Directed by: Philip Saville
Stars: Louis Jourdan, Frank Finlay, Susan Penhaligon
Language: English
Country: Uk | Imdb Info | Ar: 4:3 | Dvdrip
Description: The vampire count leaves his Transylvanian home to wreak havoc across the world.
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https://tezfiles.com/file/ecf36ba6a23ae/Count.Dracula.1977.mkv
To my view this is the definitive Stoker Dracula.
The script is very faithful to the novel. Louis Jordan perfectly captures the sinister romanticism of the Count without ever overplaying it, and Frank Finlay as his nemesis Van Helsing is all class. The entire production from a fine ensemble cast to the production and design teams are at the top of their collective games.
There are gorier, hammier and more graphic interpretations and variations of the Dracula myth, but this is the best by some considerable margin.
Awesome! Can’t wait too download it if I can’t get the UK DVD!
This Dracula film was the most faithful according to Cinemassacre:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9D74m628gQ
Right… but Lee was so much scarier… It is always a weird-o House of Hammer smash up… but very few people are capable of been physically threatening (especially as old as he was)… but I am telling you that something (probably the ex-spy thing in him) always showed through and I always felt that he could kill you just as soon as look at you… and he wasn’t suave… he wasn’t nice… He was downrigh imperial… You meet the decree and die or you don’t and die worse.
Being faithful doesn’t have to lack those qualities. Jack Palance’s Dracula was a beast.
Speaking as someone who likes the Hammer Draculas a lot, they still leave me craving different takes on the material.
I watched this version, circa 1979. To my memory, this was the BEST version of Dracula I’d seen and Louis Jourdan was creepy good!
Thanks to you, RL, I can watch and enjoy this again, to see if it’s truly as good as I remember.