''Dracula Sucks'' is a 1978 American

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directed and co-written by Philip Marshak. The film is based on the 1931 film ''

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'', and the 1897 novel of the same name by

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. It stars

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, a

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who purchases an estate next to a mental institution. The film also stars Annette Haven, John Leslie, Serena, Reggie Nalder,

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, and John Holmes. An alternate cut of ''Dracula Sucks'', titled ''Lust at First Bite'', has also been released.

Plot

In a psychiatric institution, patients are behaving oddly and are being discovered with bite marks on their necks. Professor Van Helsing believes it to be the work of vampires, and just when things are already bad, they get worse with the arrival of Count Dracula.

Cast

* Annette Haven as Mina * John Leslie as Dr. Arthur Seward * Serena as Lucy Webster * Reggie Nalder as Dr. Van Helsing (as Detlef van Berg) *

as Dr. Sybil Seward * John Holmes as Dr. John Stoker * Mike Ranger as Dr. Peter Bradley * Paul Thomas as

Jonathan Harker Jonathan Harker is a fictional character and one of the main protagonists of Bram Stoker's 1897 Gothic horror novel ''Dracula''. An English solicitor, his journey to Transylvania and encounter with the vampire Count Dracula and his Brides at Ca ...

* Richard Bulik as Richard Renfield * Pat Manning as Irene Renfield * David Lee Bynum as Jarvis * Seka as Nurse Betty Lawson

Critical reception

Kristen Sollee of ''

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'' called the film "a gem from the first wave of horror porn."

Home media

In October 2014, ''Dracula Sucks'' was released on

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. In August 2018, Vinegar Syndrome released the film on

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as part of their ''5 Films 5 Years Volume #3'' set, a release which also contains four other films. In 2022, it was released on 4k UHD and Bluray under the Peekarama label.

References

External links

* {{Adaptations of Dracula 1970s exploitation films 1970s pornographic films 1978 horror films 1978 films American exploitation films American pornographic films American sexploitation films Pornographic horror films American vampire films Dracula films 1970s English-language films 1970s American films Films set in psychiatric hospitals English-language horror films Films shot in California