Spanish cabin-in-the-woods, except it’s castle-in-the-woods and the monster is Drac

In the Tihuța Pass of the Carpathian Mountains north of Transylvania, a stagecoach consisting of five travelers, one male and four females, breaks down and they have no recourse but to seek sanctuary at a nearby sanitorium.They are welcomed by Doctor Marlowe (Paul Naschy), but could he really be...

"Count Dracula’s Great Love" (1973), aka “Cemetery Girls,” is basically a Spanish sequel to Hammer’s Dracula flicks up to “Scars of Dracula.” It’s most reminiscent of “Dracula, Prince of Darkness,” but also contains bits that bring to mind “The Satanic Rites of Dracula,” which was released after this one.

Naschy was of course the king of Spanish horror from the late 60s to the 2000s.This was his only stab at playing Dracula and the first cinematic depiction of the Count in a more romantic light, which would influence Frank Langella’s 1979 version and Coppola’s 1992 movie.Here, Paul sorta looks like Brando when he was younger. ...