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Dracula

  • TV Movie
  • 1974
  • TV-14
  • 1h 38m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
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Dracula (1974)
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Dracula is searching for a woman who looks like his long dead wife.Dracula is searching for a woman who looks like his long dead wife.Dracula is searching for a woman who looks like his long dead wife.

  • Director
    • Dan Curtis
  • Writers
    • Richard Matheson
    • Bram Stoker
  • Stars
    • Jack Palance
    • Simon Ward
    • Nigel Davenport
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    • IMDb RATING
    6.2/10
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    • Director
      • Dan Curtis
    • Writers
      • Richard Matheson
      • Bram Stoker
    • Stars
      • Jack Palance
      • Simon Ward
      • Nigel Davenport
    • 83User reviews
    • 39Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Jack Palance
    Jack Palance
    • Dracula
    Simon Ward
    Simon Ward
    • Arthur
    Nigel Davenport
    Nigel Davenport
    • Van Helsing
    Pamela Brown
    Pamela Brown
    • Mrs. Westenra
    Fiona Lewis
    Fiona Lewis
    • Lucy
    Penelope Horner
    Penelope Horner
    • Mina
    Murray Brown
    Murray Brown
    • Jonathan Harker
    Virginia Wetherell
    • Dracula's Wife
    • (as Virginia Wetherall)
    Barbara Lindley
    • Dracula's Wife
    Sarah Douglas
    Sarah Douglas
    • Dracula's Wife
    George Pravda
    George Pravda
    • Innkeeper
    Hana Maria Pravda
    Hana Maria Pravda
    • Innkeeper's Wife
    • (as Hanna-Maria Pravda)
    Reg Lye
    Reg Lye
    • Zookeeper
    Fred Stone
    • Priest
    Roy Spencer
    • Whitby Inn Clerk
    John Challis
    John Challis
    • Stockton-on-Tees Clerk
    Nigel Gregory
    • Midvale Shipping Clerk
    John Pennington
    • Richmond Shipping Clerk
    • Director
      • Dan Curtis
    • Writers
      • Richard Matheson
      • Bram Stoker
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    • Trivia
      According to the featurette on the DVD, Jack Palance had been offered the role of Dracula several more times after his first performance, but he turned them all down.
    • Goofs
      When Lucy is first staked, blood comes gushing out of her mouth and onto her cheeks. In the next scene there is just a slight bit of blood on her lips.
    • Quotes

      Dracula: Mr. Harker... Now I go to England, and you...

      [picks him up by the throat and throws him across the room]

      Dracula: to Hell!

    • Alternate versions
      Two versions were created, one for American television and a slightly gorier print for theatrical distribution in Europe. The European version first surfaced on VHS in America in the 1980s hosted by Elvira. In 2002, the TV version was released on DVD by MPI, and they subsequently issued the theatrical version on blu-ray in 2014.
    • Connections
      Featured in In Search of Dracula with Jonathan Ross (1996)

    User reviews83

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    6/10

    An interesting take on Bram Stoker's creation

    Jonathan Harker (Murray Brown) arrives at Castle Dracula in the Carpathian mountains to assist Count Dracula (Jack Palance) to look for a place in Whitby in Yorkshire. Dracula's motivations are not honest, the real motivation being that Harker's fiancee (Fiona Lewis) is the reincarnation of his long lost dead lover.

    A fairly faithful TV movie adaptation with a twist makes for an interesting version of Bram Stoker's classic creation with its interesting added plot device of Lucy being a reincarnation of the Count's lover from the past. On the surface Palance is an interesting choice as the title character, but the plot device of lost love and obsession give Palance's Count an added dimension.
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    • Release date
      • February 8, 1974 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Languages
      • Hungarian
      • Russian
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Dan Curtis' Dracula
    • Filming locations
      • Trakoscan Castle, Croatia(Dracula's castle in long shots)
    • Production company
      • Latglen Ltd.
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 38 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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