I have mixed feelings about this movie. For starters, It's a goddamn Andy Warhol production. In addition, most of the actors and actresses are pretty hammy (for example it has a "Italian" family where the dad has what sounds like an Italian accent, the mother sounds British, two of the daughters sound German, and the gardener is obviously from Jersey).
Udo Kier continues to yuck it up as the title character after playing Baron Frankenstein in "Flesh for Frankenstein" this film's sister picture. Udo is obviously enjoying playing a complete and total ham and vomits up blood as well as any I've seen. Is he the glue that holds the picture together???? Not really. The whole thing is basically a vehicle for shameless (and I stress shameless) sex and violence, some of which good old Udo takes part in. The flick also has some pretty cheesy dialog. One of my favorites is when Joe Dallesandro tells two of the daughters (after having sex with them) that he'd "like to rape the hell out of" their 14 year old sister. After this, he says he'd love her right and treat her good. What the hell? In my book, raping the hell out of and then loving up right are two totally different things.
However, this little flick does have its shining moments in spite of itself. There are some funny moments in the film and I think that they weren't really taking it that seriously, so it has that campy feel. In the end I think that it's good points and bad points strike even, so I recommend watching when you're feeling in that "I want to watch something so bad, it could actually be kind of good" mood.
Film fans should also look for the Roman Polanski cameo. He plays a game against Count Dracula's aide in the restaurant scene.
Udo Kier continues to yuck it up as the title character after playing Baron Frankenstein in "Flesh for Frankenstein" this film's sister picture. Udo is obviously enjoying playing a complete and total ham and vomits up blood as well as any I've seen. Is he the glue that holds the picture together???? Not really. The whole thing is basically a vehicle for shameless (and I stress shameless) sex and violence, some of which good old Udo takes part in. The flick also has some pretty cheesy dialog. One of my favorites is when Joe Dallesandro tells two of the daughters (after having sex with them) that he'd "like to rape the hell out of" their 14 year old sister. After this, he says he'd love her right and treat her good. What the hell? In my book, raping the hell out of and then loving up right are two totally different things.
However, this little flick does have its shining moments in spite of itself. There are some funny moments in the film and I think that they weren't really taking it that seriously, so it has that campy feel. In the end I think that it's good points and bad points strike even, so I recommend watching when you're feeling in that "I want to watch something so bad, it could actually be kind of good" mood.
Film fans should also look for the Roman Polanski cameo. He plays a game against Count Dracula's aide in the restaurant scene.