tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post6940606900884692756..comments2024-03-28T10:33:39.051-07:00Comments on Horror Movie A Day: Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)BChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06480847497966171794noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-80940712722413366622018-08-23T12:59:26.290-07:002018-08-23T12:59:26.290-07:00Same for me, one of my favorite Hammer and more th...Same for me, one of my favorite Hammer and more than that, one of my favorite movie ever !!<br />I saw this movie on tv when i was really young (about 9 years old ) and i was speechless seeing of Christopher Lee portrayed Dracula and the music is Amazing. It was my Third Hammer films, never forgot this moment.Glenn Canadanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-21710306413041339072009-12-31T16:31:04.996-08:002009-12-31T16:31:04.996-08:00I think I have that one on VHS from Anchor Bay'...I think I have that one on VHS from Anchor Bay's releases in the late 90s.... never watched it.BChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06480847497966171794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-60686851233150759502009-12-31T16:21:53.695-08:002009-12-31T16:21:53.695-08:00Way late in coming to this, but...
If you're ...Way late in coming to this, but...<br /><br />If you're looking for another "unorthodox" Dracula movie, check out "The Satanic Rites of Dracula". I think I mentioned it in another one of your Hammer Dracula reviews, but it's definitely one of the most unorthodox Dracula movies out there. It's basically a Hammer Dracula movie crossed with a James Bond flick. Not particularly good, but it's very cheesy.Joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-51839460156573662282009-12-26T07:49:09.652-08:002009-12-26T07:49:09.652-08:00Always loved the movie, especially with its German...Always loved the movie, especially with its German title "Dracula jagt Mini-Mädchen", as Old Folkie already pointed out. One of my favourites from the whole love of Hammer Horror.cynsanityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05778843493079172706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-81730891102628684852009-12-02T02:14:17.188-08:002009-12-02T02:14:17.188-08:00I've seen all 9 Hammer/Dracula movies, and thi...I've seen all 9 Hammer/Dracula movies, and this one is a lot of fun. I heard bad things about it, but honestly, it needed something different.<br /><br />Another good one in the series is "Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires" -- it gets a lot of negative criticism but I personally think that it was a great way to end the series much in the same way that "Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell" ended the Hammer/Frankenstein cycle on a high note.hitfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03585339553144825190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-54032129812009085552009-11-29T19:13:45.753-08:002009-11-29T19:13:45.753-08:00Oddly enough I have this one on Laser Disc with Ja...Oddly enough I have this one on Laser Disc with Japanese subtitles that I picked up in a second hand shop years ago for peanuts. I really do not think it was on accident that Johnny Alucard's character, played by Christopher Neame (I don't think I have seen him in anything else) is a dead ringer for Malcolm McDowell who was in the hugely successful Clockwork Orange the year before. Personally I am disappointed that they killed off Caroline Munro's character so early in the film as she is definitely 70's British eye candy. I don't quite buy Stephanie Beacham's character as she seems to be a prude trying desperately to be hip (and, while I do realize it is 1972 and everything, what is up with that hair??? Mullet prototype???). Marsha Hunt, who was better known as a singer and best known as the inspiration for the Rolling Stone's "Brown Sugar", was also quite pleasing to the eyes in this one, but boy she cannot act her way out of a paper bag. <br /><br />The scene where Van Helsing is figuring out the Alucard/Dracula connection is quite humorous. Did they really thing this audience was going to be stoned enough to say "whoa, that is Dracula backwards" in a moment of hazy surprize (perhaps the same crowd who was undoubtedly shocked that Park Ranger Asmodeus in Equinox turned out to be satan. Who woulda thunk it?). <br /><br />Overall, a pleasing bit of camp from Hammer. Be sure to take note of the rare cameo from the San Fransisco band Stoneground and with additional music from Manfred Mann alum Mike Vickers. <br /><br />Of course 1973 saw a follow-up, the rather flaccid "The Satanic Rights Of Dracula". If of course has Cushing and Lee, although it also brings back Michael Coles as the inpector but replaces Beacham as Jessica Van Helsing with Joanna Lumley (?!?), who was best remembered from "The New Avengers" and most of all, "Absolutely Fabulous".Kevin MacNuttnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-34013218805884002692009-11-29T08:19:33.138-08:002009-11-29T08:19:33.138-08:00Actually, that opening fight doesn't accur in ...Actually, that opening fight doesn't accur in any of the other Hammer Dracula's, which is a bit weird since they're usually pretty good when it comes to continuity and scenes from other films. Still the fight is exciting enough not to care and the movie itself is really enjoyable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-7629393735932692242009-11-29T06:18:59.113-08:002009-11-29T06:18:59.113-08:00I always had a soft-spot for the German title of t...I always had a soft-spot for the German title of this movie: "Dracula jagt Mini-Mädchen" (Dracula hunts Mini-Girls); that gave me the funniest mental picture as a child. :DOld Folkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13974128781041813293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-59826954020373261102009-11-28T17:57:36.669-08:002009-11-28T17:57:36.669-08:00Nice 70s boobage.Nice 70s boobage.Fred Theilighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06797265599937795292noreply@blogger.com