Blood for Dracula

Blood for Dracula

He couldn't live without a virgin's blood..... ...So a virgin had to die!

R 1974 · 103 min · ★ 5.7 · Horror

Deathly ill Count Dracula and his slimy underling, Anton, travel to Italy in search of a virgin's blood. They're welcomed at the crumbling estate of indebted Marchese Di Fiore, who's desperate to marry off his daughters to rich suitors. But there, instead of pure women, the count encounters incestuous lesbians with vile blood and Marxist manservant Mario, who's suspicious of the aristocratic Dracula.

Directed by Paul Morrissey · Written by Paul Morrissey

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Udo Kier Count Dracula
Joe Dallesandro Mario Balato, the Servant
Vittorio De Sica Marquis Di Fiore
Maxime McKendry Marquise Di Fiore
Arno Jürging Anton
Milena Vukotić Esmeralda
Dominique Darel Saphiria
Stefania Casini Rubinia
Silvia Dionisio Perla
Roman Polanski Gambler
Inna Alexeievna Old Woman in Tavern
Gil Cagnè Townsman

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