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{{Infobox film
| name           = A Taste of Blood
| image          = A Taste of Blood.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical film poster
| director       = [[Herschell Gordon Lewis]]
| producer       = Herschell Gordon Lewis
| writer         = Donald Stanford
| starring       = Bill Rogers<br/> Elizabeth Wilkinson<br/>William Kerwin <small>(as Thomas Wood)</small>
| music          = Larry Wellington
| cinematography = Andy Romanoff
| editing        = Richard Brinkman
| distributor    = Creative Film Enterprises Inc.
| released       = {{Film date|1967|08|09}}
| runtime        = 117 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $65,000 (estimated)
}}

'''''A Taste of Blood''''' is a 1967 American [[horror film]], produced and directed by [[Herschell Gordon Lewis]]. It stars, among others, Bill Rogers and Elizabeth Wilkinson. The film was also known as '''''The Secret of Dr. Alucard'''''. Lewis considered it his masterpiece.<ref>{{cite book |author1=V. Vale |author2=Andrea Juno |title=RE/Search No. 10: Incredibly Strange Films |location=[[San Francisco]] |publisher=RE/Search Publications |date=1986 |isbn=0-940642-09-3}}</ref>

== Plot ==
A [[Miami]] businessman, John Stone, receives a parcel from England containing two old bottles of [[Slivovitz]] [[fruit brandy|brandy]] from his recently deceased ancestor, and after drinking both bottles, becomes a [[vampire]]. Stone uses his newfound vampire powers to keep his wife, Helene, in a trance as he travels to England to kill the descendants of [[Abraham Van Helsing]] that murdered [[Count Dracula]]. Meanwhile, Helsing's distant relative, Howard Helsing, pursues Stone with the intent to put the reborn vampire to rest for good.

== Cast ==
* Bill Rogers as John Stone
* Elizabeth Wilkinson as Helene Stone
* [[William Kerwin]] as Dr. Hank Tyson (credited as Thomas Wood)
* Lawrence Tobim as Det. Crane
* Ted Schell as Lord Gold
* Otto Schlessinger as Dr. Howard Helsing
* Eleanor Vaill as Hester Avery
* Gail Janis as Vivian
* [[Herschell Gordon Lewis]] as The Limey Seaman and Voice of Baron Khron (credited as Seymour Sheldon)
* Judy Waterberry as Ida, the maid
* Dolores Carlos as Sherri Morris
* Roy Collodi as Delivery Man
* Karl Stoeber as Man Walking Dog
* Thomas Rowland as Detective
* Sidney J. Reich as Arthur Morris (credited as Sidney Jaye)
* Barrie Walton as Telephone Operator
* Cal Bowman as Hank's Golfing Friend
* [[Doug Weston]] as Police Photographer
* Jake R. Pawlson as Policeman
* Bill Kozak as Man Running From Tomb

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0062345}}

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[[Category:Films directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis]]
[[Category:Dracula films]]
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