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Dracula and Son
Dracula and Son
	French theatrical release poster
Directed by	Édouard Molinaro
Written by	Alain Godard; Édouard Molinaro; Jean-Marie Poiré
Based on	Paris-Vampire; by Claude Klotz
Produced by	Alain Poire
Starring	Christopher Lee; Bernard Ménez
Cinematography	Alain Levent
Edited by	Monique Isnardon; Robert Isnardon
Music by	Vladimir Cosma
Distributed by	Gaumont Distribution
Release dates	15 September 1976 (France); 1978 (United Kingdom); 1979 (United States);
Running time	96 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Dracula and Son (French: Dracula père et fils) is a 1976 French comedy horror film directed and written by Édouard Molinaro. The film is about a vampire father and son. Christopher Lee reprises his role as Count Dracula from the Hammer Films Dracula film series (in total, this was the 9th and final time Lee played the role of Dracula on film).

In the film, Count Dracula and his son are driven into exile by angry Transylvanian villagers. The father settles in London, and the son settles in Paris. They are reunited when both father and son feel an attraction to the same girl.

Plot

With angry villagers driving them away from their castle in Transylvania, Count Dracula (Christopher Lee) and his son Ferdinand (Bernard Ménez) head abroad. The Prince of Darkness ends up in London, England where he becomes a horror movie star exploiting his vampire status.

His son, meanwhile, is ashamed of his roots and ends up a night watchman in Paris, France where he falls for Nicole, a French girl. Naturally, tensions arise when father and son are reunited and both take a liking to the same girl.

Cast

Christopher Lee as Count Dracula
Bernard Ménez as Ferdinand Poitevin
Marie-Hélène Breillat as Nicole Clement
Catherine Breillat as Herminie Poitevin
Bernard Alane as Jean
Jean-Claude Dauphin as Cristéa
Anna Gael as Miss Gaylor
Raymond Bussières as the ANPE old man
Mustapha Dali as Khaleb
Xavier Depraz as the majordomo
Marthe Villalonga as The Subway Woman

Production

Bernard Menez had appeared two years earlier in 1974's Tender Dracula opposite Peter Cushing, who had played Christopher Lee's nemesis in the Hammer Films Dracula film series.

Release

Dracula and Son was released in France on 15 September 1976.^[1] It was released in 1979 in the United States.^[2] The American distributor of the film cut many jokes in the film and replaced them with different gags.^[4]

Reception

Allmovie gave the film a rating of two stars out of five, but noted that "this was a very witty film prior to its decimation by an uncaring American distributor.^[4] A review in TV Guide gave a positive review of three stars out of four, noting that the film "actually works because it treats its subject with respect and doesn't degrade it for cheap, campy laughs." while noting that the film has a "poor dubbing job" that made the character Ferdinand Poitevin sound like a cross between Woody Allen and Austin Pendleton.^[5]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c "Dracula père et fils (1976) Édouard Molinaro". Ciné-Ressources (in French). Retrieved October 12, 2012.
^ ^a ^b Hallenbeck, 2009. p.218
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Browning, 2010. p.72
^ ^a ^b Binion. Cavett. "Dracula Père et Fils (1976)". Allmovie. Retrieved October 12, 2012.
^ "Dracula And Son: Review". TV Guide. Retrieved October 12, 2012.

References

Browning, John Edgar; Picart, Caroline Joan (2010). Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances 1921-2010. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786433650.
Hallenbeck, Bruce G. (2009). Comedy-Horror Films: A Chronological History 1914-2008. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786433322.