Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: MPI
EAN: 0030306812793
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Special Edition, NTSC
Label: MPI Home Video
Manufacturer: MPI Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MPI Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 27, 2007
Running Time: 97 minutes
Sales Rank: 40837
Studio: MPI Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1973

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Editorial Review:

Description:


Count Dracula is a highly atmospheric adaptation of the classic Bram Stoker novel, directed with panache by auteur Jess Franco (Venus in Furs, The Diabolical Dr. Z).



Screen icon Christopher Lee (Horror of Dracula, Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring) portrays the titular Count Dracula, who flees the cold confines of his Carpathian castle for the shores of England, where he must feed on the blood of beautiful Lucy (Soledad Miranda, Vampyros Lesbos) and Mina (Maria Rohm, 99Women) in order to grow youthful and stay alive.



Also featuring excellent performances by Herbert Lom (The Ladykillers) as Van Helsing and Klaus Kinski (Nosferatu the Vampyre) as Renfield, as well as an ominous score by Bruno Nicolai (Eugenie de Sade, The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave), Count Dracula is presented for the first time on DVD in the U.S.



Amazon.com:
Jess Franco, the Spanish director known for soft-core films featuring vixens in various precarious situations, successfully incorporates Bram Stoker's Dracula into his repertoire with Count Dracula. Starring Hammer's Dracula Christopher Lee, this film is unrelated to the Hammer films, to its credit. This film may be the most accurate telling of Stoker's classic vampire story, so faithful is it to the novel, even to include many of the book's lines in the script. With an array of truly Gothic, medieval sets, and a cast well-versed in horror, including Klaus Kinski (Werner Herzog's Nosferatu) as Renfield, and Soledad Miranda (Vampyros Lesbos) as Lucy, Count Dracula authentically captures Stoker's careful blend of physical monstrosity and sexual fetish to portray the Count's quest for eternal life. For example, few vampire films besides Franco's take time to feature Lucy and her lover Quincy's blood transfusions that reinforce blood's metaphoric connection to sexual desire. Moreover, Maria Rohm plays Mina Harker with the proper innocence to serve as a foil character to her promiscuous friend, Lucy. Dr. Van Helsing, in this film, gets ample opportunity to sleuth vampirism. Franco relays the story of this Transylvanian count who leaves his castle in the Carpathian mountains for a house in England by accentuating the sexual aspects of the plot, which is what any Franco fan would hope for. Additionally enlightening is this DVD's featurette, in which Franco describes his theories about vampire films. --Trinie Dalton




Rating: - I have already dined
Christopher Lee is arguably the best Dracula that has ever been committed to celluloid -- but you gotta admit that Hammer Horror didn't put him to the best use.

Far better use is made of Lee in "Jess Franco's Count Dracula," a gothic horror movie that tries its darndest to stay true to the original novel. It's only partially successful -- Lee is utterly brilliant and the haunting atmosphere is suitable for a tale of vampiric infiltration, but the last act is painfully rushed and flat. ... Read More

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Rating: - count dracula
another great film christopher lee did, very different from the other ones he did. this is the last of the dracula films he did.

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Rating: - Much better than the television version!
When I initially saw this film many years ago on television, I thought it was schlock. I didn't care for the liberties Franco had taken with Bram Stoker's novel, apparently altering the plot to "improve" it, or the choppy editing and sudden closeups. All in all, I felt like I'd wasted my time. Still, being a collector and a completist, I decided to purchase this DVD. I'm very glad that I did.

This uncut version of "Count Dracula," while it occasionally strays from Stoker's original ... Read More

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Rating: - Classic Horror
Classic telling of the Brom Stoker story.Well worth veiwing; it has atmosphere, and Christopher Lee.

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Rating: - Jess Franco's Count Dracula
Atmospheric as promised. Christopher Lee is great as Dracula. It's the
worst dubbing I've ever seen. If they're going to the trouble of putting
this on DVD with a great build-up the least they could is re-dub it. If
you are considering buying this I'd say rent it instead.

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