Search - Dan Curtis' Dracula on DVD

MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Suitable for Children Movie Release: 1973 DVD Release: 08/27/2002 Format: DVD Audio Tracks: Spanish Subtitles: English, French SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 40 mins Studio: MPI Home Video Members Wishing: 3 Genres: Horror, Thriller, Costume Horror

This TV-movie adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel of the "undead" was adapted by Richard Matheson and photographed by Oswald Morris. As the titular count, Jack Palance is a reluctant victim of an unwelcome fate, rather than a grinning bloodsucker. Nigel Davenport co-stars as Van Helsing, vampire-hunter deluxe, who pursues the count with his bagful of hammers and stakes. Much of the Stoker novel that had been eliminated in earlier versions has been restored by Matheson. Originally slated for telecast in October of 1973, Dracula was reshuffled to February 8, 1974, due to the late-breaking vice-presidential nomination of Gerald Ford. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Nigel Davenport - Doctor Van Helsing
Jack Palance - Count Dracula

Dan Curtis directs Oscar winner Jack Palance in the role of Dracula, which comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer that preserves the original broadcast aspect ratio of 1.33:1. The English soundtrack is as good as it needs to be. There are no supplemental materials of any consequence, making it difficult to recommend this disc to anyone who is not a genre enthusiast. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide