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Dracula: The Series

Dracula: The Series

★ 7.6/10•1990•22m•L•Action & Adventure•Sci-Fi & Fantasy•Comedy
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Dracula: The Series is a short-lived syndicated children's horror television series developed by Glenn Davis and William Laurin, about Count Dracula (aka Alexander Lucard; A. Lucard, if you will) and his struggles with Gustav Helsing, Gustav's young nephews Max and Chris Townsend, and schoolgirl Sophie Metternich, with whom Chris develops romantic feelings. The series formula is relatively straightforward, with the four heroes learning of some nefarious plot by Dracula and setting out to foil it, with some success. In keeping with the novel, but not most media lore, vampires can travel in sunlight but lack their abilities. Anyone bitten just once by a vampire transform into a zombie-like servant; this process is preventable by applying holy water to the bite.

StatusCanceled
Runtime22m
LanguageEN
First Air DateSep 29, 1990

Episodes

E122m

Children of the Night

American siblings Max and Chris Townsend are left behind in Europe with their eccentric uncle Gustav while their mother Eileen travels on business. Max, an enthusiast of the supernatural, is positive that his uncle is a vampire and seeks out multimillionaire Alexander Lucard for help. Little does he know that the businessman is hiding a secret of his own...

Sep 29, 1990

E222m

Double Cross

Gustav's old friends Peter and Anna Dyson come for a short visit while Max takes the Cross of the Magyars—an artifact that prevents vampires from entering—from the house to be blessed. When Lucard learns the cross has been removed, it is a race to see whether it can be replaced before Lucard comes calling; but how did he find out that it was gone?

Oct 6, 1990

E322m

The Vampire Solution

Gustav and former student Arthur Bauer locate a rare herb and develop a formula in hopes of reversing the effects of a vampire's bite. To test it, Gustav allows himself be captured and bitten by Lucard, unaware that the formula accidentally switched with Max's protein drink.

Oct 13, 1990

E422m

The Boffin

Max brings home bungling vampire-hunting scientist Magnus St. John-Smythe, who insists that a new laser gun he's developed can destroy vampires. Unfortunately, his 'anti-vampire gun' is being sponsored by Lucard.

Oct 20, 1990

E522m

Double Darkness

Archeologist Dr. Gloria Cross uncovers the resting place of Lucard's ancient and bitter rival, Nosferatu.

Oct 27, 1990

E622m

Black Sheep

Paul Yeager, an aggrieved husband, asks Gustav to kill Klaus, the vampire who has taken his wife... and Lucard's second-in-command. Gustav, however, has a different plan in mind for Klaus, as they share a horrifying relationship.

Nov 3, 1990

E722m

What a Pleasant Surprise!

When Gustav learns that Lucard is buying an old local cinema, he investigates to find out what the vampire's true interest is in the place.

Nov 10, 1990

E822m

Damsel in Distress

Eileen is doing business with Lucard; in fact, she's going to have dinner with him at the castle. Gustav and the kids learn of the dinner, but Gustav himself is vampirized by one of Lucard's assistants, and the kids are left on their own to rescue their mom.

Nov 17, 1990

E922m

Mind Over Matter

Gustav appears on a TV talk show to debunk zany psychic Lana Zorro, whose knowledge of Gustav's past grows increasingly terrifying. Meanwhile, Max is sure he's discovered the resting place of Dracula and can therefore destroy him.

Nov 24, 1990

E1022m

A Little Nightmare Music

Encouraged by Gustav, Chris decides to take his rock music to a live audience. Meanwhile, Sophie becomes a guide to an influential Contessa who has business dealings with Lucard.

Dec 1, 1990

E1122m

Get a Job

Chris lands a job with a local art house, run by a lovely dealer named Julia, who happens to have dealings with Lucard.

Dec 8, 1990

E1222m

The Great Tickler

Lucard invites Mycroft Tickler, a lounge performer with delusions of grandeur, to give a recital at his castle. Gustav tries to warn Tickler, but he's utterly oblivious to anything other than the chance to further his career. However, Lucard actually has no interest whatever in Tickler's 'talents'; he knows that Tickler is none other than Magnus St. John-Smythe's brother.

Dec 15, 1990

E1322m

Bad Blood

Lucard bites a teenage thief, unaware that he has a rare antigen in his blood that can kill the vampire who ingests it. Famed vampire doctor Gabor Varney informs him that there is only one cure: water from the Paquette Spring in the Bettange Valley. Sick and delirious, Lucard doesn't trust anyone, and insists on going himself. Meanwhile, Sophie is dating a creepy young existentialist poet who turns out to be the thief whom Lucard bit.

Jan 19, 1991

E1422m

Sophie, Queen of the Night

Following her romance with Vincent, Sophie has been turned into a vampire, and is serving an apprenticeship with Lucard. Mrs. Pfenning, Lucard's accountant, is plotting to overthrow her master and wants Sophie's help. Meanwhile, Gustav finds the key to restoring Sophie to her human self in Vincent's unusual blood type, and Chris is able to introduce the solution into her system with a kiss.

Jan 26, 1991

E1522m

My Girlfriend's Back and There's Gonna Be Trouble

Having been rescued by Chris, Sophie is about to fall for him, but his ex-girlfriend Alexa Singleton turns up, whose obnoxious businessman father is in business with Lucard and makes the mistake of underestimating him.

Feb 2, 1991

E1622m

My Fair Vampire

Gustav's best friend, a fellow vampire hunter named Frederick Rilling, claims that citizens at his retirement home are being killed by a vampire. He asks Gustav to help him destroy the perpetrator. Meanwhile, Lucard tries to play Pygmalion to an airheaded Galatea named Amber Santana.

Feb 9, 1991

Episode 17 - The Decline of the Romanian VampireE1722m

The Decline of the Romanian Vampire

Max inadvertently frees Klaus from the Helsing family crypt where Gustav had imprisoned him, and Gustav and Lucard try to escape his trap. The powerful Cross of Silesia and a plastic explosive will destroy Klaus's two fathers at the same instant unless they work together to outwit him.

Feb 16, 1991

E1822m

I Love Lucard

An old love from Lucard's past, Margo Burton, comes back into his life, only now she's married to a writer whose latest work is intended to expose Lucard as a vampire and bring down his empire.

Feb 23, 1991

E1922m

Bats in the Attic

Max meets Lawrence Lei, a creepy and neurotic bookseller who has a peculiar interest in the occult. Gustav doesn't trust him, and Lucard finds him much too bizarre for his taste when he shows up at the castle, asking to be turned. Lawrence mentions that his friend Alfred won't make him a vampire either, and Lucard decides to hunt down this Alfred, whom he suspects is responsible for the recent upsurge in the area's population of inferior zombies.

Apr 27, 1991

E2022m

My Dinner with Lucard

Gustav, Max and Chris are invited to dinner at Lucard's for a reminiscing, but is there an ulterior motive to this sudden hospitality?

May 4, 1991

E2122m

Klaus Encounters of the Interred Kind

When Eileen arrives at the end of summer to pick up Max and Chris, they learn that she has a new business partner: Klaus. Gustav discovers a time hole in the castle that keeps Lucard young.

May 11, 1991

Actors

Geordie Johnson

Geordie Johnson

Dracula / Alexander Lucard

Bernard Behrens

Bernard Behrens

Gustav Helsing

Jacob Tierney

Jacob Tierney

Max Townsend

Joe Roncetti

Chris Townsend

Mia Kirshner

Mia Kirshner

Sophie Metternich

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