Story of movie Blood Of Dracula%27s Castle : Blood of Dracula's Castle is a 1967 horror cult B-movie directed by Al Adamson, featuring John Carradine, and released by exploitation film specialists Crown International Pictures. Although his name was played up in the lurid ad campaign, John Carradine only played George the butler in this film, and not Count Dracula.
| Blood of Dracula's Castle | |
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| Directed by | Al Adamson Jean Hewitt |
| Produced by | Martin B. Cohen Samuel M. Sherman Rex Carlton Al Adamson Paragon Pictures |
| Written by | Rex Carlton |
| Starring | John Carradine Alexander D'Arcy Paula Raymond Robert Dix Vicki Volante John Cardos |
| Cinematography | László Kovács |
| Edited by | Peter Perry Jr. |
| Distributed by | Crown International Pictures (theatrical, USA) |
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Running time | 84 min |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Screenplay
Count Dracula (Alexander D'Arcy) and his vampire wife (Paula Raymond) are occupying Falcon Rock Castle in modern day Arizona, hiding behind the identities of the Count and Countess Townsend. When the castle's owner dies, the property passes on to a photographer named Glen Cannon, and Glen has decided to live there himself with his fiancee Liz. He drives out to the castle to inform the Townsends that they will have to move out. But his car breaks down when he gets there, and he and Liz are forced to spend the night with the Townsends.
The Townsends are actually vampires who sleep in coffins and lure pretty young girls to the castle to be drained of blood by their butler George (John Carradine), who then mixes real Bloody Marys for the couple which they drink from martini glasses. George and Mango the hunchback keep mini-skirted women chained up in the basement, occasionally sacrificing one of them to "the Great God Luna", burning them at the stake. Then there's a guy named Johnny, who becomes a serial killer when the moonlight strikes him, (or a werewolf, depending on whether you watch the theatrical version or the late-night-TV version which added a few quick cheesy werewolf shots).
Glen and Liz accidentally witness one of the women being sacrificed in the cellar. Dracula and the Countess try to force Glen to sell the castle to them. In the final confrontation, George the butler is killed, the remaining women prisoners are freed, Mango the hunchback gets shot, hit with an axe and set afire before dying, and the vampires wind up exposed to sunlight and dissolve away into dust. Glen and Liz decide not to live in the castle after all, and drive off together. However, two bats emerge unseen from the ashes and fly away. The End?
Ostensibly located in Arizona, the film was actually shot at Shea's Castle, near Lancaster, California. Other portions of the film were shot in the Coachella Valley, California.
Jayne Mansfield was originally set to star in the film as Countess Townsend, but she died in a car accident before shooting began. A proposed sequel, to be titled Dracula's Coffin, was announced but never made.
- John Carradine: George, the butler
- Paula Raymond: Countess Townsend
- Alexander D'Arcy: Count Dracula, alias Count Charles Townsend
- Robert Dix: Johnny the psycho killer
- Gene Otis Shayne: Glen Cannon (as Gene O'Shane)
- Jennifer Bishop: Liz Arden (as Barbara Bishop)
- Vicki Volante: Ann, motorist-victim
- Ray Young: Mango the hunchback
- John 'Bud' Cardos:(as John Cardos)
- Ken Osborne: Telegram Delivery Man
- Joyce King: body in water
- List of American films of 1969
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