Count Duckula - The Complete Second Series (DVD)

Author's product rating:   

Did you enjoy it?	Loved it
Story	Good
Characters / Performances	Good
Special Effects	Standard
How does it compare to similar films?	Outstanding

Advantages:	17 fantastic episodes
Disadvantages:	No DVD extras

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

The second series of count Duckula was first aired in 1989. It consisted of 17 episodes and follwed the count through loads of different adventures.

Ghostly Gold

Duckula finds a newspaper declaring there is gold in the hills of a far away town. He goes with Nanny and Igor to the town, onlt to find it is a ghost town and the newspaper is dated over 100 years ago.

Ducknapped

Two idiots attempt to "Ducknap Duckula but mistake him for Dr. Von Goosewig. When the right type of bird is "Napped", Nanny and Igor spend all of Duckula's ransom money without giving him any.

The lost valley

Whilst looking for treasure, the trio are transported into a movie.

Incredible Shrinking duck

Dr. Von Goosewig uses his ivention to shrink Castle Duckula and it's inhabitants into a souveneir.

Hi-Duck

Duckula, Nanny and Igor go for a holiday in Nice but end up boarding the same plane as french crooks who try to Hi-Jack it. Duckula has to return to give evidence against them.

Prime-time Duck

Transylvanian Television (TVTV) is doing a documentary on Count Duckula and Castle Duckula. When they decide Igor is more of a count, Duckula has to be his servant.

Bloodsucking Fruit Bats of the Lower Amazon

In the Jungle a tribe for females and bats corner Duckula and co. However they take Nanny as their leader, much to Duckula's annoyance.

The Count and the Pauper (I Don't Wanna Work on Maggots Farm No More)"

Bored with being a vampire count, Duckula leaves the castle and meets his doppelganger, Sid Quack. They both decide to swap places but end up begging each other to swap back.

In arctic circles

To escape a heat wave, Duckula moves the castle to the Arctic. In search of the north pole he comes across a "Stately igloo" and gets a new butler for it. Igor and Dr.Von Goosewig form an unlikely alliance to get rid of him.

Transylvanian Take-Away

Two crooks try to steal 2 Ming vases from Duckula, but fail. They then tell him that they are a map to the hidden treasure of How Fat. Later on, the mandarin of How Fat, his henchmen and the penguins try to beat the count to the treasure but end up being arrested.

Who Dunnit

Duckula is called to England to hear the will of the 7th Duke of Mallardborough, ("his great, great uncle, twice removed") It appears the Duke was murdered and after many charcaters were interviewed Duckula was made to confess. He is just about to be sentanced when the Duke arrives claiming that the "will" was just scrap pages from me detective novel!"

No Yaks Please Were Tibetan

When Duckula and co. attempt to scale the east face of Duckapoorna, along with the Crow Brothers, they come across the abominable snowman.

Beau Duckula

Fed up with his life, Duckula decides to go and join the French foreignb legion but soon realises his life wasn't so bad after all.

Mississippi Duck

Duckula and friends are sold down river by the mississippi steam boat captain. Also, Duckula thinks he is the World's greatest Jazz trumpeter.

Amnesiac Duck

After faling down a hole and hitting his head, Duckula comes around as the ideal Count.

Mysteries of the Wax Museum

Duckula visits a wax museum, where the owner makes robot clones of Duckula and co. which he sends out to rob a bank.

"Return of the Curse of the Secret of the Mummy's Tomb Meets Franken Duckula's Monster ..."

Duckula tries to flee from a monster Igor created, Dr von Goosewig, some village folk, a werewolf, a mummy and an alien disguised as a cabbage.

Lost City of Atlantis

Duckula becomes stranded on a very small island and finds the lost city of Atlantis, whose people capture him.

Bad Luck Duck

Duckula has bad luck when he tries to disprove Nanny's superstitious fears of Friday the 13th.

Overall

This is a great DVD for all ages. Whether bought for young children's entertainment or parent's nostalgia. I've always loved the count since i first saw it on TV and although i don't watch it quite so often i still find time to. I would recommend this seeing as it has so many episodes. One downside is it doen't have any DVD extras, but to be honest, who needs them.

Thanks For reading
Joe 2008