Dracula's Dog

1977
R
1h 27m

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4.4/10

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Communist soldiers accidentally unleash the part-vampire servant of Dracula, as well as his vampire dog, during excavations in Romania.

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Communist soldiers accidentally unleash Dracula's servant and dog, Zoltan, during Romanian excavations. They set out to find the last living descendant, unaware of danger.Communist soldiers accidentally unleash Dracula's servant and dog, Zoltan, during Romanian excavations. They set out to find the last living descendant, unaware of danger.Communist soldiers accidentally unleash Dracula's servant and dog, Zoltan, during Romanian excavations. They set out to find the last living descendant, unaware of danger.

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IMDb RATING

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1.7K

YOUR RATING

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Trivia
The Drakes' Winnebago camper was the most expensive prop in the entire film.

Goofs
Inspector Vaclav Branco refers to Michael Drake as the last surviving mortal member of the Dracula family, but he also meets Drake's wife named Marla and his two children named Linda and Steve. It is possible, however, that Branco is referring to Drake being the Dracula family's last direct adult male descendant, since Veidt Smit and Zoltan appear to have little to no interest in having either a woman or a child as their master.

Quotes
Michael Drake: The dog's dead... it's over.

Alternate versions
When the film was originally released to theaters in the UK on May 8, 1977, the BBFC made cuts to it to secure a "X" rating. All of these cuts were restored to it when it was given a "18" certificate for its home video release 10 years later in 1987.

Connections
Featured in Trailer Trauma Part 4: Television Trauma (2017)

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An unintentional hoot.

Depending on your country of origin, there are two titles by which you might know this film. In the U.S. it's called Dracula's Dog, which just sounds silly. In the U.K it's called Zoltan Hound of Dracula, which just sounds crap. Quite fitting, really, since crap and silly are perfect adjectives for this film!

The story concerns some Russian soldiers who dig up a tomb containing descendants of the Dracula family, including a coffin occupied by a dog. The dog comes to life and, with a servant friend, makes its way to America in search of the last living Dracula ancestor, Michael Drake.

The story is unintentionally funny throughout. The cuddly puppies that are supposed to be terrifying spring to mind as a perfect example of everything that's wrong with the picture. The actors give wretched performances, clearly more interested in collecting their pay cheque than the material they've been given to work with. Ferrer in particular should be ashamed of himself for slumming his talents in such a banal project. Dracula's Dog is a dog of a movie, hilariously awful from first minute to last, and one of the few films that truly must be seen to be disbelieved.