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  • Actors: Louis Jourdan, Frank Finlay, Susan Penhaligon, Jack Shepherd
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: 2 Entertain Video
  • DVD Release Date: 3 Sep 2007
  • Run Time: 151 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000R343N0
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 8,546 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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This Dracula fans’ favourite, three-part series from the BBC appears on DVD for the first time. Louis Jourdan stars as the deliciously blood-thirsty Count Dracula in this version of Bram Stoker's horror classic. Keeping close to the original novel, the series begins with Jonathan Harker visiting the Count in Transylvania to help him with preparations to move to England. In the Count's castle, Jonathan becomes a prisoner, and discovers Dracula's true nature and so the age-old vampiric tale unfolds... Many scenes shot on location -- such as the Gothic graveyard of London's Highgate Cemetery -- add extra atmosphere to an already powerful production.

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Regarded as one of the best adaptations of the classic Bram Stoker tale, Count Dracula benefits from a critically acclaimed performance from Louis Jourdan as the title character. A cult classic from the seventies, the film faithfully recreates Stoker’s characters and prose.

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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars one of the best Dracula adaptations, 29 Jul 2007
By Yashkoo "hey hey!" (manchester in the sunshine) - See all my reviews
As a child I could never understand why so many versions of Dracula strayed so far from the novel. As much as I loved Chris Lee's films etc film makers seemed determined to avoid the original plot.
When I settled down that Christmas years ago to watch the BBC's Dracula I was over joyed to see such a faithful adaptation and a brilliant one at that. All the classic characters are there (including Renfield), they filmed in Whitby, its gory, sexy, romantic and frightening. It's done with style and class. It is a proper vampire film unlike all these Super hero martial arts vampire flicks today.
I bought it when it appeared on DVD a few years ago. I am glad to see it coming out again and hope it reaches a whole new audience.
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A dracula adaptation that has bite, 19 Sep 2007
By G. Pace (Halesowen, West Midlands) - See all my reviews
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The BBC has always maintained a pretty solid reputation of providing great drama and adaptations of the classics and this 1977 version of stokers novel is a prime example.
"Count Dracula" is regarded by many as the most faithful working of the horror story to date and although lacking the menace of Christopher Lee's vampire, Louis Jourdan makes very good casting indeed.
But what really makes this adaptation so good? - well firstly the cast is a good one. Frank Finlay seems to be having a great time in the role as Van Helsing, while Judi Bowker and Susan Penhaligon make good vampire fodder. Also Jack Shepherd plays Renfield to perfection. But what i really love about this production are the outdoor locations. The shots of Mina and Lucy going up the huge flight of cliff steps at whitby and sitting on the clifftop bench overlooking the sea is just how you envisage stoker's novel- just as in the scene where Dracula first seduces a sleepwalking lucy in the clifftop churchyard in the dead of night. Also the confrontation between the vampire hunters and an undead Susan Penhaligon in londons Highgate cemetry is quite chilling, especially the scene where they drive a stake into her as it looks very convincing.
Lame special effects such as rubber bats and a dreadful mist effect coming though a bedroom window don't particularly help the production but one must think of the time this was made. All in all, a very good effort and this certainly ranks high above recent attempts at the dracula story.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Count Kamal Khan, 27 Oct 2007
By Matthew Mercy (Wigan, England) - See all my reviews
The BBC's 1977 adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel is probably the most faithful version of Dracula in all of TV or film. Genuinely scary in places and benefiting from some great location shooting (that done in Whitby, a major setting of the book, is particularly effective), this two-parter hasn't been seen on British TV in many years, and has therefore slipped into obscurity (though according to the IMDb it's a Halloween TV perennial in the US). It follows the book's structure almost exactly, and benefits from fine performances by Louis Jourdan (as a debonair Count), Frank Finlay (whose Dr Van Helsing is pitched halfway between Peter Cushing's steely action man and Anthony Hopkins' grey-haired eccentric), and Jack Shepherd (the only actor I've seen who doesn't slice some prime ham as Renfield).

Though its faithfulness to the book is (rightly) championed by many, it has to be noted that a couple of changes to the story have been made; Arthur Holmwood and Quincy P. Morris have morphed into one character (`Quincy P. Holmwood'), whilst Lucy and Mina are here sisters, as opposed to the book, in which they are simply friends. Still, these changes don't affect the drama one bit. Far superior to the dire John Badham effort of two years later, the 1992 Francis Coppola version, and even the 1931 classic with Bela Lugosi, this 156 minute TV movie is second only to Terence Fisher's 1958 film Horror of Dracula as the best adaptation yet produced.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Out for the Count
Superb 1970s BBC adaptation of Bram Stoker's seminal Gothic horror novel. I agree that the best thing about this film is its outside location work; the performances are all pretty... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Binro The Heretic

1.0 out of 5 stars Simply boring
Sorry but I cant' share the positive opinions about this adaptation of Stoker's masterpiece. Louis Jourdan is just bad in the part of count Dracula. Read more
Published 2 months ago by nussbaum22

4.0 out of 5 stars A good BBc Production
A decent cast well written and faithful to Stokers book.
Very enjoyable back in the late 70's this has travelled very well and is still amongest the best tellings of Bram... Read more
Published 2 months ago by R. C. J. Stewart

4.0 out of 5 stars If danish lager companies made gothic horror adaptations ...
Nailing my colours to the mast, this is almost certainly the most faithful and probably the best adaptation of Dracula you're likely to find. Read more
Published 3 months ago by skiffybrummie

5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Production
This is an ecellent film/series which I remember watching about 30 years ago. The acting is first class and the film has a real menacing feel to it. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Gaz

5.0 out of 5 stars I have already dined

Dracula has been reinterpreted, bastardized, glamourized and rewritten so many times that it's hard to even identify him as the charming, monstrous boyar bloodsucker... Read more
Published 5 months ago by E. A Solinas

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, faithful adaptation of Stoker's vampire classic
I can remember seeing this version of Dracula just before Christmas 1977 and it had stuck in my memory for many years - so after -re-watching it recently I concluded that this is... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Nigel C. Jackson

5.0 out of 5 stars The definitive adaptation
After the disappointment at the BBC's 2006 version of the Bram Stoker novel, an antidote is now on offer in the form of the Beeb's previous visitation to the tale back in 1977 and... Read more
Published 8 months ago by B. Mccann

4.0 out of 5 stars The Definitive Count Dracula!
As previous reviews have stated this version is the Most faithful adaption of Stoker's novel. Although it lacks Coppola's budget, it makes up for it with some splendid location... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Coach Potato

5.0 out of 5 stars The Closes Adaption so Far !
This is definitely the closes film version to the book. Unfortunately I have no idea why the makers decided to drop one of the key characters, Arthur Holmwood ? Read more
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