# Evil of Dracula (1974)

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**Original title**: *血を吸う薔薇*
**Runtime**: 83 min
**Genres**: Horror, Mystery
**Directed by**: Michio Yamamoto
**Written by**: Ei Ogawa, Masaru Takesue
**Starring**: Toshio Kurosawa, Mariko Mochizuki, Kunie Tanaka, Shin Kishida, Katsuhiko Sasaki, Mio Outa

> *The devil calls! The spirit calls!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Japan, humid summer. Cicadas. A new instructor arrives at a private academy, but the headmaster hides a fatal illness. Blood spreads.

Yamamoto’s film quietly resets the gothic horror template.

**Mood tags**: dread, slow-burn

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