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Blood for Dracula (1973)

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The second of two horror films shot in a single production term and bearing the name of pop-art icon Andy Warhol (whose participation pretty much ended with the use of his name), this film is slightly superior to its higher-profile predecessor, Andy Warhol's Frankenstein. Direction is credited to Warhol factory filmmaker Paul Morrissey, though there still exists a very vocal camp who insist that the real credit should go to Italian director Antonio Margheriti. Euro-horror leading man Udo Kier

R, 1 hr. 30 min.

Horror, Classics, Comedy

Directed By: Paul Morrissey , Antonio Margheriti

Written By: Paul Morrissey

In Theaters: Nov 27, 1974 Wide

On DVD: Dec 22, 1998

Cast

Joe Dallesandro
Mario
Udo Kier
Dracula
Vittorio De Sica
Lord Difiore
Maxime McKendry
Lady Difiore
Arno Juerging
Anton Count's assistant
Milena Vukotic
Esmeralda
Gil Cagne
Townsman
Stefania Casini
Rubinia
Dominique Darel
Saphiria
Silvia Dionisio
Perla
Roman Polanski
Man in Inn
Stefano Oppedisano
Maxime de la Falaise

Critic Reviews for Blood for Dracula

All Critics (16) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (5) | DVD (11)

Morrisey long showed that his films, although more implicit in sex, drugs and characterizations, were really Hollywood films at the core.

October 19, 2009 Full Review Source: Variety

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One of the two schlocky horror comedies Paul Morrissey made in Italy in 1974... Blood for Dracula is the sexier and funnier.

October 19, 2009 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

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Stylishly directed, atmospheric, funny, and intense enough to please gorehounds--especially at the climax.

October 19, 2009 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

Outrageous, hilarious and shocking, this is trash art at its very best.

October 19, 2009 Full Review Source: Film4

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Ben Cobb

Film4

Desperate for virgin blood, [Udo] Kier's wan, fussy vampire strategically heads to Catholic Italy, but the food sucks ("They put so much oil here on everything!").

September 1, 2009 Full Review Source: City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul

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Rob Nelson

City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul Source: City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul

It's a few bites away from being a delicious spoof on Dracula.

May 26, 2008 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Pretty funny, especially Roman Polanski's cameo, though not nearly as wild as Flesh for Frankenstein -- but then again, few movies are.

January 31, 2008 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

Often startlingly beautiful to look at.

February 9, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Time Out

One of the worst and least faithful Dracula intepretations ever made.

December 6, 2005 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com

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Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

A horror film and a spoof -- but it's also something more. A strange, lingering sadness hangs over the film in its depiction of the end of an era.

November 5, 2002 Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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Superior to Flesh For Frankenstein, this is a great second film for Paul Morrisey's horror double feature. There are some truly amazing images in this one. Udo Kier is perfect as Dracula.

October 29, 2011

Graham Jones

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With a shortage of 'wirgins' in Romania, Count Dracula travels to Italy in search of good, pure Catholic girls to feast on, installing himself in the dilapidated mansion of an aristocrat with four unmarried daughters, ostensibly as a suitor for one of them. Since two of the daughters are slatterns and any blood but

September 10, 2009