheesy- It was age appropriate for all the little girls who had a crush on them.

Goofy fun

[bensonmum2 · 6/10 · 2 September 2007]

Worried about their father who hasn't checked-in in over a week, Frank and Joe Hardy (Parker Stevenson and Shaun Cassidy) look for clues in the last European village he was known to have been in. The boys soon discover that their father was on the trail of a gang of art thieves who appear to be using the movements of the rock singer Allison Troy as cover. They also discover a young woman named Nancy Drew who is looking for their father. The next step seems obvious - follow Allison Troy to the next gig. But Allison Troy just happens to be headed to a rock festival in, of all places, Dracula's castle. Has Dracula returned and is he responsible for Mr. Hardy's disappearance? And what does Dracula have to do with missing artwork? It's up to our intrepid threesome of amateur detectives to find out.

Yeah, the whole thing really is as silly as it sounds. The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew stumbling around secret passages in the bowels of Dracula's castle while a multi-day rock concert is going on above is without a doubt one of the more ridiculous ideas I've ever been asked to swallow. But even more ridiculous is Paul Williams as supposed rock god, Allison Troy. Sorry, I'll buy the Dracula story before I will Little Enos as a rock star. And it's not like there's much of a mystery surrounding the stolen paintings and the legend of Dracula. I spotted "Dracula" as soon as he came on screen. In all honesty, it's not very good.

Wait a minute - I admit The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Meet Dracula isn't very good, yet I've rated it a 6/10? What gives? Well, there's no accounting for sentimental value in these things. While I can't remember this specific episode, The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries was one of my favorite television shows in 1977. And the goofy charm in every one of the episodes still appeals to me. The show may not work for everyone, but it has always worked for me.