When I saw this poster, I knew I had to watch Dracula's Dog: Right. Now!
FOLKS, LOOK AT THIS WORK OF ART!
Who's a good poster? Yeah, who's a good poster? Oh yes you are! You're a good poster! Good Poster! Here's a treat for you all:
This story starts with Russian soldiers randomly blowing shit up in Romania ...
What they unexpectedly unearth is a bunch of tombs from the Dracula family, where all the bodies are found to have wooden stakes in their body!!!
One of the bodies is of a dog! When its stake is removed, the dog comes to life and proceeds to kill, but also is a good boy and removes the stake from his human - err - washuman, who also comes back to life.
The two of them then take a boat trip to California to find the last descendant of Dracula. You see, the Draculas were master to both the man and this dog, and they are good boys.
They find this last descendant alright - cruising around with his family and their dogs in the most epic 1970s Winnebago I've ever seen (according to IMDB trivia this was the most expensive prop). Queue road trip scenes of when kids were allowed to roam randomly around in the car. That was my childhood anyway. Fun fact, I used to hangout in the footwell of the passenger seat, under my mother's feet. I'd just chill there for hours. Bonus, smoking with the windows rolled up.
Anyway -
Chaos ensues.
It should come as no surprise that this one is an accidental tickler. The dialog is also especially hilarious. What will come as a surprise, however, is the honest-to-goodness thrills and straight up disturbing scenes. The soundtrack is also oddly enticing... except the constant dog barking. It was, actually a bit much (and occurring mostly when you can see all the dogs are not actually barking).
I'm going to be hesitant to say dog lovers should see this film. It's certainly All About Dogs (and vampire dogs), but there's also some uncomfortable scenes - particularly for animal lovers. It was, shall I say, shocking.
In all, this is a classic 1970's creature feature that should be seen at least once. I watched this film for free on Kanopy - check it out! It's a service through local and University libraries. Check it out to see if your library is participating. This app has an amazing amount of films. Amazing.
Pairs with uncomfortable, scratchy couches - and food and drinks served in well loved Tupperware dishes.
This is hysterical...smoking with the windows rolled up. Thanks for the heads up on kanopy!
ReplyDeleteOur family van would rock back and forth so much whenever a semi passed us - sometimes I thought we would roll over. Oh... those wonderfully hilarious family road trips. And yes, check out Kanopy and Hoopla! Hoopla also works with local libraries and you can check out more movies to stream in a month than Kanopy! Again, both free to use.
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