| Fracchia contro Dracula | |
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| Directed by | Neri Parenti |
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| Cinematography | Luciano Tovoli [1] |
| Edited by | Sergio Montanari [1] |
| Music by | Bruno Zambrini [1] |
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| Distributed by | Titanus |
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Running time | 94 minutes [1] |
| Country | Italy [1] |
Fracchia contro Dracula is a 1985 Italian horror comedy film directed by Neri Parenti. [2] [3]
Giandomenico Fracchia, Villaggio's "monstrously shy" character, is tasked to sell a piece of real estate in Transylvania. Otherwise, he will lose his job. The customer is the obtusely nagging and prickly accountant Arturo Filini, who suffers from heavy nearsightedness and does not realize that the manor he is interested in is actually Count Dracula's castle.
Once on the spot, Fracchia is terrified at the going-ons while Filini, in true Mister Magoo-style, dismisses them as 'tricks' to dissuade him from the estate deal. Meanwhile, a young and attractive vampire hunter (Isabella Ferrari) arrives. She is determined to avenge her brother's death, who perished trying to rid the world of Dracula and his cohorts. The events turn even more farcical when Dracula's sister confesses her love for Fracchia to try to avoid being engaged to the Frankenstein Monster. In the end an ash-tipped umbrella seems to solve the situation, but...was it all for real or just a horror-film fueled nightmare?
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