Coming in at 5 minutes this short, directed by Tony Laudati, is a reimagining of the famous scene in Dracula’s Daughter where Countess Zaleska (Ausma Fiame) has Lili (Juliet Picard) pose for her, as a life model.
The location has slipped to LA from London and the characters are notably different with Zaleska showing a hint of world weariness but also enjoying her undead life one feels (where the original Zaleska was a reluctant slave to vampirism and sought to be done with her undead status). Lili in this is nervous, certainly, but doesn’t carry the wide-eyed innocence that Nan Grey brought to the original.
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| Zaleska and Lili |
Not that either performance in this is bad, just different. The set is sumptuous (a paint supply box with the name Alucard engraved was a nice touch – though the use of Alucard would be in the subsequent Son of Dracula rather than Dracula’s Daughter). The film also borrows “I do not drink… wine”. However, it is just a reimagining of a scene from another movie, perhaps useful for a show reel but without much in the way of point. It is spoiled at the end with obviously cgi blood where a practical effect should have been used.
The imdb page is here.
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On Demand @ Amazon UK
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