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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LeeGood evening and welcome to Horror. I'm Lee.
ChrisI'm Chris.
AdamAnd I'm Adam.
LeeAnd 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.
LeeI've got over excited already.
AdamDid you like it?
LeeYes.
Leebut before I get too excited and get my geek out about Dracula.
LeeChris, what have you watched since our last meeting?
ChrisI 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
LeeWhat's that? You say we?
Chriswe we watched the first Dracula last time.
LeeOh we, yeah, I thought we Oh we as in we, we, this collective we here.
ChrisNo. although she did hear what was going on and she was like, what what are you watching?
ChrisAnd you know, when we get into it, that will become clear as to why it was a bit confusing.
AdamYes.
Chrisso she may well have watched this the majority of it probably would have been actually fine, I would think.
Chrisbut 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.
ChrisSo 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.
ChrisI 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.
ChrisI 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.
Chrisbut he is oh, no, I forgot the actor's name. Jesus right, come back to that. is it Peter, Peter Stoma?
AdamPeter Stormare, the from Fargo.
ChrisYes, 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.
AdamYes he was.
ChrisWhere 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.
ChrisAnd then I've seen him in something else since.
AdamHe's in Constantine, isn't he? He's the devil in Constantine, isn't he?
ChrisYeah, I think you're right.
AdamKeanu Reeves, Hellblazer adaption.
ChrisYeah.
Chrisbut yeah so I think it's great anyway. And so he plays one of the voices, which is good.
ChrisAnd the other voice actors are great. but the visuals alone are good enough to watch, you know?
LeeYeah, I remember it being.
ChrisIf 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.
Chrisand it was in keeping with with the theme.
ChrisAnd 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.
ChrisAnd 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.
AdamYeah, he's like the anti-Dracula's father, I think.
ChrisYeah. even though he's kind of got some of Dracula's powers.
ChrisSo yeah, I don't know if that's where that comes into it or.
