Blood of Dracula (1957)

Blood of Dracula: Directed by Herbert L. Strock. With Sandra Harrison, Louise Lewis, Gail Ganley, Jerry Blaine. Under hypnosis, a young woman turns into a vampire.

“For the life of me I canu0026#39;t figure out why the title of this movie wasnu0026#39;t u0026quot;I was a Teenage Draculau0026quot;. It was made by the same studio, American International Pictures, that created the wonderful teen 50u0026#39;s horror movies u0026quot;I was a Teenage Werewolfu0026quot; and u0026quot;I was a Teenage Frankensteinu0026quot;. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSandra Harrison plays Nancy Perkins, a young woman who is dumped off at a boarding school for girls by her inattentive father who has remarried a young blonde gold digger just six weeks after his first wifeu0026#39;s death. Needless to say, Nancy is not happy about this situation at all and she has a lot of anger about having to leave her previous school and her boyfriend, Glen.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eLouise Lewis portrays the controlling science teacher who under hypnosis turns the vulnerable Nancy into a vampire for reasons that I couldnu0026#39;t understand, some bizarre theory about proving how the evil in the human race is stronger than the atom bomb…I didnu0026#39;t get it, but the movie is still a lot of fun. A lot of the comments here seem to hint at a lesbian relationship between the crazy science teacher and some of her students, but I didnu0026#39;t see that at all. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis movie is typical of itu0026#39;s time in the fact that it has to have a really corny u0026quot;rock and rollu0026quot; number and this one, u0026quot;Puppy Loveu0026quot; has to be heard to be believed. It has to be a joke, I donu0026#39;t think anybody can listen to it without laughing, itu0026#39;s that bad. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI love all of American International Pictures 1950u0026#39;s horror movies, but I can honestly say that this one is my favorite, even though it is not as well known. If you havenu0026#39;t seen this one, check it out. There is creepy vampire make up, two killings in a spooky old cemetery and the corny u0026quot;Puppy Loveu0026quot; song and dance number. Youu0026#39;ll enjoy it!!!”