The defence The Arthouse Gremlin
“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.
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Taste the Blood of Dracula
Horror · 1970
Three elderly distinguished gentlemen are searching for some excitement in their boring borgoueis lives and gets in contact with one of count Dracula's servants. In a nightly ceremony they restore the count back to life. The three men killed Dracula's servant and as a revenge, the count makes sure that the gentlemen are killed one by one by their own sons.
Movie details
Taste the Blood of Dracula
“DRINK A PINT OF BLOOD A DAY”
1970 Horror 1h 35m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.1 / 10
Community rating
Three elderly distinguished gentlemen are searching for some excitement in their boring borgoueis lives and gets in contact with one of count Dracula's servants. In a nightly ceremony they restore the count back to life. The three men killed Dracula's servant and as a revenge, the count makes sure that the gentlemen are killed one by one by their own sons.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
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The archetype split
Who fights over Taste the Blood of Dracula?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Prestige Tourist
“You like your greatness pre-approved.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Peter Sasdy
Written by
Anthony Hinds
Christopher Lee
Dracula
Geoffrey Keen
William Hargood
Gwen Watford
Martha Hargood
Linda Hayden
Alice Hargood
Peter Sallis
Samuel Paxton
Anthony Higgins
Paul Paxton
Isla Blair
Lucy Paxton
Court is in session
Put Taste the Blood of Dracula on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Prestige Tourist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.