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Blood for Dracula (Widescreen)

Joe Dallesandro (Actor), Udo Kier (Actor), Paul Morrissey (Director) | Rated: R (Restricted) | Format: DVD
3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)

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Filming on Blood for Dracula began on location in Italy on the same day that filming of Flesh for Frankenstein ended, and knowing this enhances one's appreciation of director Paul Morrissey's delightfully twisted--and defiantly artistic--approach to violent, campy horror. Originally titled Andy Warhol's Frankenstein and Andy Warhol's Dracula, both films are blessed by Morrissey's opulent visual style (he and his Italian cinematographer worked wonders with modest budgets), and both showcase Udo Kier and the languorous hunk Joe Dallesandro in opposing roles. Here we find Udo Kier as Count Dracula, looking even more ashen than usual and desperate for the blood of virgins to restore his waning health. He travels to Italy and stays at the fading estate of a once-wealthy family, and the presence of four lovely, sexually inexperienced daughters turns out to be a recipe for disaster. It so happens that only the youngest daughter is actually a virgin, and by process of elimination Dracula discovers that non-virgin blood makes him violently ill! Dallesandro plays the resident handyman--handy in more ways than one, as the daughters have learned--who dares to protect the remaining virgin from the Count's bloodsucking exploits, and as usual director Morrissey finds ample opportunity to combine sex and gore with outrageous sensibility and logic of plot. As in the case of Flesh for Frankenstein, this Criterion Collection DVD restores the film to its original director's cut, presented in its original aspect ratio with a supplemental commentary by Morrissey, Kier, and critic Maurice Yacowar. Kier is particularly delightful, observing during one gruesome scene that "vomiting looks great when you've got a tuxedo on." --Jeff Shannon

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Paul Morrissey's moralistic take on modern values is a brash mixture of humor, horror, and sex - and a revelation to fans of the horror film. In Blood for Dracula, the infamous count searches Italy for virgin blood. Criterion presents the long-suppressed director's cut of this outrageous cult classic in a new widescreen transfer.

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2.0 out of 5 stars another unusual film., April 5 2004
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Ted "Ted" (Pennsylvania, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Blood for Dracula (Widescreen) (DVD)
This review is for the Criterion Collection DVD version of the Film.

This film, another by Paul Morrissey and Andy Warhol is less disturbing than their previous release, "Flesh for Frankenstein."

This film is also a loose adaptation of the book.
Set in the 1920's or 30's Dracula is dying. To survive he must drink the blood of a virgin. He has become too notorious in Romania to approach any women and there are few virgins there. So he and his caregiver drive to Italy as they believe that there are more virgins there. He stays with a family that has 4 daughters, when asking some them if they are virgins, they lie and he becomes very sick from drinking their blood.

The film has excellent music which deserves to be in a better film. The Criterion collection special features are sudio commentary by cast and crew. There is also an 11 minute slideshow of production and publicity photos backed with selections from the musical score.

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2.0 out of 5 stars not as bad as frankenstein but still disturbing. Great Music, April 1 2004
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Ted "Ted" (Pennsylvania, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Blood for Dracula (Widescreen) (DVD)
This review is for the Criterion Collection edition of the film.

This film, also recieved an X rating by the MPAA and was heavily cut for the R rated version.

The film is a loose and more modern adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel. In this version set in 1920's Europe, Dracula is dying. He must drink the blood of a female virgin to survive. Hhe is too well known in Romania to get close to any women and virgins are rare, so he and his servant drive to Italy as they believe the influence of the Roman church would encourage women to remain chaste. He then stays in the home of a family with 4 daughters. He interviews them, but they lie about being virgins and Dracula gets very sick from drinking their blood.

The film is violent and has several disturbing sex scenes in it.

The music in the film is very nice though and it seems unfit for a movie of this type.

The DVD special features include audio comnmentary and an 11 minute slide show of publicity photos with the excellent musical score in the backround.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A WONDERFULL VAMPIRE MOVIE, Mar 14 2004
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francis ouellet (loretteville, Quebec Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Blood for Dracula (Widescreen) (DVD)
I just want to say that this film is one of the best Paul Morrisey ever made. The Criterion edition is fantastic. For people who want to see something different.

(And, by the way, i just want to say to some of the other reviewers that Andy Warhol had nothing to do with the movie. NOTHING!!! He simply put his name on it to help the film make money.)

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