release year: 1985
genre: animated horror/fantasy
viewing setting: home VHS, 7/4/00
what I expected: couldn't remember
what I got: pretty good spooky Japanimation
synopsis: Mysterious vampire hunter arrives in small town menaced by an ancient and mighty vampire known as Count Magnus Lee.
impressions: Fairly neat, a good mix of standard vampire stuff with neat and more unique stuff (a hand with a life of its own, a candle that renders vampires powerless, a vampiric mist, a big Frankenstein-like monster.) It moves along pretty well and seems more like a standard movie than a piece of senseless anime.
acting: n/a, but the voices were very well-done
final word: Slightly above-average animation, well above-average vampire tale.
rating: B-