Post by someoldguy on Oct 2, 2019 18:42:34 GMT -5
That’s right 1973.
Being in a vampire state of mind due to recent discussions, I did some poking around into what other movies were out there and came across this.
www.dailymotion.com/video/x22k22f
Written by Richard Matheson and directed by Dan Curtis of Dark Shadows fame, this little known movie (at least I did not know if it) stars Jack Palance as the Count. And a fine job Palance does of it, too! The movie was originally made for British TV and has virtually no gore or FX. What it does have is sets that would have been worthy of a Hammer production. And acting. Palance as the title character, while clearly doing Lugosi in dress and facial expressions, brings far more emotion and depth of character to the role. Nigel Davenport does a very British Van Helsing , a nice switch, and Simon Ward does a sturdy supporting role as Lucy’s fiancé.
The movie follows the novel quite closely but with some effective changes. A number of scenes pay homage to the 1931 Dracula. And there are nods to other Dracula movies as well.
Perhaps I can poke around and find a good werewolf movie I never heard of before and check that out and get back in the swing of things.
Being in a vampire state of mind due to recent discussions, I did some poking around into what other movies were out there and came across this.
www.dailymotion.com/video/x22k22f
Written by Richard Matheson and directed by Dan Curtis of Dark Shadows fame, this little known movie (at least I did not know if it) stars Jack Palance as the Count. And a fine job Palance does of it, too! The movie was originally made for British TV and has virtually no gore or FX. What it does have is sets that would have been worthy of a Hammer production. And acting. Palance as the title character, while clearly doing Lugosi in dress and facial expressions, brings far more emotion and depth of character to the role. Nigel Davenport does a very British Van Helsing , a nice switch, and Simon Ward does a sturdy supporting role as Lucy’s fiancé.
The movie follows the novel quite closely but with some effective changes. A number of scenes pay homage to the 1931 Dracula. And there are nods to other Dracula movies as well.
We can clearly see the influence of the 1973 version on Coppola’s 1992 film of the same name. In the Curtis/Palance movie, the theme is introduced of Dracula being Vlad Tepes and finding the reincarnation of his dead wife in - not Mina – but Lucy (a gorgeous redhead BTW as in Coppola). When Drac finds that they have killed Lucy-turned-vampire he bites Mina and has her drink his blood as an act of revenge.
Perhaps I can poke around and find a good werewolf movie I never heard of before and check that out and get back in the swing of things.
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