Rent Blood for Dracula (1974)

Absolutely Awful Horror Film. - Blood for Dracula review by GI

This is without doubt an awful film. From script, acting, music score, plot it's amateurish, poorly directed and you'll find yourself laughing more out of embarrassment than anything else. This horror film is out of the Andy Warhol Factory group with director Paul Morrissey a leading figure. Despite some smatterings of solid production values the overall film is a mess. Count Dracula (Udo Keir - who at least did go on to a renowned acting career) is ailing and in need of virgin (pronounced wirgin here!) blood so he trots off to Italy where his faithful servant assures him there's a plethora of virgins to satisfy his needs. Toting his coffin on the roof of the car the two find a villa with four virgin daughters for him to ravish. But the gardener (Joe Dallesandro) has been shagging most of them causing some frustrations for the Count and plenty of blood vomiting. This is a film that is an excuse for plenty of female nudity, some incestuous lesbian sex and the rape of a fourteen year old (to protect her from the vampire of course!!). The climax is more reminiscent of Monty Python And The Holy Grail (1975) than any horror film and even the worst of the Hammer Horrors is nowhere near as bad as this.