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(aka "Dracula's Dog" or "Zoltan, Hound of Dracula" or "Zoltan" or "Hound of Dracula")
Directed by Albert Band
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Italy 1977
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There’s More to the Legend Than Meets the Throat!
When the Russian army unearths the vault of Dracula, they accidentally unleash his undead human slave (Reggie Nadler, Mark of the Devil) and the Count’s vampire hellhound Zoltan. But these friends need a new master and head for Los Angeles to find Dracula’s last living descendant, family man Michael Drake (Michael Pataki, Grave of the Vampire). With the help of an international vampire hunter, Inspector Bronco (José Ferrer, The Sentinel), can Drake destroy Zoltan and his pack of blood-crazed devil-dogs—before “man’s best friend” fetches the final soul of the damned? Also known as Dracula’s Dog, this ferociously fun horror film was directed by Albert Band (I Bury the Living, Ghoulies II) and features makeup effects by Academy Award-winner Stan Winston (Parasite, Aliens). *** When soldiers foolishly remove a stake from a mysterious Transylvanian grave, they release a vampire dog belonging to the Dracula clan. Also freed is Veidt-Smit (Reggie Nalder), an old servant of the Count himself, not quite a vampire, but immortal all the same: he can work in the daylight. Together, the blood-sucking dog and he go to the U.S. in search of Michael Drake (Michael Pataki), who is the last of the Dracula family line and who has no notion that there is anything strange in his family tree. Meanwhile, they are being followed by a Transylvanian vampire-hunter, Inspector Branco (Jose Ferrer). Excerpt from B+N located HERE |
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Theatrical Release: May 8th, 1977
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Review: Kino - Region 'A' - Blu-ray
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| Distribution | Kino - Region 'A' - Blu-ray | |
| Runtime | 1:27:35.667 | |
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1. 66:1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 28,016,264,752 bytesFeature: 25,387,020,288 bytes Video Bitrate: 34.92 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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DTS-HD Master
Audio English 1554 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1554 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 /
48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 16-bit) Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps |
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Release Information: Studio: Kino
1. 66:1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 28,016,264,752 bytesFeature: 25,387,020,288 bytes Video Bitrate: 34.92 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Edition Details: • Audio Commentary by Film Historians Lee Gambino and John Harrison• Radio Spot (0:30) • Reversible Dracula's Dog Art • Theatrical Trailer (3:21)
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NOTE:
The below
Blu-ray
captures were taken directly from the
Blu-ray
disc.
On their
Blu-ray,
Kino use a DTS-HD Master 2.0 channel track (16-bit) in the original
English language. Unfortunately, it wasn't holding the higher-end of the
film's audio up very well and this was notable in the, occasionally
screetchy, score by
composer Andrew Belling (The
Killing Kind,
Fairy
Tales) where there was
prevalent hiss and cracking in spots. It only seemed to be at the start
of the score and then corrected making me feel it was part of the master
used. Kino offer optional English
subtitles on their Region 'A'
Blu-ray.
We get another informative and fun audio
commentary from Lee Gambino - joined by John Harrison and they both add
an air of appreciation for Zoltan - some of the lesser noticed
subtleties and how effective it is as a vampiric horror, the animals
(Lee's specialty as he is author of
Massacred By Mother
Nature: Exploring the Natural Horror Film and
Nope, Nothing Wrong
Here: The Making of Cujo), the cinematography, make-up and much,
much, more. There are also a radio spot, a theatrical trailer and the
package has a reversible Dracula's Dog art cover (see below.)
One of the better of the Albert Brand helmed
horrors. Zoltan... Hound of Dracula
has Ferrer to add some class and it's a decent Dracula-based premise. I
kinda enjoyed it and the camping sequences reminded me of Peter Fonda
film, Race with the Devil. I, strangely, found this unusually
compelling and it's a Blu-ray |
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