Jess Franco's Count Dracula (1970) is finally being released on R1 dvd on February 27th. This was the one non-Hammer movie where Christopher Lee played the immortal Count, and the results were quite interesting. The notable thing about the movie was that it is one of the very few times when Dracula has been portrayed on screen as the grey haired old man with moustache that Stoker wrote about in his book.
The DVD is being released by DarkSky Films, here is their official description of the movie and details about the dvd, which can be bought here.
The DVD is being released by DarkSky Films, here is their official description of the movie and details about the dvd, which can be bought here.
Jess Franco's Count Dracula Special Edition DVD
A highly atmospheric adaptation of the classic Bram Stoker novel, directed with panache by auteur Jess Franco Venus in Furs, The Diabolical Dr. Z). Screen icon Christopher Lee Horror of Dracula, Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings) portrays the titular Count Dracula, who flees the cold confines of his Carpathian castle for the shores of England, where he must feed on the blood of beautiful Lucy Soledad Miranda, Vampyros Lesbos) and Mina Maria Rohm, 99 Women) in order to grow youthful and stay alive.
Also featuring excellent performances by Herbert Lom (The Ladykillers) as Van Helsing and Klaus Kinski (Nosferatu the Vampyre as Renfield, as well as an ominous score by Bruno Nicolai (Eugenie de Sade, The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave), Count Dracula is presented for the first time on DVD in the U.S.
Special Features:- "Beloved Count" - Jess Franco featurette- Christopher Lee reads Bram Stoker's Dracula- Soledad Miranda essay- Still Gallery
A highly atmospheric adaptation of the classic Bram Stoker novel, directed with panache by auteur Jess Franco Venus in Furs, The Diabolical Dr. Z). Screen icon Christopher Lee Horror of Dracula, Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings) portrays the titular Count Dracula, who flees the cold confines of his Carpathian castle for the shores of England, where he must feed on the blood of beautiful Lucy Soledad Miranda, Vampyros Lesbos) and Mina Maria Rohm, 99 Women) in order to grow youthful and stay alive.
Also featuring excellent performances by Herbert Lom (The Ladykillers) as Van Helsing and Klaus Kinski (Nosferatu the Vampyre as Renfield, as well as an ominous score by Bruno Nicolai (Eugenie de Sade, The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave), Count Dracula is presented for the first time on DVD in the U.S.
Special Features:- "Beloved Count" - Jess Franco featurette- Christopher Lee reads Bram Stoker's Dracula- Soledad Miranda essay- Still Gallery
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