Wrong angle on Dracula

FANGS ain't what they used to be . . . and in the case of tonight's BBC offering, Dracula, thank goodness they ain't. This version of Vlad the Impaler's tale was made in 1977 (so, what's it doing in BBC Week 1993 in the first place?), and the special effects are laughable.

Witness an absolute howler when Dracula (Louis Jourdan) is meant to be crawling down the sheer wall of his castle watched by a man hanging out of a window.

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