THE COUNTDOWN TO HALLOWEEN: DAY 13

(BOOB-TUBE BLOOD-SUCKERS: PART 3)

Wilma Deering, in the thrall of the Vorvon, the Space Vampire, had a voice that was at once freaky and weird and yet mesmerizing and sultry as hell.  A small sample of it can be found at the other end of this link:

Wilma's Throaty Voice

Perhaps the craziest appearance of “Dracula” to ever occur was in the show McCLOUD.  Now I was never a viewer of this show during any of it’s seven seasons, but what i know of it is that it’s about a “cowboy” detective on special assignment in New York City.

The episode in question, the series’ 46th and final episode, features McCloud coming across a series of murders in which the victims have been drained of blood via bite marks on their necks.  This leads our detective to a retired horror-film actor by the name of Loren Belasco who seems to live as Dracula.  The actor in question is played by John Carradine!

Also, it’s worth noting that Reggie Nalder, who went on to star in Zoltan, Hound of Dracula AND Salem’s Lot as THE MASTER, plays Belasco’s creepy butler, Morris.

A fine and more in-depth review of this episode can be found here and they even give away the ending:

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And then there’s STARSKY AND HUTCH: THE VAMPIRE!

In their seventh episode of their second season, which aired on October 30, 1976, Starsky and Hutch must deal with a series of murders resembling the work of a vampire.

John Saxon playes Rene Nedasy, a crippled ballet teacher by day--bad-ass bloodsucker by night!  But screw my description when you can watch the whole dang episode in FUNKO-VISION right here:

And then there was “Bart Simpson’s Dracula” from THE SIMPSONS’ TREEHOUSE OF HORROR IV, in which Coppola’s version of the Dracula story was parodied.

It involved Mr. Burns being a suspected vampire by Lisa and Bart and the story that follows.

But The Simpsons have enough fun that vampires and even different versions of Dracula sometimes show up, even if only in the tiniest of cameos:

Man, this vampires on TV thing could go on forever if I let it... speaking of which:

But that’s a story for another day... if I decide to do another part in this series entitled:

BOOB-TUBE BLOOD-SUCKERS!

THE COUNTDOWN TO HALLOWEEN: DAY 8

(A Vampire and His Dog)

They say that the dog is man's best friend.  We all understand the basis of that--the loyalty, the obedience, the empathetic bond that can easily exist between man and beast.  All the traits of an animal that has fairly well developed social skills.  Like people, dogs exist easily as a part of a family--they are pack animals after all.

But where does this leave a creature such as Dracula?  When the Prince of Darkness wants companionship out in the cold night on those long walks looking for a warm neck to suck on, where can he turn for company?  When he wants to toss around the old peasant's leg, who will fetch it for him?  What kind of animal would be a friend to the cold undead?

Why, Zoltan, of course!

That's right, Zoltan: Hound of Dracula!  A normal dog turned into one of the undead by the unholy fangs of Dracula!  This hound has the same longevity as your average vampire and he's totally loyal because he's in the thrall of the cursed vampire via hypnosis!

And the best thing about this is--they actually made a film about it!  Here's the everlovin' trailer:

That's all you need to know!

Sadly, I know much more--I actually saw this one earlier this year and found it to be a tough balancing act as it appeared they were trying to make it appeal to dog owners and lovers--and yet, the murdering psycho is a doberman pincher on meth!

At least it tries to be a horror film...

Next up, we have a sad little Norm MacDonald vehicle called VAMPIRE DOG.  It's such a neutered piece of work that I just had to turn it off after a little while.  It's a kiddie flick, but it is such a kiddie flick that the "vampire" dog in question doesn't drink blood!

How is this--how does this dog manifest it's vampirism, you ask?  Well, he does avert from direct sunlight, but thats about it.  What does a non-vampiric Vampire Dog eat?  What gets the dog going, what does it crave?

Red jelly.

Yup.

MacDonald is the voice of Fang, the dog.  That's right, it's a TALKING dog!  THAT would be the natural headline if you have a dog that gets a sugar high from red jelly and just happens to be able to speak!  Anyway, this dog is inherited by a boy and so it's a shaky relationship to start with--add that to the fact that he's the new boy in town and you've got a movie that is for lesson-teaching first and foremost.

Here's a trailer for this thing:

So there you have two examples of how NOT to tell stories of immortal creatures who can lick themselves anywhere they please.

Ah, but here is a song about Dracula doggies--enjoy!

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Waylon_Thornton_and_the_Heavy_Hands/Enter_The_Coven/Hounds_Of_Dracula

And here is a tabloid article about possible vampire dogs--ruh-roh!

http://www.fearnet.com/news/news-article/bizarre-vampire-dog-real-chupacabra

Allright, pups, that's all for now.

I leave you with this image--

The only victim of the Vampire Dog and look at her bloodlust for that RED JELLY!