Dracula cerca sangue di vergine... e morì di sete!!! (1974)

Director:

Paul Morrissey

Writer:

Paul Morrissey (writer)

Release Date:

27 November 1974 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

He couldn't live without a virgin's blood..... ...So a virgin had to die! [UK]

Plot:

Udo Kier is without a doubt the sickliest of vampires in any director's interpretation of the Bram Stoker tale...

Plot Keywords:

Virgin | Coffin | Dracula | Blood | Italy

Cast

Joe Dallesandro	...	Mario Balato, the Servant
Udo Kier	...	Count Dracula
Vittorio De Sica	...	Il Marchese Di Fiore
Maxime McKendry	...	La Marchesa Di Fiore
Arno Juerging	...	Anton, the Count's Servant
Milena Vukotic	...	Esmeralda
Dominique Darel	...	Saphiria
Stefania Casini	...	Rubinia
Silvia Dionisio	...	Perla
Inna Alexeievna
Gil Cagne	...	Townsman (as Gil Cagnie)
Emi Califri
Eleonora Zani

Also Known As:

Andy Warhol's Dracula (USA)
Andy Warhol's Young Dracula
Blood for Dracula (UK)
Dracula
Dracula cerca sangue di vergine (Italy) (video title)
Dracula vuole vivere: cerca sangue di vergine! (Italy)
Du sang pour Dracula (France)
Young Dracula

MPAA:

Rated R for horror violence and sensuality.(1992 cut version)

Runtime:

103 min | Argentina:108 min | USA:106 min

Country:

Italy | France

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-18 | France:-16 | New Zealand:R16 | Italy:VM18 | USA:X | Argentina:18 | Australia:R | Germany:16 (cut) | Germany:18 | Norway:18 (heavily cut) | UK:18 | USA:R (cut version) (1975, 1992) | USA:X (original rating) | West Germany:18 | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Vojvodina, Serbia

Company:

Compagnia Cinematografica Champion

Trivia:

Unlike the controversy over Flesh for Frankenstein (1973) the film suffered very minor cuts for its initial UK cinema release and was never listed as a video nasty. It was passed fully uncut for video in 1995 on the First Independent label.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: At the beginning of the film, Count Dracula is shown sitting at a dressing table, looking in the mirror as he applies make-up to his face. A fire is burning in the fireplace behind him. But as the camera angles around toward the mirror to reveal that the Count casts no reflection, the fire in the fireplace freezes completely still for more than a second.

Quotes:

Anton, the Count's Servant: Things look promising.
Count Dracula: O, you think so? I have no coffin to sleep in, the kitchen is full with impure meat, we've been travelling for days... No progress!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Memories of a Young Pianist (2009) (V)

Another must see Morrissey trash classic!

While I rate Paul Morrissey's 'Flesh For Frankenstein' just a little higher than this one, it is without a doubt a vampire trash classic, and highly recommended viewing. Morrissey once again teams the legendary Udo Kier ('The Story Of O', 'Suspiria') with Warhol superstar Joe Dallesandro, and the creepy Arno Juerging (Otto from '...Frankenstein'), and adds to the strong supporting cast Italian veteran Vittorio De Sica, and even a cameo from director Roman Polanski. '..Dracula' features a similar mixture of horror and camp to the earlier movie, but this time the emphasis is more on sex and decadence than gore and humour. Dallesandro's performance is below par as a Communist servant, but Kier once again excels in the title role, creating some genuine sympathy as the sickly, desperate Count who can't get enough "wer-gins" blood to sustain himself. 'Blood For Dracula' is essential viewing for all 1970s cult movie buffs.