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The Empire of Dracula
The Empire of Dracula
Directed by	Federico Curiel
Screenplay by	Ramón Obón (as Ramón Obón Jr.)
Story by	Luis Enrique Vergara (idea, as L.E. Vergara C.)
Based on	Dracula; by Bram Stoker (as Abraham Stoker)
Produced by	Luis Enrique Vergara (as Luis Enrique Vergara C.)
Starring	Lucha Villa; César del Campo; Eric del Castillo; Víctor Alcocer; Rebeca Iturbide
Cinematography	Alfredo Uribe
Edited by	Luis Sobreyra
Music by	Gustavo César Carrión
Production; company	Fílmica Vergara
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	26 October 1967 (Mexico);
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Mexico
Language	Spanish

The Empire of Dracula (Spanish: El imperio de Drácula) is a 1967 Mexican horror mystery thriller film directed by Federico Curiel and starring Lucha Villa, César del Campo and Eric del Castillo.^[1]^[2]

It was influenced by Hammer Horror films.^[3] It is one of several vampire movies made in Mexico in the 1960s, alongside Miguel Morayta's duology The Bloody Vampire (1962) and The Invasion of the Vampires (1963).^[4]

Plot

A man searches for the vampire who killed his father to prevent him from coming back to life, but to do so he must fight his army of beautiful female vampires, who lure men to their estate so they can feed on their blood.

Cast

Lucha Villa as Patricia
César del Campo as Luis Brener
Eric del Castillo as Baron Draculstein (as Erick del Castillo)
Ethel Carrillo as Diana
Guillermo Zetina as Dr. Wilson.
Robin Joyce as Lily
Fernando Osés as Igor
Víctor Alcocer as Mr. Brener, Luis's father
Mario Orea as Police Inspector
Rebeca Iturbide as Mrs. Brener, Luis's mother
Altia Michel as María, maid (as Atilia Michel)
José Dupeyrón as Chauffeur

Reception

In El gran libro del vampiro ("The great book of the vampire"), Alexis Puig said, "There is a lot of eroticism, especially lesbian: female vampires biting female victims;" and highlighted a scene in which the count must fight inside his own coffin with a man carrying a crucifix as a "very dramatic scene."^[5]

References

^ García Riera, Emilio (1992). Historia documental del cine mexicano (in Spanish). Vol. 13. Universidad de Guadalajara. pp. 86–87. ISBN 968-895-590-6.
^ Browning, John Edgar; Picart, Caroline Joan (Kay) (2014). Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921–2010. McFarland. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-7864-6201-8.
^ Pérez Gañán, María del Rocio (2014). Arquetipos femeninos perversos en el cine de terror: El mito y la construcción de la mujer vampiro y su (re)producción en la sociedad occidental (in Spanish). Ed. Universidad de Cantabria. pp. 22–23. ISBN 978-84-8102-717-4.
^ Melton, J. Gordon (2010). The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead. Visible Ink Press. p. 460. ISBN 978-1-57859-348-4.
^ Puig, Alexis (1997). El gran libro del vampiro (in Spanish). Imaginador. p. 66. ISBN 978-9-5076-8182-0. Hay mucho erotismo, sobre todo lésbico: mujeres vampiras mordiendo víctimas femeninas; y una escena de mucho dramatismo cuando el conde debe pelear en su propio ataúd con un hombre que porta un crucifijo. [There is a lot of eroticism, especially lesbian: female vampires biting female victims; and a very dramatic scene when the count must fight in his own coffin with a man carrying a crucifix.]

External links

The Empire of Dracula at IMDb

[1] García Riera, Emilio (1992). Historia documental del cine mexicano (in Spanish). Vol. 13. Universidad de Guadalajara. pp. 86–87. ISBN 968-895-590-6.

[2] Browning, John Edgar; Picart, Caroline Joan (Kay) (2014). Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921–2010. McFarland. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-7864-6201-8.

[3] Pérez Gañán, María del Rocio (2014). Arquetipos femeninos perversos en el cine de terror: El mito y la construcción de la mujer vampiro y su (re)producción en la sociedad occidental (in Spanish). Ed. Universidad de Cantabria. pp. 22–23. ISBN 978-84-8102-717-4.

[4] Melton, J. Gordon (2010). The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead. Visible Ink Press. p. 460. ISBN 978-1-57859-348-4.

[5] Puig, Alexis (1997). El gran libro del vampiro (in Spanish). Imaginador. p. 66. ISBN 978-9-5076-8182-0. Hay mucho erotismo, sobre todo lésbico: mujeres vampiras mordiendo víctimas femeninas; y una escena de mucho dramatismo cuando el conde debe pelear en su propio ataúd con un hombre que porta un crucifijo. [There is a lot of eroticism, especially lesbian: female vampires biting female victims; and a very dramatic scene when the count must fight in his own coffin with a man carrying a crucifix.]

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