“Dracula: Sovereign of the Damned”

This is one outrageous film that’s supposed to have been adverstised “for kids” in the US and UK. 

A bit if history. In the early 80s, Toei Animation of Japan made a deal to adapt several Marvel Comics properties into anime films. After dragging their feet, Toei only produced two films. Now instead of popular Marvel comics like Spider-Man or The Hulk, they spent a whole pile of money to license two characters in the public domain, Dracula and Frankenstein. 

Specifically Marvel’s “Tomb of Dracula” and “The Monster of Frankenstein”. I will say more about Frankenstein when I post about that one. Anyway, the plot comes from “The Tomb of Dracula” comic about Dracula running around in modern times and being hunted by descendants of Abraham Van Helsing and, strangely enought, Soloman Kane. Along the way, Dracula kidnaps and falls in love with a woman promised to Satan, snatching her up from a ritual being carried out by devil worshipers. They have a baby together, the baby is accidentally shot dead and is brought back to life as a full grown angel dressed like a 70s super hero to kill his own dad. (Y’know… for the kids)

So for this movie you get:

Satan worshipers and satanic rituals

Dead babies

Special guest appearance by Satan himself

Gory medieval battles   

Crow-pecked, impaled corpses

Bloody neck bites

Heroes wandering around aimlessly

and Wheelchair-Fu!

There is no level to how batshit crazy this movie is. Its lots of fun.