Dan Curtis directs Jack Palance, Simon Ward and Pamela Brown in this adaptation of Bram Stoker’s classic horror where Dracula is searching for a woman who looks like his long dead wife.

Solid, unfussy period adaptation. Very Hammer but made for American telly. Is Palance a good Count? He brings an alien energy to the role. Often he seems confused but there is a gruff macho gravitas to how he steamrolls through it. There isn’t a generosity of “horror” per se but this would make fine “York Notes” if you can’t be arsed reading the book for school. You aren’t going to get caught out writing “…then he showed up sporting a goatee and cool little red sunglasses…” in your exam after this one.

5

Perfect Double Bill: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968)