Re: World Dracula Day

On 5/26/2024 6:04 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:

May 26, in honor of the publication of the original novel.
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What will you watch to celebrate?
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I’ve got the Dan Curtis/Jack Palance version going right now with music
from dark shadows. It’s a pretty good and a pretty faithful adaptation.
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Available on the Peacock, it’s a good copy in 16:9 with the ads front
loaded so it runs uninterrupted.
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Next up, I found the excellent 1977 Louis Jourdon version on the gray.

 The key scene in any telling of the original story is the first vision of transformed Lucy.  Notably, Coppola rather blew it (along with the ending).  My vote for that one scene (and I've seen them all multiple times) goes to John Badham's 1979 version...