Blu-ray Review – Old Dracula

"Old Dracula" (which is the North American title, released elsewhere as "Vampira") is Britain's answer to "Young Frankenstein," with director Clive Donner aiming to pants the vampire genre with a mild comedy starring David Niven. While it seems like a farce, and initially plays like one, the production elects to mute its silliness with a semi-horror take on bloodsucker business, trying to be a little bit scary while maintaining gentle yuks. It's an oddly restrained offering, with Donner perhaps unprepared to take the material where it needs to go, while the whole endeavor seems a little out of time, dealing with swinging sixties playful in 1974. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com