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THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU and DRACULA IN VEGAS Coming to DVd This August from Olive Films

THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU DVD
CAT: OF1371
UPC: 887090137119
SRP: $19.95
THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU

BURT LANCASTER
(Elmer Gantry, Atlantic City, 1900)
MICHAEL YORK
(Cabaret, The Three Musketeers, Logan’s Run)
BARBARA CARRERA
(Embryo, Lone Wolf McQuade, Never Say Never Again)
RICHARD BASEHART
(TV’s Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Moby Dick, La Strada)
NIGEL DAVENPORT
(Phase IV, Chariots of Fire, A Man for All Seasons)

Directed by
DON TAYLOR
(Damien: Omen II, Escape from the Planet of the Apes, The Final Countdown)

With a total of four Academy Award nominations under his belt for Best Actor (including a win for his performance as Elmer Gantry – 1961), Burt Lancaster stars as the twisted genius Dr. Paul Moreau in The Island of Dr. Moreau, based on the novel by H.G. Wells.

YEAR: 1977
GENRE: HORROR
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH (with optional English subtitles)
LABEL: OLIVE FILMS
TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 99 mins
RATING: PG
VIDEO: 1.85:1 Aspect Ratio; COLOR
AUDIO: MONO

EXTRAS
New audio commentary with Jeff Belanger and Dr. Dreck
“The Island of Doctor Moreau as Theological Grotesque” – essay by Gorman Beauchamp

The Island of Dr. Moreau, based on the H.G. Wells novel, stars Academy Award winner Burt Lancaster (Best Actor, Elmer Gantry – 1961) as the titular doctor in this screen adaptation that also features Michael York (Cabaret) and Barbara Carrera (Never Say Never Again).

Following a shipwreck, crewman Andrew Braddock (York) washes up on a mysterious island ruled by the seemingly benevolent Dr. Moreau (Lancaster). Braddock will learn that this “man of science” has been testing a serum on the island animals which is able to transform them into near-human beings. As the deranged doctor slips ever closer to insanity, Braddock’s plans to escape the island along with Maria (Carrera), another of the doctor’s guests, is thwarted at every turn. Has Braddock’s discovery come too late? And at what cost?

Rounding out the cast in this top-notch horror film are Nigel Davenport (Phase IV) as Montgomery, Dr. Moreau’s right-hand man, and Richard Basehart (TV’s Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea) as the island’s Sayer of the Law.

DRACULA IN VEGAS DVD
CAT: ME036
UPC: 887090703604
SRP: $19.95
DRACULA IN VEGAS

MAXIMILLIAN GRABINGER
APRIL LEIGH
FLORA MYERS (Death Nurse, Death Nurse 2, Criminally Insane 2)
SAM GARTNER

Directed by
NICK MILLARD (Death Nurse, Death Nurse 2, Cemetery Sisters)

Cemetery Sisters director Nick Millard returns to fertile ground with the coming-of-age vampire comedy Dracula in Vegas.

YEAR: 1999
GENRE: HORROR
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH (with optional English subtitles)
LABEL: OLIVE FILMS
TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 62 mins
RATING: N/R
VIDEO: 1.33:1 Aspect Ratio; COLOR
AUDIO: MONO

EXTRAS
Audio commentary with director Nick Millard, Irmi Millard, and Slasher // Video’s Jesus Terán
Interview with director Nick Millard and Producer Irmi Millard
Photo Gallery
Trailer

Dracula in Vegas … and necking will never be the same.

It’s Auf wiedersehen, Germany. Hello, Las Vegas when young vampire Max (Munich’s very own Maximillian Grabinger) makes the University of Nevada his college of choice. Not only does the school offer great academic corpses, er, courses, the campus is teeming with beautiful young ladies and an ample blood supply.

But when Max falls for gorgeous coed Christine, his love for her and a desire to settle down comes under the scrutiny of his parents, nosferatu with a more traditional vampire ethos. Maybe Max’s Uncle Felonious, a director of “art” films (who espouses the cinematic philosophies of Hitchcock and Rossellini) will put him on the straight and narrow.

But don’t be fooled: Dracula in Vegas is not a bleak, Bergmanesque view of the undead. It offers thrills & chills, and laughs & gasps in equal measure, along with some awesome fang work.

Dracula in Vegas, the vampire film with bite, is written and directed by Nick Millard (Cemetery Sisters) and produced by Flora Myers (aka Frances Millard).

Blacktooth

(Staff Writer) Lover of all things horror and metal. Also likes boobs and booze.

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