Today Matt and Todd welcome frequent collaborator Mike to discuss another childhood horror classic.
In 1979 we were treated to a Universal remake of their 1931 classic: Dracula, directed by the great John Badham and starring:
Frank Langella as Dracula
Lawrence Olivier as Abraham Van Helsing
Kate Nelligan as Lucy Seward,
Donald Pleasance as Jack Seward
Whit Bissell Award Winners Janine Druvitski as asylum patient Annie, Jan Francis as Lucy and Tony Haygarth as Renfield.
This retelling of Bram Stoker's gothic classic makes some changes to the story we remember, but you get what you came for, including a tremendous score by legend John Williams. A worthy successor to the 1931 classic, even if not our favorite, it offers its own haunting scenes and terrific performances that keep us rewatching.Follow Matt:
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