Vincent Price's Dracula (1986) User Reviews

An Odd Piece of Vincent Price History

[gavin6942 · 7/10 · 28 January 2011]

What this film is: Vincent Price, sitting in a chair, explaining who Vlad Tepes was, how Bram Stoker got the idea for Dracula, and how Transylvania views vampires today (and you might be surprised by this). He also shows clips from old films... presumably ones they could show due to being in the public domain.

This is a must-see if you like Vincent Price, because it really is just an hour of him talking, and that voice is priceless. But it is also a decent documentary, and the look inside modern Transylvania was fascinating, as well as the story of the archaeologist who dug up Dracula's tomb. As near as I can tell, this movie is completely factual, which is impressive.

An excellent documentary for the fans of the legend of Vlad Tepes and the tale of the formidably romantic vampire.

[truegoreDVD · 9/10 · 17 September 2006]

I expected to begin this documentary on the real Dracula, Vlad Tepes, and be bored within minutes, but I was wrong. Between the horror legend presence of Vincent Price lies well shot dramatization of the battles and triumphs of the infamous Vlad Dracula. The imagery is beautiful and grotesque; the filmmakers pull no punches as rows of the impaled hang before the setting sun. The film then moves into the realms of fiction, discussing the early portrayals of Dracula in film. The film concludes with reenactments of rituals in modern day Transylvania villages; these rituals are exercises in pushing the soul to heaven and keeping the soul from the grips of the vampire. This is an excellent documentary for the fans of the legend of Vlad Tepes and the tale of the formidably romantic vampire, the best Vlad Tepes battle scenes you will ever see.

Price Discusses Dracula

[Michael_Elliott · 19 July 2016]

Vincent Price's Dracula (1982)

*** (out of 4)

This 52-minute documentary has Vincent Price hosting and narrating as he discusses the history of Dracula. We start off learning about the real man that Dracula is based on and then we move to Bram Stoker's novel. From here we take a look at the 1922 film NOSFERATU as well as several other movies including MARK OF THE VAMPIRE, THE RETURN OF THE VAMPIRE and the 1957 film THE VAMPIRE.

If you're a fan of Price then you'll certainly want to watch this documentary as that terrific voice of his is certainly a pleasure to listen to as he talks about the subject at hand. For the most part this is a very good look at everything Dracula and it would be a very good way to introduce people to the character if they're not already familiar with him. If you are familiar with the fact and fiction of the character then there's really not too much new things that you're going to learn here.

There are several film clips shown but for some reason none of the Universal titles are discussed. It's also worth noting that there are a few errors including the wrong year given on MARK OF THE VAMPIRE and that film is also called a sequel. Still, there's plenty of entertainment to be had here.

Super Documentary

[Rainey-Dawn · 9/10 · 21 May 2016]

"Dracula, the Great Undead" AKA "Vincent Price's Dracula" (1982) What is more wonderful than the storytelling voice and presence of Vincent Price plus the history of Dracula? Not much more - the two blend together perfectly well.

Price takes up back, way back, to the time of Vlad Tepes - the real Dracula. He tells us his tale and how it relates to the films and books of today about the famous Count. He goes deeper into Romanian priest hood, myths, legends and superstitions to give us are real sense of modern day Romanian beliefs and practices concerning Vampires and how that directly relates back to Vlad the Impaler.

It's really fine documentary and would be a great companion to "Vem var Dracula?" AKA "In Search of Dracula" hosted by Christopher Lee.

9.5/10