[kj] (OT) Spooky events

[Darren A. Peace]

DRACULA 1972?

 

Christ, you'll be telling me you like The Satanic Rites Of Dracula next.

 

Christopher Lee is in neither for more than 20 seconds, says nothing and
spends that time looking aghast at all the groovy hippies that include Van
Helsing's grand-daughter Jessica. Who is played by STEPHANIE BEACHAM!

 

Christopher Lee was a superb Dracula. In  Dracula (aka Horror Of Dracula),
Dracula - Prince Of Darkness, Dracula Has Risen From The Grave, Taste The
Blood Of Dracula, Scars Of Dracula and Dracula - God These Red Contact
Lenses Hurt.

 

The common factor being that they're all set in that familiar world of
crappy Carpathian village and decrepit castle sets. Transplanting Dracula to
swinging London is as ridiculous as staging King Lear in Legoland.

 

I suppose given your fondness for the 70s, the "groovy" "happenings" could
be appealing. But Lee looks actually embarrassed and pissed off to be
present throughout the two "modern day" films.

 

You'd much prefer Michael Reeves' "The Sorcerers".

 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062292/

 

Darren

Hungerford, UK

 

From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On
Behalf Of melinda grant
Sent: 11 April 2009 01:11
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Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) Spooky events

 

talking about dracular karen,have you seen--dracular 1972? in my opinion it
is the best one(the geat christopher lee),but then again i am bias when it
comes to the 1970s;P
 
milindafgrant ps vincent price is worth a view to,anything will do ;)
 

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From: karen.weil at sddt.com
To: dpeace at suspiria.demon.co.uk; gathering at misera.net
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:25:23 -0700
Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) Spooky events

Darren, I must disagree: He was very good in "Dave," "the Ninth Gate" and
"Diary of a Mad Housewife." 

(And, as a red-blooded woman, I admit to finding him quite alluring in
"Dracula" -- even if the movie wasn't up to much.)

There. I said it. 

 

k.w.

 

 

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From: Darren A. Peace <mailto:dpeace at bigfoot.com>  

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Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 7:47 AM

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Decent cast? I can't think of a single thing Langella's been better than
embarrassing in prior to the shock of Frost/Nixon. And this was right in the
middle of Olivier's cash cow period (see also Marathon Man, which I really
like, but Olivier was ludicrous in that too).

 

Darren

Hungerford, UK

 

From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On
Behalf Of Jim Harper
Sent: 10 April 2009 15:09
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
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I wouldn't necessarily describe it as *better* than Murnau's original,
although it's definitely one of the few remakes of a bona fide classic that
I consider to be as worthwhile or important as the original.

 

Remaking classics is always tricky. For me, Herzog's achievement with
Nosferatu is underlined by John Badham's utterly awful Dracula, another
classic remake released the same year as Nosferatu. A by-the-numbers remake
of Tod Browning's 1931 Dracula, Badham's film has a decent cast (Frank
Langella, Donald Pleasence, Laurence Olivier) but screws up every other
aspect of the film. With a total lack of scares or tension, the story
becomes a tepid romance built around Langella's smarmy cliched Latino lover
Dracula. His vampire doesn't have any teeth and his performance is also
utterly toothless. Compared to this, Herzog's Nosferatu is a divine
achievement.

 

Rant over- apologies!

 

Jim.

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From: Bo Krogsgaard <bo.krogsgaard at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) Spooky events
To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)"
<gathering at misera.net>
Date: Friday, 10 April, 2009, 12:02 PM

Don't know if i'd claim Herzog made a better Nosferatu than Murnau did, but
Herzog's would be the one i'd watch next.


b


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