(aka 'Andy Warhol's Dracula' or 'Andy Warhol's Young Dracula' or 'Dracula' or 'Dracula cerca sangue di vergine... e morì di sete' or 'Dracula vuole vivere: cerca sangue di vergine!' or 'Du sang pour Dracula' or 'Young Dracula')

directed by Paul Morrissey
U.S. 1974

 

At the premiere of "Blood for Dracula", Paul Morrissey thanked the jury for inviting his "...silly little film." to the Atlantic International Film Festival. And to some degree, it is a silly film, as it both takes liberties with horror conventions and the Dracula myth.

Where the nemesis of Dracula traditionally is Van Helsing, it is now a common working man, a gardener, who takes the virginity from Draculas daughters. In "Blood for Dracula", Dracula can only drink the blood of virgins, and as he desperate bites one of his own daughters, he is send into a vomiting fit, as she isn't one anymore. The story thus becomes a symbolic fall of the aristocracy by the working class, where the gardener in the end kills Dracula, as well as an attack on the moral values of the catholic church via lust of the flesh.

"Blood for Dracula" remains one of the most amusing spoofs on the Dracula myth and a demonstration of the genius of Paul Morrissey.

Henrik Sylow
 

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Theatrical Release: November 27th, 1974 - USA

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DVD Comparison:

Tartan - Region 2 - PAL vs. Criterion - Region 0 - NTSC vs. Marketing Film - Region 0 - PAL

Big thanks to Ole of DVDBasen for the R2 - PAL Screen Caps! Big thanks to Henrik Sylow for the Review!

(Tartan - Region 2- PAL LEFT vs. Criterion - Region 01 - NTSC - MIDDLE vs.  Marketing Film - Region 0 - PAL - RIGHT)

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Tartan

Region 2 - PAL

Criterion Collection Spine # 28

Region 0  - NTSC

Marketing Films
Region 0 - PAL
Runtime 1:43:18 1:43:32 1:34:50
Video

1.85:1 Original Aspect Ratio

16X9 enhanced
Average Bitrate: 6.90 mb/s
PAL 720x576 25.00 f/s

1.90:1 Over matted
Average Bitrate: 4.90 mb/s
NTSC 704x480 29.97 f/s

1.85:1 Original Aspect Ratio

16X9 enhanced
Average Bitrate: 5.93
 PAL 720x576 25.00 f/s

NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes.
Bitrate:

Tartan

 

Bitrate:

Criterion

 

Bitrate:

Marketing Film

Audio 2.0 Dolby Digital English English (Dolby Digital 1.0)

German (Dolby Digital 5.1), German (Dolby Digital 2.0), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)

Subtitles No Subtitles None None
Features Release Information:
Studio: Tartan

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen anamorphic - 1.85:1

Edition Details:
• Audio commentary by Paul Morrissey, Udo Kier and film historian Maurice Yacovar
• Production Stills (24:53)
• Screen Tests (4:11)
• Booklet by Ben Cobb

DVD Release Date: May 22, 2006
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Release Information:
Studio: Criterion

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen letterbox - 1.90:1

Edition Details:
• Commentary by writer/director Paul Morrissey, actor 'Udo Kier (qv), and film historian Maurice Yacovar
• Commentary by Still gallery of publicity and produciton photographs featuring excerpts from Claudio Gizzi's musical score in stereo
• Widescreen letterbox format
 

DVD Release Date: December 8, 1998
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Release Information:
 

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen anamorphic - 1.85:1

 



Edition Details:
• Commentary by director Paul Morrissey, star Udo Kier and film historian Maurice Yacowar (In English).
• German trailer (WS Anamorphic) (3:18).
• Still slideshow (18:54).
• Artwork-Galleries (DVD/VHS Covers, Posters, Lobbycards ect.).
• About the 3D version (1 page of text in German).
• Filmographies of cast and director.

 

DVD Release Date: May 15th, 2003
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Comments: ADDITION: - Tartan - PAL - June 2006 - Newly restored and remastered in association with Paul Morrissey, the Tartan version looks stunning. No visible artefacts and a beautifully balanced colour palette. The only negative comment is, that it is a NTSC to PAL, and has ghosting issues.

The additional material is a port of the same audio commentary present on the Criterion DVD, and a series of production stills and screen tests with commentary by Paul Morrissey.

 - Henrik Sylow

****

Another example of an anamorphic picture not equaling a non-anamorphic. The Criterion is certainly superior in the image department. The color on the two versions matches pretty evenly, but the Marketing Film PAL version is slightly more red/orange with a bit more saturation. The commentary is the same for both editions, but the Marketing Film version has a few more features to peruse. Neither edition has sub-titles and the good thing about the PAL disc is that it is very cheap in comparison to the Criterion. For true devotees, there is no question but to get the Criterion, but just to see the film without more than a passing interest then go for the Marketing Film version ( which also includes Flesh for Frankenstein! )

 - Gary W. Tooze




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