Horror

Blood of Dracula

Carmel Productions

United States of America

English

Sandra Harrison

Louise Lewis

Gail Ganley

Jerry Blaine

Heather Ames

Malcolm Atterbury

Mary Adams

Thomas Browne Henry

Don Devlin

Jean Dean

Richard Devon

Paul Maxwell

Shirley Delancey

Craig Duncan

Edna Holland

Voltaire Perkins

Barbara Wilson

Lynn Alden

Carlyle Mitchell

Jimmy Hayes

Michael Hall

Herbert L. Strock

Tom Oliphant

Herman Cohen

Aben Kandel

Paul Dunlap

A. Leslie Thomas

Phillip Scheer

Monroe P. Askins

Robert Moore

Florence Hayes

Bram Stoker

Staggeringly Lame - A Brain Drain - Contrived Cack.

A teenage girl, bit of a rebel, is sent away to a girls school. Her fiery nature brings her to the attention of the science teacher, who, using a Carpathian amulet, uses the girl for nefarious deeds.

OK! You understand why plenty of folk love the cruddy schlockers of the 50s (I love me plenty as well), the films that were the bottom half of a bottom of the barrel drive-in double bill. Quite often there's a charm to be found, even some that genuinely have craft, guile and surprise enough to warrant love and affection. Blood of Dracula (AKA: Blood Is My Heritage) is devoid of charm and doesn't work hard to earn support.

As has been pointed out by the horror faithful over the years, there is no blood and no Dracula in this film - though Dracula as plural does get a mention during one of the many many long and dull passages of chatter within. The narrative plods along until angry girl meets angry science teacher and it's hypnotism time! Yay. Enter a creature that looks like Eddie Munster with bad teeth. All violent damage is done off screen, an interim pop tune and dance sequence is just bizarre, and the plot's motives really don't make any sense.

Herman Cohen (producer) was not dumb. I Was a Teenage Werewolf and I Was a Teenage Frankenstein, the two other films in this schlocky trilogy, are good fun. He was capable of overseeing some good movies pitched at a teen audience - even having something to say about the youth/adult divide. Sadly his vampire excursion is not only lazy, it's also very dull. 2/10

Trailer: Blood of Dracula (1957)

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Sandra Harrison

Louise Lewis

Gail Ganley

Jerry Blaine

Heather Ames

Malcolm Atterbury

Mary Adams

Thomas Browne Henry

Don Devlin

Jean Dean

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