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Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Blood Of Dracula's Castle (1969)

Starring John Carradine, Paula Raymond, Alexander D'Arcy, Robert Dix, Gene O'Shane
Directed by Al Adamson
(actor & director credits courtesy IMDB.com)

A photographer and his fiancée visit a castle he's inherited, and meet the charming couple who live there, but find out too late that they're the legendary Count Dracula and his bride.

This isn't a good movie by any stretch, but it's not half bad, and to its credit, at times has the feel of a classic 1940s monster movie.  D'Arcy, Raymond, and Carradine bring forth enough class to overcome the inexperience of the other actors and the film's low production values, but too much time is spent on Dix's character, who is identified as a werewolf, but inexplicably never turns into one.

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