“Andy Warhol’s Dracula” (処女の生血), Original Release Japanese Movie Poster 1975, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) B218 ZA1086

This is an original Japanese B2 poster printed in 1975 for the first Japanese theatrical release of Andy Warhol’s Dracula (処女の生血), the notorious European horror film directed by Paul Morrissey and presented by Andy Warhol. Also widely known as Blood for Dracula, the film is one of the key cult horror titles of the 1970s and a natural companion piece to Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein.

Film background

Released in the mid-1970s, Andy Warhol’s Dracula stars Udo Kier as Count Dracula, alongside Joe Dallesandro, Vittorio De Sica, and Maxime McKendry. Set in a decaying aristocratic world of desire, corruption, and bloodlust, the film reimagines the Dracula myth through the distinctive Warhol-Morrissey lens: sensual, decadent, provocative, and steeped in art-house transgression. For collectors, it stands among the most important crossover titles linking 1970s horror cinema with the wider world of avant-garde and underground film culture.

Poster design

This is a superb and highly arresting Japanese release design. The poster is dominated by a stark sepia-toned photographic image of Dracula in a moment of violent, feverish intensity, standing over a prone female figure in an image that is both theatrical and unsettling. The composition is unusually restrained for horror, relying on scale, emptiness, and the raw force of the central still rather than busy montage. At the bottom, the large pink Japanese title adds a vivid graphic shock against the otherwise muted palette, giving the sheet exactly the kind of bold, confrontational impact that makes Japanese horror posters of the period so desirable.

Condition

Excellent. Please review the photos—they show the exact poster for sale. 

It is over 50 years old!

It is not a reproduction or a reprint.

Certificate of Authenticity included.