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A Diva Dracula in Paul Morrissey’s ‘Blood for Dracula’ [Horror Queers Podcast]
BloodyFM Blog / Updated: April 03, 2025
Wirgin Worries.
After kicking off August with discussions of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s surrealist masterpiece Santa Sangre (listen) and the screenlife sequel Unfriended: Dark Web (listen), we’re returning to the world of Andy Warhol with a look at Paul Morrissey‘s Udo Kier-starring vehicle Blood for Dracula (1974).
In the film, the deathly ill Count Dracula (Udo Kier) and his slimy underling Anton (Arno Juerging) travel to Italy in search of a virgin’s blood (the only type of blood he can drink). They’re welcomed at the crumbling estate of indebted Marchese Di Fiore (Vittorio De Sica), who’s desperate to marry off his daughters to rich suitors. But there, instead of pure women, the count encounters siblings with impure (aka not virgin) blood and their Marxist manservant Mario (Joe D’Allesandro), who’s suspicious of the aristocratic Dracula.
Episode 295: Blood for Dracula (1974)
Pack your bags because we’re heading to Italy to look for the blood of wirgins in (Andy Warhol‘s) Paul Morrissey’s Blood for Dracula (1974), a companion piece to his (their?) Flesh for Frankenstein (1974). Tagging in for the conversation is Conrad Chambers, the co-host of Movie Oubliette and The Queer Gaze. CW: sexual assault.
Join us as we try to figure out just what is going on in this wacky little movie. From Udo Kier‘s diva of a Dracula to the film’s very, very questionable messaging when it comes to sexual assault, there’s no shortage of things to discuss.
Need a refresher on Flesh for Frankenstein? Listen to our episode on it right here!
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