Being a Romanian national, I only can smile at this. Don’t get me wrong, I smile because I find this Dracula character a funny one. Of course, biting young damsels, transforming into zillions of bats and suchlike wonders is the stuff of legends and the staple of tourism agencies in Romania, promoting Dracula’s Castle tours and whatnot.
What is not funny, but it is really good for the market is the appearance of such small batches of film, which makes the shortage and dearness of costs for both bw and colour film negatives these days almost bearable. It’s very probable that these films would have never really fully entered the realm of consumers if the known film brands would not have been relegated to the top shelves, priced at an arm and a leg (plus a kidney, if you wish to go, say, Portra way). But things are what they are, and we should be glad for every inch of film negatives that appears.
Never tried this Dracula 64 film, in 35mm format; to be honest, I suspect the stock is Svema FN64; the specifications and samples do match those I know from experimenting with it in the recent past. I cannot say this with a 100% degree of certainty, but I strongly suspect this is the stock.
The video commercial of this 35mm film is really funny, worth of a minute of your time.
If you have had the chance to try this film, please do share, as I am really curious to hear about it.
Photograph on the top of this article is copyright of Film Photography Project.