Count Dracula's Great Love

Original title: El gran amor del conde Drácula

1973
1h 25m

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The Transylvanian vampire searches for a virgin sacrifice to resurrect his long-dead daughter.The Transylvanian vampire searches for a virgin sacrifice to resurrect his long-dead daughter.The Transylvanian vampire searches for a virgin sacrifice to resurrect his long-dead daughter.

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Senta
(as Rossana Yanni)

Haydée Politoff

Karen
(as Haydee Politoff)

Mirta Miller

Elke

Ingrid Garbo

Marlene

Víctor Barrera

Imre Polvi
(as Vic Winner)

José Manuel Martín

Krakos - First Porteador
(as Jose Manuel Martin)

Julia Peña

Helga

Álvaro de Luna

Second Porteador
(as Alvaro De Luna)

Susana Latour

Victim in Karen's Dream - Image in Negative
(as Susana Latur)

Benito Pavón

Helga's Father
(as Benito Pavon)

Leandro San José

Stagecoach Driver
(as Leandro Sanjose)

Loreta Tovar

Blonde Victim in Bed
(uncredited)

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Trivia
Re-released in the late 1970s under a new title, "Cemetery Girls," on a double feature with Brides of Blood (1968), then re-titled "Grave Desires".

Goofs
A character gets an ax embedded in his skull, then proceeds to fall down the castle's stairs. As the scene is repeated in slow motion five times, it is obvious that there is no wound in, and no blood on, the character's head. At the bottom of the stairs, a close-up of the face shows blood, but the wound does not match the place on the head where the character was struck.

Alternate versions
There are two versions of this film; the international version which has scenes with the actresses naked, and the Spanish version which has the same scenes, only with the actresses clothed or semi-naked. The U.S. DVD contains the international version.

Connections
Edited into FrightMare Theater: Count Dracula's Great Love (2018)

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Worthwhile but rarely seen Naschy film

DRACULA'S GREAT LOVE (1972) ** ½ Paul Naschy, Haydée Politoff, Rosanna Yanni, Ingrid Garbo. Four women and a man wreck their stagecoach and must take refuge in a nearby castle. Unfortunately for the travelers, the castle's owner, Dr. Wendell Marlow (Paul Naschy), turns out to be none other than Count Dracula. After Dracula falls in love with one of the women, she must decide whether to live eternally as Dracula's bride or reject him and continue to live as a mortal. Her not-so-surprising choice leads to a strange and surprising ending. Like a lot of '70s European horror movies, the film suffers from slow pacing and a somewhat muddled plot. But there's lots of gothic atmosphere and a few creepy moments here and there to keep things interesting. Worth a look.