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Dracula: Prince of Darkness

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Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1965)

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Reviews Counted:11

Fresh:9

Rotten:2

Average Rating:6.3/10

Runtime: 90 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Synopsis: Travellers visit Carlstad, ignoring many warnings, and end up spending the night at a local castle. They soon find out that the gracious host, Klove, has a hidden agenda. Apparently the owner,... Travellers visit Carlstad, ignoring many warnings, and end up spending the night at a local castle. They soon find out that the gracious host, Klove, has a hidden agenda. Apparently the owner, Count Dracula, passed on ten years before, but has been waiting for an opportunity such as this to return to the world. [More]

Starring: Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Andrew Keir, Francis Matthews

Starring: Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Andrew Keir, Francis Matthews, Suzan Farmer, Charles Tingwell, Thorley Walters, Philip Latham

Director: Terence Fisher

Director: Terence Fisher
Screenwriter: Jimmy Sangster
Producer: Anthony Nelson Keys
Composer: James Bernard

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The thrills do not arise sufficiently smooth out of atmosphere.

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03/26/09
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Probably Hammer's last great Dracula film %u2014 a solid, sometimes imaginative effort.

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11/25/08
Steve Biodrowski
Steve Biodrowski
Cinefantastique

Perhaps Hammer's most effectively horrific Dracula movie.

Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy | comment Comment
10/12/08
Tim Brayton
Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy

Full of the sensual mysteriousness which Hammer used to achieve so effortlessly during their long occupation of Bray Studios.

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01/26/06
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08/20/05
Emanuel Levy
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The least effective Hammer horror film featuring Christopher Lee as the fly-by-night Count.

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05/03/05
Nick Schager
Nick Schager
Lessons of Darkness

No review available.

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08/29/03
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

Another Hammer vampire flick. About average for the series.

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07/21/03
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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10/31/02
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08/01/02
John J. Puccio
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