Blood for Dracula
Director: Paul Morrissey
Actors: Joe Dallesandro, Udo Kier, Vittorio De Sica
PlotAiling Count Dracula, who must consume virgin blood to survive, leaves his Transylvanian castle to find unspoiled women to sustain him. His quest takes him to Italy, where he believes he'll have better luck finding virgins due to the country's Catholicism. Accompanied by his faithful servant Anton, Dracula poses as a foreign aristocrat in search of a bride, targeting a family with four unmarried daughters. However, Dracula's health continues to deteriorate, pressured by the need to feed and the difficulty in finding suitable young women who meet his exacting criteria.
The Count's prospects seem hopeful as he integrates himself into the lives of the Italian family, setting his sights on the daughters. But complications arise as the family's motivations for entertaining the Count's advances come to light, with their estate facing financial ruin. The daughters, each with their own personality and secrets, interact with the enigmatic foreigner. As Dracula begins his attempts to determine which of the daughters are pure, his condition becomes more desperate, and the interactions with the family more perilous, leading to an entanglement of deception, seduction, and struggle for survival.
Writers: Paul Morrissey, Pat Hackett, Bram Stoker
Release Date: 06 Nov 1974
Runtime: 106 min
Rating: R
Country: Italy, France, United States
Language: English
Home Video Reviews
Provocative films by Morrissey with solid 4K releases by Severin and Vinegar Syndrome are highly recommended.
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