Dracula 's dog - wikipedia Dracula 's dog Dracula 's Dog a.k.a. Zoltan... Hound of Dracula DVD cover Directed by Albert Band Produced by Philip Collins Written by Frank Ray Perilli Based on Hounds of Dracula by Ken Johnson Starring José Ferrer Michael Pataki Arlene Martel Music by Andrew Belling Cinematography Bruce Logan Edited by Harry Keramidas Distributed by Crown International Pictures Release date June 1978 ( 1978 - 06 ) ( North America ) Running time 90 minutes Country United States Language English Dracula 's Dog ( released in the UK as Zoltan... Hound of Dracula ) is a 1978 American horror film starring Michael Pataki and José Ferrer, released by Crown International Pictures. It revolves around a dog who is turned into a vampire by a member of the Dracula family, who is also a vampire. The film was based on the novel Hounds of Dracula ( 1977 ) by Ken Johnson, which was retitled Dracula 's Dog upon the film 's release. In the UK, the book was titled Dracula 's Dog only. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Release 4 Reception 5 See also 6 References 7 External links Plot A Romanian road crew accidentally blasts open a subterranean crypt, and the captain of the road crew, fearing looters and criminals, stations a guard near the site. Late in the night, an earthquake shakes loose one of the coffins, which slides down and lands at the feet of the confused guard. Curious as to what has fallen before him, the guard opens the coffin and discovers the body of a dog, impaled by a stake. He removes the stake, which revives the vampiric Doberman pinscher Zoltan. After slaying the guard, Zoltan opens another coffin shaken loose from the crypt, this one holding the body of his master, an innkeeper named Veidt Smit ( Reggie Nalder ), who once owned the crypt. Zoltan removes the stake from the innkeeper 's chest, reanimating the innkeeper. The movie cuts to a flashback of a village in Romania in 1670, over 300 years ago. The dog of an innkeeper saves a woman from being bitten by Count Igor Dracula. Furious over losing his meal to a dog, Dracula, in bat form, bites the woman 's savior, turning the dog into a vampire. Then Dracula, with the dog by his side, turns on his owner, turning the innkeeper into a creature called a `` fractional lamia '' ( a undead creature that is only part vampire, able to function in the daytime and having no need to drink blood ) and thus turns him into a slave of the Dracula family. Back in the present ( 1977 ), it appears that the Dracula family has only one surviving descendant, Michael Drake, a mild - mannered psychiatrist, played by Michael Pataki, who decides to take his wife, Marla and their two children, Linda and Steve ( who are, technically, also descendants of the Draculas ), as well as their two German shepherds, Samson and Annie, and their two puppies, on a vacation in his Winnebago, hoping to spend some quality time with his family and their pets out in a national forest. Still loyal to the Draculas, the vampire dog and his master travel to the United States, shipping themselves via boat to California in order to make Michael their new master. Eventually, Zoltan and Smit find themselves in the same forest as Michael, his family and their dogs. Other campers, vacationing with their dogs, discover that their pets are being killed by a strange beast. The deceased animals soon reanimate into vampiric dogs, the minions of Zoltan. Zoltan is killed in the final scene, but a vampire puppy escapes destruction. Cast Michael Pataki as Michael Drake / Count Igor Dracula José Ferrer as Inspector Vaclav Branco Reggie Nalder as Veidt Smit Jan Shutan as Marla Drake Libby Chase as Linda Drake John Levin as Steve Drake Cleo Harington as Pat Parks Arlene Martel as Major Hessel Tom Gerrard as Maslow, the guard Al Ferrara as Al, the deputy Roger Pancake as Sheriff Dimitri Logothetis as Corporal Release Thorn EMI / HBO and United Home Video both released it on VHS as Zoltan... Hound of Dracula and Dracula 's Dog, respectively. Anchor Bay Entertainment released it on DVD as Zoltan... Hound of Dracula on August 20, 2002. Reception Rotten Tomatoes reports 17 % of six surveyed critics gave the film a positive review ; the average rating is 3.6 / 10. Michael Wilmington of the Los Angeles Times called it the nadir of vampire films. TV Guide rated it 1 / 5 stars and called the film 's premise `` ludicrous ''. Adam Tyner of DVD Talk rated it 2 / 5 stars and wrote that the film is too inept to be scary, though it is fun to mock. Writing in The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, John Clute and John Grant call it `` surprising dull '' but complimented the dogs. Welch Everman wrote in Cult Horror Movies that the film `` could have been a pretty effective and frightening movie '' but failed to live up to its potential. See also Vampire film References Jump up ^ `` Dracula 's Dog ( 1977 ) ''. Baseline. Retrieved 2016 - 03 - 19 -- via The New York Times. Jump up ^ Melton, J. Gordon ( 2011 ). The Vampire Book : The Encyclopedia of the Undead. Visible Ink Press. p. 20. ISBN 9781578592814. ^ Jump up to : Everman, Welch ( 1993 ). Cult Horror Films. Citadel Press. pp. 93 -- 95. ISBN 9780806514253. ^ Jump up to : Tyner, Adam ( 2002 - 08 - 27 ). `` Zoltan : Hound of Dracula ''. DVD Talk. Retrieved 2016 - 03 - 19. Jump up ^ `` Dracula 's Dog ( 1981 ) ''. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2017 - 07 - 15. Jump up ^ Wilmington, Michael ( 1992 - 11 - 15 ). `` A Bloody Batch : Draculas We Have Known ''. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2016 - 03 - 19. Jump up ^ `` Dracula 's Dog ''. TV Guide. Retrieved 2016 - 03 - 19. Jump up ^ Clute, John ; Grant, John ( 1999 ). The Encyclopedia of Fantasy. Macmillan Publishers. p. 293. ISBN 9780312198695. External links Dracula 's Dog on IMDb Bram Stoker 's Dracula Characters Original novel Count Dracula Abraham Van Helsing Jonathan Harker Mina Harker Lucy Westenra Arthur Holmwood Dr. John Seward Quincey Morris Renfield Brides Other works Adri Nital Alucard Count Alucard Count Orlok Count von Count Doctor Sun Eva Hamilton Slade Janus Postmortem Turac Historical Vlad Călugărul Vlad the Impaler Vlad II Dracul Films Universal series Dracula ( 1931 English - language ) Drácula ( 1931 Spanish - language ) Dracula 's Daughter ( 1936 ) Son of Dracula ( 1943 ) House of Frankenstein ( 1944 ) House of Dracula ( 1945 ) Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein ( 1948 ) Hammer series Dracula ( 1958 ) The Brides of Dracula ( 1960 ) Dracula : Prince of Darkness ( 1966 ) Dracula Has Risen from the Grave ( 1968 ) Taste the Blood of Dracula ( 1970 ) Scars of Dracula ( 1970 ) Dracula A.D. 1972 ( 1972 ) The Satanic Rites of Dracula ( 1973 ) The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires ( 1974 ) Dracula 2000 Dracula 2000 ( 2000 ) Dracula II : Ascension ( 2003 ) Dracula III : Legacy ( 2005 ) Parodies Mad Monster Party ? 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Hellsing The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Sword of Dracula Batman & Dracula : Red Rain Victorian Undead Wolves at the Gate X-Men : Apocalypse vs. Dracula Purgatori Video games The Count ( 1981 ) Ghost Manor ( 1983 ) Castlevania series 1986 -- present Dracula Dracula ( 1986 ) Dracula the Undead ( 1991 ) Dracula Hakushaku ( 1992 ) Bram Stoker 's Dracula ( 1993 ) Bram Stoker 's Dracula ( handheld ) ( 1993 ) Dracula Unleashed ( 1993 ) Dracula : Resurrection ( 2000 ) Dracula 2 : The Last Sanctuary ( 2000 ) Van Helsing ( 2004 ) Dracula 3 : The Path of the Dragon ( 2008 ) Dracula : Origin ( 2008 ) Vampire Season Monster Defense ( 2012 ) Dracula 4 : The Shadow of the Dragon ( 2013 ) Dracula 5 : The Blood Legacy ( 2013 ) The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing ( 2013 ) Drac 's Night Out ( unreleased ) Pinball Dracula ( 1979 ) Bram Stoker 's Dracula ( 1993 ) Monster Bash ( 1998 ) Other games The Fury of Dracula Castles Castle Dracula Bran Castle Poenari Castle Corvin Castle Albums Dracula Dracula 2000 Iubilaeum Anno Dracula 2001 Perfect Selection : Dracula Battle Transylvania Van Helsing Songs `` Love Song for a Vampire '' Audio dramas Son of the Dragon Related topics Dracula in popular culture Don Dracula Transylvanian Society of Dracula Dracula Society Dracula tourism Lugosi v. 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Question: what breed of dog was zoltan hound of dracula
Answer: Doberman pinscher