22.3.09

blood for dracula (1974)

aka Andy Warhol's Dracula. Andy Warhol's Young Dracula. Blood for Dracula. Dracula. Dracula vuole vivere: cerca sangue di vergine! Du sang pour Dracula. Young Dracula.
A weak and dying Dracula is persuaded to travel to Italy to find some virgin blood to revive him. He ends up staying with the down at heel Marchese di Fiori, who hopes to marry off one of her four daughters to a rich man. Dracula promptly sets about trying to find his virgin, but will the communist gardener (Joe Dallesandro) realise and stop him?
The film, which alongside Flesh For Frankenstein was shot back to back in Italy, has a sumptuous look, and
Udo Keir makes a beautifully decedant Dracula. The acting is often quite casual and the pacing uneven, but for all that it's still a fun and campy reimaging of the Dracula story, which ramps up the sex and blood.

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