El vampiro dvd9/1/2023 We get an eye close up on the figure and then he launches into the air and turns into a bat. We see a cloaked figure in a courtyard of a hacienda. His style had more to do with Lugosi’s Dracula but his presence was reminiscent of the presence that Lee would bring to the role of Dracula – though perhaps not quite as malevolent and indeed more elegant. ![]() ![]() Directed by: Fernando Méndez & Paul NagelĪ year before Hammer gave us Christopher Lee as Count Dracula in Horror of Dracula, Mexican cinema gave us Count Karol de Lavud (Germán Robles) and, in truth, I can see some similarities between this and what Hammer later did.Īctually, although Robles is credited as the Count it is unclear if we ever see him – something I’ll expand on as we look at the plot – certainly we see him as Duval, the Count’s brother, and yes we are talking the surname reversed, something Hammer would do with Dracula/Alucard later in their Dracula cycle.
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