Tales of Dracula

Jason Lockard August 23, 2021

Reviewed By Jason Lockard

Dracula has been apart of nightmares ever since he Bram Stoker first penned the novel. Than Bela Lugosi haunted our dreams in his take on the famous count. Countless actors have donned the cape over the years.

Universal Pictures has an spectacular list of monsters in their movie catalogue. Well in 2015 Joe Demuro directed his first feature length film entitled Tales of Dracula and bring Count Dracula, Frankenstein's monster and the Wolfman together in one movie as a special tribute to 30s horror.

The legendary Count has returned home to Transylvania, where is has chosen a new bride. But in the meanwhile Victoria Frankenstein, the granddaughter of the original doctor, has used Dracula's blood revive her grandfather's monster. But that's not all. The Wolfman has arrived in town looking for a cure to his lycanthropy. With three such iconic monsters in the same town you just know a monstrous confrontation is about to take place.

Joe DeMuro's first feature film is quite the way to debut. The film is shot in black and white to bring that classic Universal monster vibe to this film. Wayne W. Johnson is a commanding lead as Dracula. He is best known probably for his recurring role on the popular webseries Star Trek New Voyages. But everyone, while not well known actors and actresses, do a tremendous job in this production.

Alpha New Cinema's DVD release presents this film in widescreen format with 2.0 Dolby digital audio. It looks and sounds really great in glorious black and white. But this DVD doesn't end with just a nice copy of this film. This DVD includes some great bonus features. Take a look at what is included.

* "Heart of Darkness" Music Video
* Outtakes and Bloopers
* Behind-the-Scenes Still Gallery

We should note that this DVD is made-on-demand by the manufacturer using DVD-R recordable media. Almost all DVD players can play DVD-Rs (except for some older models made before 2000) - please consult your owner's manual for formats compatible with your player. These DVD-Rs may not play on all computers or DVD player/recorders.

I must say that Tales of Dracula may not be a perfect horror film. There is some rough cutting in the editing and the CGI leaves a bit to be desired. But this is a minor complaint. For a low budget horror film I was very impressed and I feel it deserves a place on the shelf beside the classic Universal Monster movies.

So if you love low budget horror films or would like to see this tribute to Universal Monster movies of the early day of cinema, Tales of Dracula is for you. You can add Tales of Dracula on DVD by heading over to at Oldies.com or on Amazon.com and if you really love the DVD artwork you can get a 11" x 17" poster at Oldies.com.

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