Future Easter Eggs To Dracula: Dead And Loving It (95) In The Phantom Empire (88) - Leslie Nielsen - video Dailymotion

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Part 1 - 1988 Fred Olen Ray sci-fi comedy The Phantom Empire may contain some predictive hints to '95 Mel Brooks comedy Dracula: Dead And Loving It. - A big visual clue to a establish the relationship is the presence of a slightly modified version of American science fiction icon: Robbie The Robot. Best known for Forbidden Planet (1956) which also starred Leslie Nielsen.  - Actor Robert Quarry (Professor Strock) was also a prominent movie vampire in the Count Yorga films. Rudy De Luca had a role as police Lt. Madden in The Return Of Count Yorga ('73) & was a frequent collaborator with Mel Brooks, co-writing the screenplay for Dracula: Dead And Loving It. - Quarry worked with Leslie Nielsen in The '63 Fugitive TV series episode (S.1 E.12) "Glass Tightrope" directed by Ida Lupino.

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00:00In this video, I'll give some possible future Easter eggs to 1995 Mel Brooks horror comedy Dracula Dead and Loving

00:09It.

00:09This cast featured Leslie Nielsen, Peter McNichol, Stephen Webber, Amy Aspec, and Lissette Anthony.

00:17You can see these in 1988, Fred Owen Ray, sci-fi comedy The Phantom Empire,

00:24and this starred Ross Hagen, Don Wildsmith, Jeffrey Combs, Robert Corey, Sybil Danning, and Russ Tamblyn.

00:33And your big visual tip-off in this movie is the presence of American sci-fi icon Robbie the Robot,

00:42generally associated with 1956 film Forbidden Planet.

00:46In this one, he appears in a somewhat modified form, but the tie to Dracula Dead and Loving It is,

00:54of course,

00:55the presence of Leslie Nielsen, who plays Commander John J. Adams, Walter Pigeon, Anne Francis, Warren Stevens,

01:03and Les Tremaine, also in Forbidden Planet.

01:07So from this tip-off, if you look at the cast of The Phantom Empire,

01:12In hindsight from this recording, 2026, even more relationships become apparent.

01:20Robert Corey, for example, plays Professor Strzok.

01:24He also played a prominent vampire in the Count Yorga movie series in the 70s.

01:31The return of Count Yorga in 71 included a cast with Marriott Hartley, Roger Perry, and Craig T. Nelson.

01:39Rudy DeLuca played Police Lieutenant Madden, and he was a frequent collaborator with Mel Brooks,

01:47a co-writer on Dracula Dead and Loving It in 95.

01:52Corey acted with Leslie Nielsen in an episode of the fugitive crime drama TV series broadcast on ABC between 63

02:03and 67,

02:04starring David Jansen and Barry Morse.

02:07And this was Season 1, Episode 12, entitled Glass Tightrope, broadcast in 63.

02:15This was directed by Ida Lupino.

Future Easter Eggs To Dracula: Dead And Loving It (95) In The Phantom Empire (88) - Leslie Nielsen

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