When the immortal Count Dracula heads to the American west to experience some of it's legendary rough and tumbleness, the Count is initially looking to relieve eons of boredom. After seeing the vast lands and untapped opportunities he could have here, the Count poses as a Mr. Underhill, and begins to charm a young woman by the name of Betty, who he claims to be his niece. Along with trying to get into her britches, the count is also trying to get her massive land claim. All things are not lost, because an immigrant house worker knows what Underhill/Dracula is and she runs off and tells Betty's boyfriend and head ranch-hand William Bonney, AKA Billy the Kid. Now in the desert twilight it's going to be fangs against six shooters in a showdown the likes of which have never been seen.

Along with oil and water, Nflames and women, and chocolate and ketchup, Billy the Kid and Dracula are two things that just don't go together. Make a horror film out of it and you really have a bad recipe for a film.

So Count Dracula heads to the west for some adventure, a good place for a vampire to visit don't you think? No vegetation, lots of sun. At least they didn't send Billy to Transylvania for some reason, that would have sucked worse… if possible. Horror actor supreme John Carradine plays the notorious Dracula this time around in this 1966 beauty and does a fair job as the fastest fangs in the west. Besides snacking on an Indian squaw and a few sheep, yes I said sheep. You see, Billy begins to find sheep with blood and puncture marks on their neck and immediately begins to think that something is amiss, with his quick cowpoke logic. If the sheep would have had punctured asses with blood around their wooley rear-holes he could have surmised that Nflames and Paynecraft were sneaking around in the bushes of the ranch, but that’s a different story altogether.

Anyway, the an old German chick tells Billy what’s up, so it's up to the kid to save his love from the count. Don't expect any silver bullets as the only thing old Billy brings is his shootin' irons to the scrap. There is a scene at the ending however that I'm not quite sure was fake. After blasting all six shots into the count Billy chucks the gun at him and pegs him square in the snout, it looks so real, I mean the count goes down quick. There is also a huge WTF scene where Dracula stares at Betty and turns all red? I guess it was trying to be some kind of effect or something, showing possession, but it is not done very well at all.

This is one of those flicks to watch just to say you saw it, or to try and impress someone that they actually made a film like this, but you can actually catch it on the Western Channel late at night on a Friday or Saturday, so saddle up and hang on partner.

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