Tender Dracula
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Directed by | |
Written by | |
Starring | |
Music by | Karl Heinz Schäfer[2] |
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Distributed by | AMLF[2] |
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Running time | 98 minutes[1] |
Country | France[1] |
Language | French[1] |
Tender Dracula, or Confessions of a Blood Drinker (French: Tendre Dracula) is a 1974 French horror-comedy film directed by .[1] The film stars Peter Cushing, Alida Valli and Miou-Miou. The film involves two scriptwriters and two girls who are ordered by their director to visit the castle home of a horror actor (Peter Cushing) and to talk him out of his intention to change from horror films to romantic ones. The longer they stay in the castle, the more likely it seems that the actor is an actual vampire.[3]
Production[]
The film was shot between February 11, 1974 and March 29, 1974.[2]
Release[]
The film was released in France in 1974.[1][4] The film was released in France with the alternative title La Grande Trouille.[1] It was released in the United States with the titles Tender Dracula, or Confessions of a Blood Drinker and The Big Scare.[1] It was released in the United States on January 1975.[5]
Notes[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h Browning, 2011. p.173
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "La Grande trouille". Bifi.fr (in French). Retrieved December 25, 2012.
- ^ Browning, 2011. p.174
- ^ Fountain, Clarke. "Le Grande Trouille (1974)". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved December 25, 2012.
- ^ Hallenbeck, 2009. p. 218
References[]
- Hallenbeck, Bruce G. (2009). Comedy-Horror Films: A Chronological History, 1914-2008. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786433322.
- Browning, John Edgar; Picart, Caroline Joan (2011). Dracula in Visual Media:Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921-2010. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786433650.
External links[]
- 1974 films
- 1974 horror films
- French films
- French-language films
- French comedy horror films
- Dracula films
- Vampire comedy films
- 1970s comedy horror films
- 1974 comedy films
- Films set in castles
- Comedy horror film stubs
- 1970s French film stubs