Zoltan - O Cão Vampiro de Drácula

A European vampire-tomb is unearthed by an explosion, releasing a Renfield-type minion of Count Dracula(Reggie Nalder) and his loyal bloodsucking canine named Zoltan. With a vampire-expert professor hot on their trail, they travel to America in search of the last Dracula descendant, a suburban family man unaware of his frightful ancestry.

DRACULA'S DOG is assembly-line drive-in fodder, but for a Crown International Pictures release, a bit tidier a production that one might expect. Amidst the intermittent belly laughs, a few scenes actually manage to bring on the chills. The casting of Reggie Nalder is beneficial, as well...his lizard-like mug glowing in the moonlight could send any man running for the hills.

5.5/10...a perfect flick for youngsters having Saturday night sleepovers.

Alright, I've been reading the comments for this movie and I must say everyone here agrees this movie is really a piece of crap.But, like other guy said, I also saw this movie late at night when I was about 8~9 years old and it really scared the hell out of me, I couldn't even watch for more than 10 minutes without freaking out and leaving the room (only to come back a few minutes later). Maybe now, as an adult, I would laugh at this movie, but the first impression is what you remember. I remember being as scared with this as I was with Nosferatu (1979) (Damn, kinski was a horrible vampire!) I want to see Dracula's Dog again, but I can't seem to find it anywhere...

A different sort of twist on the Dracula tale, the premise nevertheless wears thin by the second half, and overall the film is not too good either, despite having a degree of eeriness to it. The cheap special effects are hardly special, the dialogue is full of dud lines, and the quirkiness of the plot gives way to some awkwardly goofy silly moments. The dogs are the main aspect of interest here, better trained than what one would expect. Still, that is not quite a good enough reason to watch it. Some of the music is effective, and overall it is a bearable watch. It is a very trashy film and not at all very good, however it is still okay viewing if one is in the mood for some B-grade horror fluff.

A group of soldiers excavate a crypt, one of The Soldiers pulls the lid off a sarcophagus, unveiling a cloth covered figure with a stake through its heart, he removes it, and all hell breaks loose.

It's a horror flick from the 70's with a story about vampire dogs, a horrendous script and presumably a budget that would barely have funded the purchase of a second hand Datsun, but it is a bit of fun.

Nobody will convince me that this movie is anything other than shocking, too many of the elements are excruciating, including the wooden (stake) acting, the horrendous script and somewhat cute dog, but I wasn't bored, I wasn't distracted, and I didn't flick through it, it held my attention.

I didn't dislike some of the visuals, and some of the special effects aren't totally without merit.

What do you expect from a film called Zoltan, Hound of Dracula, you know full well what you're going to get.

4/10.

Depending on your country of origin, there are two titles by which you might know this film. In the U.S. it's called Dracula's Dog, which just sounds silly. In the U.K it's called Zoltan Hound of Dracula, which just sounds crap. Quite fitting, really, since crap and silly are perfect adjectives for this film!

The story concerns some Russian soldiers who dig up a tomb containing descendants of the Dracula family, including a coffin occupied by a dog. The dog comes to life and, with a servant friend, makes its way to America in search of the last living Dracula ancestor, Michael Drake.

The story is unintentionally funny throughout. The cuddly puppies that are supposed to be terrifying spring to mind as a perfect example of everything that's wrong with the picture. The actors give wretched performances, clearly more interested in collecting their pay cheque than the material they've been given to work with. Ferrer in particular should be ashamed of himself for slumming his talents in such a banal project. Dracula's Dog is a dog of a movie, hilariously awful from first minute to last, and one of the few films that truly must be seen to be disbelieved.