The Empire of Dracula
{{short description|1967 film by Federico Curiel}}
{{Infobox film
| name = The Empire of Dracula
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| director = Federico Curiel
| screenplay = Ramón Obón (as Ramón Obón Jr.)
| story = Luis Enrique Vergara (idea, as L.E. Vergara C.)
| based_on = {{Based on|Dracula|Bram Stoker}} (as Abraham Stoker)
| producer = Luis Enrique Vergara (as Luis Enrique Vergara C.)
| starring = Lucha Villa
César del Campo
Eric del Castillo
Víctor Alcocer
Rebeca Iturbide
| cinematography = Alfredo Uribe
| editing = Luis Sobreyra
| music = Gustavo César Carrión
| studio = Fílmica Vergara
| distributor = Columbia Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1967|10|26|Mexico|df=yes}}
| runtime = 85 minutes
| country = Mexico
| language = Spanish
| budget =
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The Empire of Dracula ({{langx|es|El imperio de Drácula}}) is a 1967 Mexican horror mystery thriller film directed by Federico Curiel and starring Lucha Villa, César del Campo and Eric del Castillo.{{cite book|last1=García Riera|first1=Emilio|title=Historia documental del cine mexicano|volume=13|date=1992|publisher=Universidad de Guadalajara|isbn=968-895-590-6|pages=86–87|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5cEuAAAAYAAJ&q=imperio+dracula|language=es}}{{cite book|last1=Browning|first1=John Edgar|last2=Picart|first2=Caroline Joan (Kay)|title=Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921–2010|date=2014|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-6201-8|page=104|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=32-FBgZ1Ct4C&q=imperio+drácula+1967&pg=PA104}}
It was influenced by Hammer Horror films.{{cite book|last1=Pérez Gañán|first1=María del Rocio|title=Arquetipos femeninos perversos en el cine de terror: El mito y la construcción de la mujer vampiro y su (re)producción en la sociedad occidental|date=2014|publisher=Ed. Universidad de Cantabria|isbn=978-84-8102-717-4|pages=22–23|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VlwZBAAAQBAJ&q=imperio+drácula+1967&pg=PA22|language=es}} It is one of several vampire movies made in Mexico in the 1960s, alongside Miguel Morayta's duology The Bloody Vampire (1962) and The Invasion of the Vampires (1963).{{cite book|last1=Melton|first1=J. Gordon|title=The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead|date=2010|publisher=Visible Ink Press|isbn=978-1-57859-348-4|page=460|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-QNlCwAAQBAJ&q=imperio+dracula+1967&pg=PA460}}
Plot
A man searches for the vampire who killed his father to prevent him from coming back to life, but to do so he must fight his army of beautiful female vampires, who lure men to their estate so they can feed on their blood.
Cast
- Lucha Villa as Patricia
- César del Campo as Luis Brener
- Eric del Castillo as Baron Draculstein (as Erick del Castillo)
- Ethel Carrillo as Diana
- Guillermo Zetina as Dr. Wilson.
- Robin Joyce as Lily
- Fernando Osés as Igor
- Víctor Alcocer as Mr. Brener, Luis's father
- Mario Orea as Police Inspector
- Rebeca Iturbide as Mrs. Brener, Luis's mother
- Altia Michel as María, maid (as Atilia Michel)
- José Dupeyrón as Chauffeur
Reception
In El gran libro del vampiro ("The great book of the vampire"), Alexis Puig said, "There is a lot of eroticism, especially lesbian: female vampires biting female victims;" and highlighted a scene in which the count must fight inside his own coffin with a man carrying a crucifix as a "very dramatic scene."{{cite book|last1=Puig|first1=Alexis|title=El gran libro del vampiro|date=1997|publisher=Imaginador|isbn=978-9-5076-8182-0|page=66|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lFLNNo1uTOIC&q=imperio+drácula&pg=PA66|quote=Hay mucho erotismo, sobre todo lésbico: mujeres vampiras mordiendo víctimas femeninas; y una escena de mucho dramatismo cuando el conde debe pelear en su propio ataúd con un hombre que porta un crucifijo. [There is a lot of eroticism, especially lesbian: female vampires biting female victims; and a very dramatic scene when the count must fight in his own coffin with a man carrying a crucifix.]|language=es}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0128266}}
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Category:1960s Spanish-language films
Category:1960s horror thriller films
Category:1960s mystery thriller films
Category:Mexican horror thriller films
Category:Mexican mystery thriller films