StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.
SanEat A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."
Edwin The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.
Phillida Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.
Uriah43 "Glen Cannon" (Glen Otis Shayne) is a photographer who suddenly receives a telegram saying that a rich uncle has died and left him a castle in the desert of California. Definitely wanting to check it out he and his fiancé "Liz Arden" (Barbara Bishop) decide to drive there and inform the people who are renting it that they will have to leave. What they don't know is that the renters just happen to be "Count Dracula" (Alexander D'Arcy) and his companion "Countess Townsend" (Paula Raymond) and neither of them have any intention of leaving. Now rather than reveal any more of this movie and risk spoiling it for those who haven't seen it I will just say that the concept was somewhat interesting but it suffered from too many characters and subplots which caused a lack of overall coherence. Likewise, it also didn't have the necessary action or Gothic feel which most fans of the genre expect to see. Even so it had some attractive young ladies like Vicki Volante (as "Ann") and the aforementioned Barbara Bishop as some compensation for the rather vapid plot. But it wasn't enough. Accordingly, I give the movie a rating of below average.
ASouthernHorrorFan "Blood Of Dracula's Castle" is a 1969 film from Crown International Pictures directed by Al Adamson, and Jean Hewitt. The story takes place at the castle of Count and Countess Townsend, really Count Dracula and his wife. They lure a young women to their home for a continued blood supply. When a young man inherits the castle and appears with his young girlfriend the Count and Countess set out to chase away the couple. The story of "Blood Of Dracula's Castle" is a bit of a train wreck with very little true attention paid to detail as the story falls apart. John Carradine, Paula Raymond, Alexander D'Arcy, Robert Dix, Gene Otis Shayne, Jennifer Bishop and Ray Young all star in the film which gives a nice nostalgia for some of us when watching "Blood Of Dracula's Castle" but not enough to really warrant any fan's of Dracula's to embrace the film completely. Dracula and his wife are practically neutered and remind me of the time the Flintstone's met Count Dracula. The addition of Mango, and a homicidal maniac to the film should have brought with them more blood but the only red that flows in this film mostly languishes in the glasses of Count and Countess Townsend. All this makes for a dull viewing experience. The effects and soundtrack for "Blood Of Dracula's Castle" are also neutered in this one. For a film that claims to be exploitation horror I found no real show of exploitation save the bevvy of beauties chained to the castle wall. The deaths are almost none-existent and for the most part implied so I don't get the exploitative aspect branded to this film. The sound is very 1969 cheap-o that screams love-me-late-night- horror-host so there is no real reason to even bother with addressing that element of "Blood Of Dracula". Embrace this one if you wanna, I justify having it by my unending love of even crappy old movies and John Carradine. New horror fans just no that this is a 1969 Hammer film wanna be so don't expect much of anything here.
Ben Larson It's hard to watch a low budget horror film without seeing John Carradine. The veteran actor appears in over 300 films, many of them in this category. Here he plays the butler in Dracula's castle. Hus is the only decent performance in an otherwise forgettable film.Mango (Ray Young) searches for beautiful girls to replenish the stock in the castle of Count (Alexander D'Arcy) and Countess Townsend (Paula Raymond), the resident vampires. He gets to have them when they are through using their blood. What he does with them can only be imagined from the screams, as it happens off camera.They could have done so much more with this movie and stayed within budget, as low as it was.
richardraney1321 You can't expect much out of those combo packs of public domain movies that were generally crap when originally released and still crap decades later when repackaged. The quality of the transfer to DVD is very bad, mine had vertical green lines dancing across the screen. As expected the acting and effects are what you would expect for a b- movie. Yes Dracula and his bride are in the movie but they have no fangs and look like they are going to an eternal dinner party. Man-go, who subs as an Igor type character, the butler- menacingly named George and a psycho named Johnny are the real mayhem makers abducting young women for their blood. I thought the heroes (a smart aleck photographer and his model squeeze) were duds and didn't really escape the clutches of a lame band of villains.
