fiction.wikisort.org - MovieVampira is a 1974 British comedy horror film directed by Clive Donner, and starring David Niven and Teresa Graves. The spoof of the vampire genre was re-titled Old Dracula for release in the United States, in an attempt to ride the success of Young Frankenstein.
1974 British comedy/horror film by Clive Donner
For other uses, see Vampira (disambiguation).
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Vampira |
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Theatrical release poster |
Directed by | Clive Donner |
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Written by | Jeremy Lloyd |
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Produced by | Jack Wiener |
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Starring | |
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Cinematography | Anthony B. Richmond |
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Edited by | Bill Butler |
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Music by | David Whitaker |
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Production company | World Film Services |
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Distributed by | Columbia-Warner Distributors |
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Release date |
- 10 October 1974 (1974-10-10) (London)
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Running time | 88 minutes |
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Country | United Kingdom |
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Language | English |
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Plot
Count Dracula is an old vampire who, because of his advanced age, is forced to host tours of his castle to get new victims. In an attempt to revive his long-lost love, Vampira, Dracula needs to find a victim with a very specific blood group combination to resurrect Vampira by a blood transfusion. So he sets out to collect blood from the bevy of Playboy Playmates visiting his castle. However, one of the Playmates whose blood is drained is black, turning the revived Vampira into a black woman.
Dracula enthralls the hapless Marc to collect blood from three white women in hopes of restoring Vampira's original skin color. Dracula transfuses the blood into her but she is unchanged; however, her bite turns Dracula black. Marc and his love Angela race to destroy Dracula but are taken aback upon seeing Dracula's new skin tone. Their surprise gives the vampires time to slip away to catch a flight to Rio for Carnival.
Cast
Release
The film was released theatrically in the United States by American International Pictures in 1975, under the title Old Dracula in an attempt to cash in on the success of director Mel Brooks 1974 horror movie spoof Young Frankenstein. Exhibitors frequently paired Old Dracula on a double bill with Young Frankenstein.[citation needed]
Reception
Roger Ebert, writing for the Chicago Sun-Times, gave the film one out of four stars, describing it as a mess with only Niven being a highlight, describing the film as a "depressing exercise" due to not being to the standard of British horror films of the time and feeling dated to the previous decade.[1]
Trivia
In the opening scene, David Niven aka Dracula flips through the April 1973 issue of US Playboy Magazine.
References
External links
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Universe |
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Characters | |
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Publications |
- Powers of Darkness
- Dracula's Guest
- Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories
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Possible inspirations |
- Vlad II Dracul
- Vlad Călugărul
- Vlad the Impaler
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Castles |
- Castle Dracula
- Bran Castle
- Poenari Castle
- Corvin Castle
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Films |
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Universal series | |
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Hammer Horror | |
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Dracula 2000 | |
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Nosferatu films | |
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Hotel Transylvania | |
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Parodies | |
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Other | |
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Other media |
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Television | Series | |
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Episodes |
- "Dracula" (Mystery and Imagination) (1968)
- "Treehouse of Horror IV" (1993)
- "Buffy vs. Dracula" (2000)
- "Treehouse of Horror XXI" (2010)
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Literature |
- The Dracula Tape and sequels (1975–2002)
- Anno Dracula series (1992–present)
- Anno Dracula
- The Bloody Red Baron
- Dracula Cha Cha Cha
- The Revenge of Dracula (1978)
- Little Dracula (1986)
- Dracula the Undead (1997)
- The Historian (2005)
- The Book of Renfield (2005)
- Bloodline (2005)
- Young Dracula and Young Monsters (2006)
- Fangland (2007)
- Dracula the Un-dead (2009)
- Out of the Dark (2010)
- Dracul (2018)
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Radio | |
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Plays |
- Dracula (1924)
- Dracula (1995)
- Dracula (1996)
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Musicals |
- Dracula (Czech musical) (1995)
- Dracula: A Chamber Musical (1997)
- Dracula, the Musical (2004)
- Dracula – Entre l'amour et la mort (2006)
- Dracula – L'amour plus fort que la mort (2011)
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Comics |
- The Tomb of Dracula
- Dracula (Marvel Comics)
- Dracula (Dell Comics)
- Don Dracula
- Dracula Lives!
- Hellsing
- Sword of Dracula
- Batman & Dracula trilogy
- Victorian Undead
- Wolves at the Gate
- X-Men: Apocalypse vs. Dracula
- Purgatori
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Video games | |
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Pinball |
- Dracula (1979)
- Taxi (1988)
- Bram Stoker's Dracula (1993)
- Monster Bash (1998)
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Other games | |
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Albums | |
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Songs | |
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Audio dramas | |
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Original characters | |
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Related |
- Lugosi v. Universal Pictures
- Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories
- Count Dracula in popular culture
- Transylvanian Society of Dracula
- Dracula Daily
- Dracula Society
- Dracula tourism
- Bibliography of works on Dracula
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- Category (Dracula)
- Category (derivatives)
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На других языках
- [en] Vampira (1974 film)
[es] Vampira (película de 1974)
Vampira [nota 1] es una película de comedia y horror de 1974 protagonizada por David Niven y Teresa Graves y dirigida por Clive Donner.
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