Count Dracula (DVD)

Description: Genre: Horror / Theatrical Release: 1977 / Suitable for 12 years and over / Actors: Louis Jourdan, Frank Finlay, Susan ... more

Count Dracula (DVD) ... Penhaligon, Jack Shepherd ... / DVD released 2007-09-03 at 2 Entertain Video / Features of the DVD: PAL

Newest Review: ... credits as 'a gothic romance', but the book is nowhere near as namby pamby as this version. This has mistaken pedantic ... more

... attention to detail for authenticity. It has none of the spirit of the original, none of the uncanny feeling, none of the dark eroticism. It's as if you've asked a Victorian governess to tell you the plot of Dracula - all you're left with is a genteel echo of what ought to be a profoundly disturbing story. And that's why none of the best Dracula films follow the plot of the book that closely. I think this was quite a prestigious production at the time - the Beeb obviously put a lot of effort into it. But it hasn't aged w...more

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Count Dracula [DVD] [1977]
Release Date: 2007 - 09 - 03, Rating Suitable for 15 years and over,

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Count Dracula (DVD): Gothic folly (1026 words)
by - written on 01/12/08 (Very useful, 136 readings)
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A review of the BBC's DVD release, currently selling on amazon for £5. This is an adaptation of Bram Stoker's famous vampire novel, made by the BBC in 1977. Over the years I'd seen it referred to as the most faithful adaptation of the novel ever made, which intrigued me enough to want to check it out. The story is almost exactly as in the novel. A young estate agent named Jonathon Harker goes to Transylvania where his client, Count Dracula, imprisons him in his castle. The Count is, of course, a vampire, and soon sets out for England, with fiendish designs on Harker's fiancée, a pretty little thing called Mina. Fortunately, help may be at hand in ... Read the complete review

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