Actor Udo Kier passed away this year. I first encountered one of his movies at the old Midnight Movie circuit: “Blood For Dracula” (1974). Here was a doozy of a horror film. Artist Andy Warhol’s name was attached to the production for reasons I have to go back and research. But it seems that we were looking at a so-called Art House movie promoted by one of the more popular modern artists so maybe it gave the effort more artistic cred.
Kier played the Count in this freaky horror pastiche. He is welcomed into a familial estate and proceeds to decimate the daughters through his blood lust. The overall “Dracula” production is boring and laborious in parts but ultimately culminates in a ridiculous orgy of blood and violence. Worth a peek.
Kier has an interesting presence in this film and would go on to do more villainous turns on the Big Screen through the years.
