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Paul Morrissey

Blood for Dracula (Sangue per Dracula)

Edition 1980
106' - 1974 - Horror - Dialogue: English
Director: Paul Morrissey Composer: Claudio Gizzi With: Joe Dallesandro, Udo Kier, Vittorio De Sica
Udo Kier is without a doubt the sickliest of vampires in any director's interpretation of the Bram Stoker tale. Count Dracula knows that if he fails to drink a required amount of pure virgin's [pronounced "wirgin's"] blood, it's time to move into a permanent coffin. His assistant (Renfield?) suggests that the Count and he pick up his coffin and take a road trip to Italy, where families are known to be particularly religious, and therefore should be an excellent place to search for a virgin bride. They do, only to encounter a family with not one, but FOUR virgins, ready for marriage. The Count discovers one-by-one that the girls are not as pure as they say they are, meanwhile a handsome servant/Communist begins to observe strange behaviour from the girls who do spend the night with the Count. It's a race for Dracula to discover who's the real virgin, before he either dies from malnourishment or from the wooden stake of the Communist!

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Credits

Director

Paul Morrissey

Composer

Claudio Gizzi

With

Joe Dallesandro, Udo Kier, Vittorio De Sica

Scenario

Paul Morrissey

Director of Photography

Luigi Kuveiller

Editor

Jed Johnson, Franca Silvi

Producer

Andrew Braunsberg, Carlo Ponti, Jean-Pierre Rassam, Andy Warhol, Jean Yanne

More information

Dialogue

English

Countries of production

Italy, United States of America, France

Screenplay based on

"Dracula" (Bram Stoker)

Year

1974

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