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Mama Dracula
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by Telavista
Sales Rank: 104744
Price: $13.49
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Haematologist Peter Van Bloed is brought to Transylvania by Countess Dracula, who offers him a million dollars if he can come up with an artificial blood substitute. The Countess explains that her longevity is due to bathing in the blood of virgins. Her
Viewer Reviews
"Mama Dracula" is worse than you can possible imagine. How on earth the producers signed Oscar winner Louise Fletcher I cannot fathom. Worse, how did Tony Hendra get involved in the writing? That there was some big talent working on this film is undeniable, but the producer and director didn't get their money's worth. Of course they gave Hendra, Fletcher, and crew garbage to work with, so they shouldn't have been expecting a miracle. I had no idea that the Belgian film industry was in this sorry of shape.
The premise is that the Countess "Mama" Dracula (Fletcher) needs to bathe in the blood of virgins to retain her youthful glow. Unfortunately with promiscuity on the rise finding virgin blood is getting difficult. She gets her two flamboyant sons who run a clothing store to appraise the women who come in the shop. This is more like a creepy peeping Tom routine than anything else. Since they are hopeless, she hires an American scientist, Professor Van Bloed (Jimmy Shuman), to make her artificial virgin blood under the guise of having him attend the "International Blood Congress" in Transylvania. The good Professor spouts ludicrous dialogue (see my title) and overacts with great vigor, as does the rest of the cast. The plot is of no consequence and it really becomes a medium for very bad slapstick, and some of the worst song and dance in history. The film goes on way too long and I almost couldn't make it through to the end.
Technically the film is a train wreck: it just dares you to watch it with unbelievably grainy images, awful color balance, and inferior sound. That fits with the rest of the movie, though, as Fletcher (the only one who can actually act) tries valiantly to play a parody completely straight (what was the director, Boris Szulzinger, thinking?), while the rest of the cast is devolving into grade school renditions of gags that would embarrass the Three Stooges. The acting, and especially the accents, are beyond awful, the direction and dialogue are incoherent, and the plot never gets in the way.
I cannot imagine what anyone associated with this film was thinking, but if you are thinking of watching this film the joke's definitely on you.
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