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BLOOD OF DRACULA'S CASTLE werewolf footage restored

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Tom Powers		#21	[-]
Mar 25 08 8:57 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I'd very much like to see the werewolf inserts again. I thought they were fairly well done (blue-filtered day for night) and added some much needed action to the film. If I remember correctly (and it's been at least a dozen years) they just matched Dix's clothes as best as possible, and had an actor don them and a store-bought wolfman mask. (Possibly with the mouth area cut away and blended with a little greasepaint and crepe hair... or maybe not. Watching these things late at night, sometimes your weary brain adds production value.) There was a dissolve into werewolf form as he beat a prision guard to death, then a chase through the woods after the werewolf. He changes back into a man, so this must tie into footage from the original film, where he's chased again as Robert Dix. At some point in the film, the wolf man hunts a female victim, but I can't recall the time frame.
Cushing.thelatarniaforums		#22	[-]
Jul 30 08 12:49 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	So, has there been any mention of this title coming to dvd or have the powers that be decided it will not see the light of dvd? Cushing
Mike Mariano		#23	[-]
Jul 30 08 12:54 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Hey, Cushing. As Brian Albright wrote earlier in this thread: "BLOOD OF DRACULA'S castle was released on DVD a couple of years through Rhino on that Horrible Horrors Vol. 2 collection (I think it was volume 2) on the same disc as its original co-feature, NIGHTMARE IN WAX. No werewolf footage, but a crystal clear full-frame transfer."
Cushing.thelatarniaforums		#24	[-]
Jul 31 08 6:28 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I forgot about the Horrible Horrors sets. I'll have to pick that up when I get around to placing an order online. Cushing
brianalbright		#25	[-]
Oct 7 08 6:37 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	As I posted in the DVD folder, BLOOD OF DRACULA'S CASTLE is due out from BCI on a double feature disc with NIGHTMARE IN WAX. They are listed as being in anamoprhic widescreen, which will be a change from the Rhino release (which was full frame). No word on whether the TV version will be part of the package, but it is available from Sinister Cinema, as noted elsewhere.
plaidstallions		#26	[-]
Oct 9 08 2:16 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I shouldn't be excited about this but i totally am. *PlaidStallions.com*
Koukol 5		#27	[-]
Oct 9 08 3:31 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I know what you mean, Plaid...i want this mess too.
brianalbright		#28	[-]
Oct 9 08 3:52 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I've watched BLOOD OF DRACULA'S CASTLE and NIGHTMARE IN WAX countless times, and I can't begin to explain why. They're no good, but ... I just really like watching them. NIGHTMARE at least has some great soap opera dialogue (a hallmark of Rex Carlton films -- you get even more of it in REBEL ROUSERS), and I always thought Scott Brady and Bud Cardos (good friends in real life) made a great comic cop team. As for DRACULA, maybe it's the bad jokes, maybe its the interminable dolphin footage, but I just can't get enough...
Rick		#29	[-]
Jun 26 12 12:06 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	From my files, another long-lost "treasure" (snort, chuckle, snort). The second-best thing about this still is that John Carradine looks nice and creepy. But the best thing about this still is that Alex D'Arcy isn't in it.
John Bernhard		#30	[-]
Jun 26 12 2:14 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	More pics! Johnny C. relaxing with a game of billards Johnny C. in the dungeon Here's Alex looking crusty
Vertigo		#31	[-]
Jun 26 12 7:23 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Format: NTSC, Widescreen Region: All Regions Number of discs: 1 Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Studio: Scorpion Entertainment DVD Release Date: July 24, 2012 Run Time: 186 minutes FIRST UP, THE HEARSE!Jane Hardy (Trish Van Devere-DAY OF THE DOLPHIN, THE CHANGELING), recovering from emotional problems following a difficult divorce, leaves San Francisco for a summer in the country house left to her by her late aunt. On the road, she has an eerie, near-collision with a hearse. Arriving at "the old Martin place", she discovers it's been left as it was when her aunt died 30 years before. Now see this chilling classic from a brand new HD master, first time anywhere! Next up, BLOOD OF DRACULA'S CASTLE!A chilling, blood-curdling tale about a young couple that inherits an old castle but finds it already inhabited by a crazy butler (John Carradine). See this in the version featuring a werewolf! I've already pre-ordered.
brianalbright		#32	[-]
Jul 24 12 10:10 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	So has anyone seen the updated werewolf print now out from Scorpion? How does it look?
Jobla.scarletstreet		#33	[-]
Jul 25 12 2:59 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	One person on another site claims that the print is much better overall than the print in the Gorehouse Greats collection. The print on Scorpion has the title DRACULA'S CASTLE. Perhaps that title was used for the werewolf version? Brian, saw your post about Donald Hulette shooting new footage for TV versions of Crown films. Do you know if he shot the additional footage for the virtually unreleased film ANGELS FLIGHT (1965)? According to reports, Crown acquired that film and added some footage while changing the title to SHOCK HILL. William Thourlby was involved in that. Last Edited By: Jobla Jul 25 12 3:09 PM. Edited 1 times.
brianalbright		#34	[-]
Jul 30 12 1:43 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Not sure about Angel's Flight, and Hulette has since passed away, so I can't ask him, unfortunately. I've taken a quick look at the Scorpion released, and although there is debris and print is a little fuzzy in places, it is a huge improvement over the Gorehouse version (although frankly I thought the color and overall presentation looked even better on the full-frame Horrible Horrors version...) I was struck that the werewolf footage (which was shot for the TV edit, remember) actually matches fairly well, and is in the same aspect ratio as the rest of the footage. I read on another board that the actress in the werewolf footage was also in similar footage inserted into BLOOD MANIA, another Hulette/Crown re-edit for TV. If I get a chance I'll post some screen caps of the werewolf -- he's wearing a full head mask, and I'm wondering if it's a Don Post or other similar one that was available at the time (early 1970s).
kochillt		#35	[-]
Aug 19 12 8:32 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Figured it would be better to get the 'werewolf' print from Sinister Cinema, which runs 6 minutes longer than the old VHS i saw years ago, wondering why I'd always thought there had been a werewolf. The added footage really adds nothing but running time, literally, just running. With all the talk about the full moon (the great god Luna), it was an easy decision to add a werewolf, just a mask, no great shakes. John Carradine apparently came to Al Adamson's attention through David L. Hewitt, who previous directed JC in both THE WIZARD OF MARS and DR. TERROR'S GALLERY OF HORROR (and shot the JC footage added to BLOOD OF GHASTLY HORROR). Sam Sherman was upset with Adamson using Carradine to play the butler rather than Dracula, but having seen the results, it was the better (and bigger) role. Still light years better than HORROR OF THE BLOOD MONSTERS, DRACULA'S CASTLE aired 4 times on Pittsburgh's Chiller Theater. Last Edited By: kochillt Aug 20 12 10:05 PM. Edited 1 times.
Alias the Scarecrow		#36	[-]
Dec 28 12 6:19 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Jobla wrote: One person on another site claims that the print is much better overall than the print in the Gorehouse Greats collection. The print on Scorpion has the title DRACULA'S CASTLE. Perhaps that title was used for the werewolf version? Brian, saw your post about Donald Hulette shooting new footage for TV versions of Crown films. Do you know if he shot the additional footage for the virtually unreleased film ANGELS FLIGHT (1965)? According to reports, Crown acquired that film and added some footage while changing the title to SHOCK HILL. William Thourlby was involved in that. I can certainly say that this print is 100% better than the GOREHOUSE version. The overall picture looks very good now and the werewolf footage fits in pretty well.

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