If they thought they were making a funny movie, they failed, and if its supposed to be a serious vampire film, then they failed too. Son of dracula, despite the involvement of ringo starr and harry nilsson, was belatedly released in april 1974, then disappeared. Son of dracula 1974 harry nilsson, ringo starr full. The son of count dracula battles with baron frankenstein. Son of dracula represents a felicitious creative collaboration between director robert siodmak and his screenwriterbrother curt. Count alucard finds his way from budapest to the swamps of the deep south. As for the soundtrack album, its primarily for completists and paul buckmaster fans, as it contains previously released tracks mixed with film.
Dec 27, 2012 tender dracula, french film from 1974 starring peter cushing. Monsters movie groups dracula synopsis plot due to be crowned king of the netherworld by his mentor merlin the magician at a monsters convention count downe, the son of count dracula, falls in love with the beautiful but human amber and finds himself in conflict with baron frankenstein who is vying for the same honorary title. With harry nilsson, ringo starr, freddie jones, suzanna leigh. Apple films rock and roll vampire movie, son of dracula, starring harry nilsson and ringo starr, is largely considered one of the worst though, its fascinating simply because of that. Mar 24, 20 son of dracula is a british musical comedy film, starring harry nilsson and ringo starr, produced by starr and released in 1974 by apple films. It is also the title of a harry nilsson album released in conjunction with the movie. Son of dracula 74 page 4 classic horror film board. In rolurile principale joaca actorii harry nilsson. Son of dracula is a british musical film directed by freddie francis and starring harry nilsson and ringo starr. Son of dracula harry nilsson you can jump into the. Gordon murray, frankenstein island and, well, harry nilsson, and you. Apr 24, 2019 son of dracula in atlanta on this day in 1974 42474, atlanta with a big promotion from cinemation, a soundtrack with a lavish presentation that included a tshirt iron on, and a brilliant cast including beatle ringo starr and hit singer harry nilsson, nothing could go wrong with son of dracula, right. Son of dracula is a film directed by freddie francis with harry nilsson, ringo starr, dennis price, suzanna leigh, year.
Vinyl lp, album, stereo hollywood pressing country. Due to be crowned king of the netherworld by his mentor merlin the magician at a monsters convention count downe, the son of count dracula, falls in love with the beautiful but human amber and finds. Cast son of dracula 1974 harry nilsson filmography. Son of dracula 1974 film wikimili, the free encyclopedia. Harry nilsson son of dracula 1974, hollywood pressing. Son of dracula harry nilsson you can jump into the fire but youll never be free 1974 son of dracula is a sad movie, not bad, not good, but a turkey no doubt. No, 1974s son of dracula might not be a good film by any measure, but over the years it may have gotten a worse rap than it deserves. Son of dracula is a british musical comedy film, starring harry nilsson and ringo starr, produced by starr and.
Buy son of dracula movie posters from movie poster shop. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. If they thought they were making a funny movie, they failed, and if its supposed to be. Jan 15, 2011 no, 1974s son of dracula might not be a good film by any measure, but over the years it may have gotten a worse rap than it deserves. The movie was produced, edited by and stars everyones leastfavorite beatle, mister ringo starr.
It was produced by starr and released in 1974 by apple films. Son of dracula is a british feature film of the musical comedy genre, with some elements of the horror genre thrown in as well. This movie has been premiered in australian hd theatres in 1974 movies 1974. Tender dracula, french film from 1974 starring peter cushing. Overview of son of dracula, 1974, directed by freddie francis, with at turner classic movies. Dec 18, 2011 inspired by a biography of ringo that im reading ringo. Bringing draculas son to lousiana to find more victims because he ran out in transyllvania. This is the television trailer for the 1974 horror comedy film son of dracula starring harry nilsson. Her boyfriend and local officials are suspicious of the newcomer, who is interested in the virile soil of the new world. Nilsson would later claim he considered the script awful, but. You can watch son of dracula online on videoondemand services netflix, paytv or movie theatres with original audio in english. It has a strange pedigree, the kind that a mad scientist might devise, but a pedigree it does have.
Count downe harry nilsson, the son of count dracula, falls in love with the. Son of dracula 1974 fantastic movie musings and ramblings. There was a brief attempt to retitle the film as young dracula to take advantage of this. Son of dracula is a 1943 american horror film directed by robert siodmak his first film for universal pictures with a screenplay based on an original story by his brother curt. When ringo starr and harry nilsson made a movie, son of dracula. Its a cool movie although not without it quirks and some corny parts alicard is is code name because its dracula spelled backwards, some possibly racist characterising of the black servants. As for the soundtrack album, its primarily for completists and paul buckmaster fans, as it contains previously released tracks mixed with film dialog, incidental music and one new tune, the. Inspired by a biography of ringo that im reading ringo. This is the best quality version weve seen, out of many lesser quality ones. Son of dracula 1974 article 3660 by dave sindelar viewing date. Son of dracula is a british film directed by freddie francis and starring harry nilsson and ringo starr.
The film was directed by veteran horror director freddie francis with a script written by jennifer jayne writing as jay fairbank. Ive been curious about this for a while, but this is an incompetent movie. Notably it is the first film where a vampire is actually shown physically transforming into a bat on screen. This is the only film produced by apple corps, the notoriously mismanaged company created by the beatles read the longest cocktail party by richard dilello for an entertaining insiders account.
Color corrected and reformatted to better fit on a flat. Overview due to be crowned king of the netherworld by his mentor merlin the magician, count downethe son of count draculafalls in love with the beautiful but human amber and finds himself in conflict with baron frankenstein, who is vying for the same honorary title. Due to be crowned king of the netherworld by his mentor merlin the magician ringo starr at a monsters convention, count downe harry nilsson, the son of count dracula dan meaden, falls in love with the beautiful but human amber suzanna leigh and finds himself in conflict with baron frankenstein freddie jones who is vying for the same honorary title. Freddie francis son of dracula, not to be confused with the 1943 film featuring lon chaney, jr. First pressings come with an ironon transfer insert see pictures. Son of dracula the 1974 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. Otherwise, son of dracula might have been an overpriced home movie, because thats exactly what it looks like, an indulgent vanity project. Youve got some talented musicians and some talented euro actors and youve got a talented director in freddie francis but sadly none of the talents come together yeah, a cheap beatles reference to add.
Due to be crowned king of the netherworld by his mentor merlin the magician at a monsters convention count downe, the son of count dracula, falls in love with the beautiful but human amber and finds himself in conflict with baron frankenstein who. Son of dracula is a british musical comedy film, starring harry nilsson and ringo starr, produced by starr and released in 1974 by apple films. Due to be crowned king of the netherworld by his mentor merlin the magician ringo starr at a monsters convention, count downe harry nilsson, the son of count dracula dan meaden, falls in love with the beautiful but human amber suzanna leigh and finds himself in conflict with baron frankenstein freddie jones who is vying for the same. Son of dracula 1943 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Double front gatefold, which folds out to reveal pictures from the movie. However, this isnt much of a horror movie, preferring to take a romantic view of its protagonists predicament, and the musical numbers could have been more numerous, simply because theyre the highlights. See the full list of son of dracula cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. Son of dracula movie posters from movie poster shop. This is the only film produced by apple corps, the notoriously mismanaged company created by the beatles read the longest cocktail party by richard dilello for an entertaining insiders. The title role is played by singer and songwriter harry nilsson, in his only leading role.
Son of dracula was made during a period when starr, in between occasional single releases and session work, was concentrating on filmmaking and acting. Due to be crowned king of the netherworld by his mentor merlin the magician, count downethe son of count. Produced by ringo starr and released by apple films, son of dracula was billed as the first rockandroll dracula movie. Son of dracula was produced by starr and it features some other wellknown musicians but in the end this thing is pretty much a dud. The son of count dracula battles with baron frankenstein to be king of the netherworld. Son of dracula in atlanta on this day in 1974 42474, atlanta with a big promotion from cinemation, a soundtrack with a lavish presentation that included a tshirt iron on, and a brilliant cast including beatle ringo starr and hit singer harry nilsson, nothing could go wrong with son of dracula, right. Music from the apple film son of dracula starring harry nilsson and ringo starr.
Son of dracula soundtrack the official harry nilsson site. Two movies in which he had starred, 200 motels and blindman, had been released at the end of 1971, and before starting on this one, he had just finished work on his directorial debut, the t. Nilsson plays vampire count downe, performing jump into the fire here with keith moon, in the ringo starr produced film son of dracula. Son of dracula sort of falls into the fad for monster comedies that were being made around the time that began with young frankenstein 1974 even though son of dracula predates young frankenstein by several months. Odd horror musical the son of count dracula is slated to become king of the netherworld, but theres a problem.
Watch online son of dracula is a british musical comedy film, starring harry nilsson and ringo starr, produced by starr and released in 1974 by apple films. Due to be crowned king of the netherworld by his mentor merlin the magician sir ringo starr at a monsters convention, count downe harry nilsson, the son of count dracula, falls in love with the beautiful, but human, amber suzanna leigh and finds himself in conflict. Due to be crowned king of the netherworld by his mentor merlin the magician, count downethe son of count draculafalls in love with the beautiful but human amber and finds himself in conflict with baron frankenstein, who is vying for the same honorary title. Son of dracula 1974 harry nilsson, ringo starr full movie.
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