Tender Dracula
Directed byPierre Grunstein
Written byJustin Lenoir
Starring
Music byKarl Heinz Schäfer[1]
Production
companies
  • Les Films Christian Fechner
  • Renn Productions
  • VMP
[1]
Distributed byAMLF[1]
Release date
  • 1974 (1974)
[2]
Running time
98 minutes[2]
CountryFrance[2]
LanguageFrench[2]

Tender Dracula, or Confessions of a Blood Drinker (French: Tendre Dracula) is a 1974 French horror comedy film directed by Pierre Grunstein.[2] The film stars Peter Cushing, Alida Valli, Bernard Ménez and Miou-Miou.

Plot

The story involves two scriptwriters and two girls who are ordered by their director to visit the castle home of a horror actor (Peter Cushing) and to talk him out of his intention to change from horror films to romantic ones. The longer they stay in the castle, the more likely it seems that the actor is an actual vampire.[3]

Cast

Production

The film was shot between February 11, 1974, and March 29, 1974.[1]

Release

The film was released in France in 1974.[2][4] The film was released in France with the alternative title La Grande Trouille.[2] It was released in the United States with the titles Tender Dracula, or Confessions of a Blood Drinker and The Big Scare.[2] It was released in the United States in January 1975.[5]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 "La Grande trouille". Bifi.fr (in French). Retrieved December 25, 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Browning, 2011. p.173
  3. ↑ Browning, 2011. p.174
  4. ↑ Fountain, Clarke. "Le Grande Trouille (1974)". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved December 25, 2012.
  5. ↑ Hallenbeck, 2009. p. 218

References

  • Hallenbeck, Bruce G. (2009). Comedy-Horror Films: A Chronological History, 1914-2008. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786433322.
  • Browning, John Edgar; Picart, Caroline Joan (2011). Dracula in Visual Media:Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921-2010. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786433650.


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