This particular trauma I suppressed from my memory until I was a teenager. I decided to read Dracula during my junior year of high school because of my love for vampire lore. While reading I came to the part where Dracula gives the three vampire women, a baby to feed on. Suddenly, I had a flashback of witnessing this scene being played out in a movie. For years, I tried to figure out what version I viewed. I knew it had aired on PBS, and I suspect that is the reason why my parents thought that it would be okay for me to watch. Anyway, I started thinking about the origin of this trauma last year and finally pinpointed the source. It is COUNT DRACULA made by the BBC in 1977 and starring LOUIS JOURDAN. Through further investigation, I determined that I must have seen the first broadcast on PBS Great Performances (I believe in 1978) because subsequent broadcasts cut the scene with the three vampire women feeding on the baby. When I received the DVD from Netflix, my memory was confirmed. I have watched many versions of Dracula over the years, but this one is by far the closest adaptation on film. If you are a fan of Dracula, I highly recommend checking it out. However, I do not recommend allowing a seven-year-old child to watch. This scene so shocked and disturbed my young mind that it was blocked from my memory for ten years.
Please enjoy viewing the horrifying scene…
I saw this back in the late 70's. I don't recall the baby scene as it must have been cut out. I can see why! I was 11/12 when I saw this. I don't think I could have handled the baby killing!
You can see why I blocked it from my mind. Did you notice that Mina (the vision brushing her hair)Â is Andromeda from Clash of the Titans?
Geez Louise … I remember watching this back in the day (all those groovy special effects) , but I must have blocked this scene.
Looks like YouTube or some other entity has blocked it too. Waaaah!
Wow, this looks incredible. I know I saw some crazed stuff on PBS too! Who knew?!?