Zoltan, Hound of DraculaYear: 1977 Director: Albert Band Written by: Frank Ray Perilli Threat: Dog Weapon of Choice: Fangs Based upon: Original |
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Rish Outfield's reviews
Tee hee!
In spite of a moronic premise and the production values of a bad TV movie, this was not a wholly terrible movie. It
was pretty bad, though.
Dracula's loyal pooch, Zoltan, is revived in ‘present day' and seeks Dracula's last living descendant (who has a son,
but is still referred to as the last descendant). Who happens to own four dogs of his own and is camping with his
family when Zoltan and his undead (type-casting) human companion track them down. Unfortunately, a lot of nothing
happens after that. Abominable 70's synthesizer music played endlessly. The well-trained dogs were pretty good, most
of the time (although when fake dogs were used, it was annoyingly obvious). Every once in a while, the dogs could be
caught wagging their tails, but other than that, it was some nice stuff. They even put long vampire fangs on the dogs
and add glowing eyes that are actually pretty frightening. Unfortunately, this sucker runs out of steam pretty quick
and the middle hour is almost unbearably boring.
Oddly, the package said this was rated R, but I've seen Wonderful World of Disney broadcasts that were more
Restricted.
I'd Recommend It To: I can't really recommend it, folks. It was better than it had any right to be, but still, what
rights did it have?
The tyranist's thoughts
I thought of all kinds of witty things to say about this movie while I was watching it. I
can't remember them all now, but it should probably be taken as a sign of how bored I
was that I was even trying to think up funny things to say.
There are a lot of Vampire flicks and at least half of them involve Dracula or someone
with the same name. This one, however, really pushes the limits of credibility. It doesn't
help that I am not a dog lover and likely never will be. How seriously can I take a pack
of canine vampires anyway?
Actually, it isn't the worst premise I've ever heard, but it doesn't even come close to
being a good movie. It fails on pretty much every level. I wouldn't recommend it to
anyone at all. It just doesn't cut it.
Total Skulls: 15
Sequel | ||
Sequel setup | ||
Rips off earlier film | ||
Horror film showing on TV/in theater in movie | ||
Future celebrity appears | ||
Former celebrity appears | ||
Bad title | ||
Bad premise | ||
Bad acting | ||
Bad dialogue | ||
Bad execution | ||
MTV Editing | ||
OTS | ||
Girl unnecessarily gets naked | ||
Wanton sex | ||
Death associated with sex | ||
Unfulfilled promise of nudity | ||
Characters forget about threat | ||
Secluded location | ||
Power is cut | ||
Phone lines are cut | ||
Someone investigates a strange noise | ||
Someone runs up stairs instead of going out front door | ||
Camera is the killer | ||
Victims cower in front of a window/door | ||
Victim locks self in with killer | ||
Victim running from killer inexplicably falls | ||
Toilet stall scene | ||
Shower/bath scene | ||
Car stalls or won't start | ||
Cat jumps out | ||
Fake scare | ||
Laughable scare | ||
Stupid discovery of corpse | ||
Dream sequence | ||
No one believes only witness | ||
Crazy, drunk, old man knows the truth | ||
Music detracts from scene | ||
Death in first five minutes | ||
x years before/later | ||
Dark and stormy night | ||
Killer doesn't stay dead | ||
Killer wears a mask | ||
Killer is in closet | ||
Killer is in car with victim | ||
Villain is more sympathetic than heroes | ||
Unscary villain/monster | ||
Beheading | ||
Blood fountain | ||
Blood hits camera | ||
Poor death effect | ||
Excessive gore | ||
No one dies at all | ||
Virgin survives | ||
Geek/Nerd survives | ||
Little kid lamely survives | ||
Dog/Pet miraculously survives | ||
Unresolved subplots | ||
"It was all a dream" ending | ||
Unbelievably happy ending | ||
Unbelievably crappy ending | ||
What the hell? |