Dracula AD1972
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The Drac is back! Following on from our last episode, we trace the Count to the present day (sort of) with “Dracula A.D. 1972”. A film in which the police are willing to take operational orders from the Grandfather of one of key suspects in a murder case; we see the dangers for a young vampire regarding personal hygiene; and grumpy Christopher Lee refuses to perform most of his dialogue (again). Along the way we discuss “Synchronic”, “From A Whisper To A Scream”, “Castlevania”, “Phantasm”, “Dr Phibes Rises Again” and “The Satanic Rites of Dracula”. Watch (or re-watch) to avoid spoilers, and join us. APOLOGIES FOR ANY SOUND QUALITY ISSUES -CURRENT QUARANTINE MEASURES MEANT WE HAD TO RECORD THIS EPISODE REMOTELY.
Jessica, don't go near him! In God's name, don't touch him!
Famous lines
- "Past, present or future, never count out the Count!"
- "It was my will." — Count Dracula
- "I promised you nothing!" — Count Dracula
- "Come in for a bite." — Johnny Alucard
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Lee Good evening and welcome to Horror. I'm Lee.
Chris I'm Chris.
Adam And I'm Adam.
Lee And we are here in the middle of a massive thunderstorm. fittingly enough, to discuss Dracula AD 1972. I an absolute classic in my opinion. Spoiler alert.
Lee I've got over excited already.
Adam Did you like it?
Lee Yes.
Lee but before I get too excited and get my geek out about Dracula.
Lee Chris, what have you watched since our last meeting?
Chris I thought I would keep it themed so we've seen two Draculas. I thought, what what what Dracula related things could I watch? And I
Lee What's that? You say we?
Chris we we watched the first Dracula last time.
Lee Oh we, yeah, I thought we Oh we as in we, we, this collective we here.
Chris No. although she did hear what was going on and she was like, what what are you watching?
Chris And you know, when we get into it, that will become clear as to why it was a bit confusing.
Adam Yes.
Chris so she may well have watched this the majority of it probably would have been actually fine, I would think.
Chris but yeah, so, so I thought, what can I watch? And I've been seeing Castlevania pop up occasionally because apparently I'm now three seasons past that I have not seen.
Chris So I thought, well, let's give that a go again. And I started watching it and I was like, I really should have been watching this before because it is still so good.
Chris I remembered it being great when we covered it before, but I thought season two still as good but it is. It's just really great.
Chris I mean even if you, even if it didn't have a great story and great acting and great voices, who I one of the characters, his name's oh, I keep getting it's God something.
Chris but he is oh, no, I forgot the actor's name. Jesus right, come back to that. is it Peter, Peter Stoma?
Adam Peter Stormare, the from Fargo.
Chris Yes, no, I haven't seen Fargo, right? But he was he was the one of the crazy cops in Spun, if you ever saw that.
Adam Yes he was.
Chris Where they take they take cocaine and just complete anyway so that's the first time I ever saw him and he cracked me up in that.
Chris And then I've seen him in something else since.
Adam He's in Constantine, isn't he? He's the devil in Constantine, isn't he?
Chris Yeah, I think you're right.
Adam Keanu Reeves, Hellblazer adaption.
Chris Yeah.
Chris but yeah so I think it's great anyway. And so he plays one of the voices, which is good.
Chris And the other voice actors are great. but the visuals alone are good enough to watch, you know?
Lee Yeah, I remember it being.
Chris If it was just visuals, I would just sit and watch that for forever long it's on for. So yeah, so that's been really good.
Chris and it was in keeping with with the theme.
Chris And also, so I'd asked about Alucard before and obviously Adam you said Dracula backwards, but in this, and this might be why I was mixing it up, Alucard is Dracula's son.
Chris And the point of it being Alucard was he's sort of the opposite in a way of Dracula in as in he's trying to save humanity.
Adam Yeah, he's like the anti-Dracula's father, I think.
Chris Yeah. even though he's kind of got some of Dracula's powers.
Chris So yeah, I don't know if that's where that comes into it or.
