Type: Feature, Horror
Director(s): Christopher Coppola
Writer(s): Kathryn Ann Thomas, Christopher Coppola
Cast: Sylvia Kristel, Josef Sommer and Lenny von Dohlen
Country: USA
Runtime (hh:mm:ss): 01:26:00
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097230/
Synopsis:

The young owner of a waxworks in Hollywood receives five instead of six ordered chests with Romanian antiques. He does not know that Vanessa, widow of Count Dracula, sleeps in the sixth chest. She rises in the night and walks around craving for blood. A thief witnessing the murder of his accomplice sets the police on the trail of the waxworks. The grandson of Dr. Van Helsing is is hunting the vampire, too...

Poster Art:

"I was fresh out of art school when I made Dracula's Widow.  I remember when I went in there I was all gung-ho with the idea of making the first authentic color film noir vampire movie using primary color plexi-glass backdrops as a modern version of the extreme high contrast, burn a flea off a rat's ass lit B&W noir.  I remember Dino Delaurnentiis being cool with the idea as long as I gave him plenty of ‘watermelons’ on camera.  Dino was a big fan of t&a flicks.   Being a young, slipper-wearing romantic poet back then, I was horrified and said ‘no way.’ 

Now seven features later, I would have absolutely no problem giving him his “watermelons” as long as he gave me more creative autonomy.  In the end, it came out like a total bouillabaisse of camp, horror,  EC comics, comedy, forced ‘watermelons’,  ‘40’s noir and artiness.  Though I hated it then due to producer's recut and meddling, I enjoy watching it now especially after a few shaken, not stirred gin martinis."