![]() The distribution and editing of Dracula Sucks remains a bit difficult to parse out, with most viewers stumbling on it in the softcore adult sections of video stores from Media on VHS or via theatrical prints running 87 minutes or less. Considering this film was shooting for a somewhat more mainstream audience than usual, it's also a little shocking how extreme some of the content is (especially some fleeting solarized water sports and a mostly implied but twisted scene involving Gillis and Thomas in front of a fang-baring Haven). The fact that almost all of them turn in reasonably solid, stylized performances when they have their clothes is an extra plus, with many clearly emulating the feel of classic Universal monster films. Of course there's also just sheer fascination value in seeing Nalder rubbing shoulders with one of the most impressive adult film casts ever assembled. The film was directed by first timer Phillip Marshak, who went on to helm the horror film Cataclysm (later edited into Night Train to Terror) and a handful of other adult titles like Olympic Fever, Blue Ice, and Space Virgins. Of course, it also has a lot of sex (with varying degrees depending on which version you see), but the atmospheric lighting, distorted camera angles, extremely phony blood effects, and sheer oddness of the entire production make it a bit difficult to classify overall. The kind of film that absolutely couldn't be made today, this relatively lavish production is usually marketed as a spoof but, despite some ridiculous dialogue and a few bits of visual lampoonery, it's actually a fairly entertaining straightforward vampire film. (Van Helsing advises, "I suggest warm water enemas" and "break out the cocaine.") Soon everyone's getting bitten, with Dracula intent on sealing his bond with Mina at any cost. Seward's progress on patients suffering from sexual mania has been derailed by the bloodthirsty predators. Van Helsing (Nalder, who also played a vampire the same year in Salem's Lot) arrives to assess the situation, with Dr. Later the same night, Dracula unleashes his vampire brides onto the premises and takes a bite out of Mina's college friend, Lucy (Serena). Meanwhile Dracula's real estate agent, Renfield (Bulik), has already turned into a raving fiend while his wife (Manning) hangs out unaware of the encroaching menace. Dracula pays a visit the night he arrives where he becomes smitten with Arthur's niece, Mina (Haven), who is engaged to Jonathan Harker (Thomas). (See also: Love at First Bite, Nosferatu the Vampyre, John Badham's Dracula, and several others.) Here the plot gets tweaked a bit as Count Dracula (Gillis, surprisingly good and sporting a beard) moves into Carfax Abbey next to a sanitarium run by Dr. Relocating the story of Bram Stoker's Dracula to the 1930s American desert, this erotic take on the classic horror tale is the most overtly erotic vampire offering from 1979, the disco-heavy year when movie-makers suddenly went crazy for anything with fangs. Starring Jamie Gillis, Annette Haven, Reggie Nalder, John Leslie, Serena, Seka, Kay Parker, John Holmes, Mike Ranger, Paul Thomas, Richard Bulik, Pat Manning, Bill Margold For the latest news, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.Color, 1979, 94 mins. New On Netflix For October 2021: Day-By-Day Listings For TV Series, Movies & More What's New On HBO Max For October 2021: Day-By-Day Listings For TV Shows & Movies Executive producers for HBO Max are Christian Wikander, and Camilla Curtis.Ĭheck out our full coverage of HBO’s Euro launch event yesterday here.Įmmy Predictions 2022: What Could Be Grabbing The Gold A Year From Now? The series is directed by Ella Lemhagen, produced by Sandra Harms and Karl Fredrik Ulfung and written by Frans Milisic Wiklund, based on an idea and in close collaboration with Åsa Kalmér, Julia Dufvenius, Sofia Helin and Anja Lundqvist. The project comes from Scandi major Miso Film Sweden, which is owned by Fremantle. Is good sex – or the lack thereof – impacting the health of Swedish women over 40? ![]() When they find out that one of them is conducting a government survey dubiously dubbed ‘Make Sweden Sexy Again’, they are intrigued. The trio have all been friends since school.
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