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Dracula and Son (1976)

Dracula and Son poster
Original title
Dracula père et fils
Directed by
Édouard Molinaro
Genre
comedy film, horror film, comedy horror, parody film, vampire film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 34m
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 32 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A comedy about Count Dracula and his son who are chased out of Transylvania by angry villagers. The father goes to London and the son goes to Paris. They end up fighting over the same girl.

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What happens

Dracula and Son (French: Dracula père et fils) is a 1976 French comedy horror film directed and written by Édouard Molinaro. The film is about a vampire father and son. Christopher Lee reprises his role as Count Dracula from the Hammer Films Dracula film series (in total, this was the 9th and final time Lee played the role of Dracula on film). In the film, Count Dracula and his son are driven into exile by angry Transylvanian villagers. The father settles in London, and the son settles in Paris. They are reunited when both father and son feel an attraction to the same girl. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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