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Paynbob It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

utgard14 Another of AIP's teenage horror movies like I Was a Teenage Werewolf and I Was a Teenage Frankenstein. This one's about a teenage girl who smokes so you know she's a rebel. Her father is remarrying just six weeks after her mom died, so she's got a lot to rebel against. Anyway the dad and stepmom send the girl to boarding school, where she meets a lady chemistry teacher who's also a bit of a mad scientist. She is pretty peeved that men are going to destroy the world and won't let her save it, so she uses an amulet to hypnotize the girl into a becoming a vampire, because why not? Obviously, as with most of these types of movies, it's got its share of flaws. The vampire makeup is pretty silly and that corny music number is unintentionally hilarious. The ending is abrupt like they decided they had better things to do one day and just called it quits. Still, it's not all bad. The script has some bite (no pun intended) and some of the characters are fun. There's also some subtext that, laughable though it may be, keeps things interesting. Sandra Harrison is good as the smart-mouthed lead. Louise Lewis is appropriately melodramatic as the scientist. The rest of the cast ranges in quality and includes babes Gail Ganley and Heather Ames. No one stinks up the joint. Even the lesser actors are worth watching for how much they ham it up. As a horror movie, it wouldn't scare an infant. But it does have value for fans of cheesy B movies from the '50s.

Scott LeBrun Teenager-oriented monster schlock from producer Herman Cohen and director Herbert L. Strock has only a mildly amusing premise. The troubled Nancy Perkins (Sandra Harrison) is shuffled off to a girls school by her father (Thomas Browne Henry) and stepmother (Jean Dean). Here Nancy falls under the influence of her science teacher Miss Branding (Louise Lewis), who believes that her crackpot ideas are being discounted by male colleagues because she's a woman. Soon a series of murders plagues the campus.The title is a misnomer, as the story & screenplay by Aben Kandel really have nothing to do with Count Dracula. The only fresh bit of business is having a female in the role of a Dr. Frankenstein type of character, and Lewis is okay in this role. But the rest of the parts are strictly nondescript, and that includes our protagonist Nancy. Some fans of the genre may be disappointed, as the body count is quite low, and the plot is unfortunately bogged down in talk and short on horror. The makeup is bargain basement stuff. A.I.P. do populate the movie with attractive young performers, one of whom (Jerry Blaine as Tab) pads the running time a little bit with a ditty called "Puppy Love".At the very least, it's nice to see a couple of reliable character actors in supporting roles: Malcolm Atterbury as Lieutenant Dunlap, Richard Devon as Detective Sergeant Stewart, Paul Maxwell as Dr. Mike, Carlyle Mitchell as Stanley Mayther, and Voltaire Perkins as Dr. Lawson.Although "Blood of Dracula" kills 70 minutes fairly painlessly, it's dull when compared to the likes of "I Was a Teenage Werewolf".Five out of 10.

trashgang I found this movie at a sale for just almost no money. That's the reason I bought it because I'm really not into the fifties. I can dig the old ones and the universal classic horrors but the fifties and also the sixties were a big let down for me. Why, because nothing really happens and if things happen it's all done off camera. The storyline is good in this flick but there are things that happen that make you want to push the fast forward button, for example, the scene were one of the guys start singing and that the whole song. The only good thing is the transformation from normal person to a vampire. Still, the vampire looks silly and really has to go to a dentist. When the vampire attacks it's all done off screen, no blood flows, no marks in the neck are shown. Glad that I have seen another flick from the fifties to confirm my statement...

babeth_jr For the life of me I can't figure out why the title of this movie wasn't "I was a Teenage Dracula". It was made by the same studio, American International Pictures, that created the wonderful teen 50's horror movies "I was a Teenage Werewolf" and "I was a Teenage Frankenstein". Sandra Harrison plays Nancy Perkins, a young woman who is dumped off at a boarding school for girls by her inattentive father who has remarried a young blonde gold digger just six weeks after his first wife's death. Needless to say, Nancy is not happy about this situation at all and she has a lot of anger about having to leave her previous school and her boyfriend, Glen.Louise Lewis portrays the controlling science teacher who under hypnosis turns the vulnerable Nancy into a vampire for reasons that I couldn't understand, some bizarre theory about proving how the evil in the human race is stronger than the atom bomb...I didn't get it, but the movie is still a lot of fun. A lot of the comments here seem to hint at a lesbian relationship between the crazy science teacher and some of her students, but I didn't see that at all. This movie is typical of it's time in the fact that it has to have a really corny "rock and roll" number and this one, "Puppy Love" has to be heard to be believed. It has to be a joke, I don't think anybody can listen to it without laughing, it's that bad. I love all of American International Pictures 1950's horror movies, but I can honestly say that this one is my favorite, even though it is not as well known. If you haven't seen this one, check it out. There is creepy vampire make up, two killings in a spooky old cemetery and the corny "Puppy Love" song and dance number. You'll enjoy it!!!