Product: DRACULA'S GREAT LOVE
Rating: 2.0
Dracula The Dull
For those unfamiliar with Paul Naschy, he was a Spanish filmmaker who in the 70's and 80's made a goodly number of horror films that brought a European senisibility to the standard Univerisal and Hammer fare.In Dracula's Great Love he portrays a vampire-and not just any vampire, but the Big D himself. The film concerns three women and one man who are stranded in the wilderness after an accident. They seek refuge in a strangly deserteed hospital,which is headed by a mysterious doctor(naschy)And thus begins the plot, what there is of it. Mostly it consists of the ladies wandering the corodors at night where one by one they are turned into vampires. That's about it until the end where Nasch revels himself as the head vampire. This movie has a by the numbers feel to it, completely lacking in anything that would lift it above any other such run of the mill efforts. The women get bare breasted fom time to time, but it's hardly enough to compensate for the film's slow pace.Any one who wishes to sample the best of Nasch should try Werewolf Vs. the Vampire Woman. While not a great film. it's at least livley. with competent script, acting and direction. Nasch's own acting in Dracula's Great Love is about as wooden as the stake which eventually pierces his heart.