DRACULA AD 1972 (1972). An awful title (had heard DRACULA TODAY had been considered, which works better), DAD doesn't seem to get much love at all, moving from the Gothic milieu to noisy modern day life and there's a lot of conjecture that not having the Count interact in less inhibited/conformist times is a missed opportunity...perhaps.
I do know I really liked this back in Junior High when I saw it...Chris AND Peter together in a Dracula since in forever, Dracula has some good lines, a kick ass opening sequence, some decent blood and two of the smokinnest actresses at the time; Caroline Munro and Stephanie Beacham
. Sure it was unintentional, but it appears that three of the men in the film are copping a cheap feel from SB (her Boyfriend trying to subdue her in the Cavern Club, Peter putting the Cross on her in the Church and Chris taking it off) or maybe it's just the goofy pre teen in Me
While it still can't compare to the earlier triumphs, I enjoyed this quite a bit and remembered a Skywald magazine (PSYCHO-??) that had movie reviews and declared there there was no great anything in the film, but "...it's just ENTERTAINING. And in a world full of phony Boring movies, it makes for a delightful change of pace." ***