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Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)

Rate: 2
Viewed: 9/05, 3/09

9/05: Showing off an odd premise, Taste the Blood of Dracula is a big departure from Bram Stoker's novel.

One thing is for sure: it has a great amount of beauty that's mixed in with the Victorian English scenery. Some of the scenes are surreal in an abstract manner. The characters are well-played. Ralph Bates, although in a brief role, is effective as Lord Courtley with a treacherous trait.

All in all, although tedious at times, Taste the Blood of Dracula can be safely compared to Bram Stoker's Dracula in some ways.

3/09: Originally thought Taste the Blood of Dracula to be the best Hammer Horror dracula picture made, I'm wrong after seeing it for the second time.

What I realize now is the slow pace just like Horror of Dracula and Dracula Has Risen from the Grave. The acting is often poor while the story is shoddy. A tired sight due to appearing in many horror pictures, Christopher Lee repeats everything ad nauseam as Dracula. How he died is rubbish despite having been exposed to sunlight all the time without any ill effect.

All in all, Taste the Blood of Dracula has no bite.

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