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Trading gore for grandeur, Horror of Dracula marks an impressive turn for inveterate Christopher Lee as the titular vampire, and a typical Hammer mood that makes aristocracy quite sexy.
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Trading gore for grandeur, Horror of Dracula marks an impressive turn for inveterate Christopher Lee as the titular vampire, and a typical Hammer mood that makes aristocracy quite sexy.
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This Hammer Studios classic is far closer to the letter (and spirit) of the Bram Stoker novel than the Bela Lugosi version of Dracula. The premise finds the infamous count journeying from his native Transylvania to England, where he takes a headfirst plunge into the London nightlife, and begins to rack up victim after victim. In the process, Dracula also runs into his arch-nemesis, Van Helsing (Peter Cushing), which ignites a battle of wills between the two. Heavily censored in Britain when
May 8, 1958 Wide
Oct 1, 2002
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This Grand Guignol treatment bowled people over in the 50s, and it still yields some potent shocks.
Both director Terence Fisher as well as the cast have taken a serious approach to the macabre theme that adds up to lotsa tension and suspense.
Perhaps the constant hunt for hemoglobin is slowing our villain down, for this time there are strong indications that the once gory plot is showing definite signs of anemia.
Hammer brought a ripe Technicolor lushness to its horror so that the buckets of blood could spill off the screen with a kind of tabloid sensationalism.
Follows the Bram Stoker novel as loosely as any other adaptation up to that time, though this one is much leaner and meaner.
Easily ranks in the pantheon of genre classics.
There will never be a greater vampire film than Nosferatu or Vampyr, not ever. But Hammer's Dracula puts up a strong fight to come in at third place.
It was for a long time regarded by horror fans as the finest horror film ever made.
lee is dracula
A Great British horror film with bite.
Christopher Lee's Dracula is a menacing and complex presence who never lets his fangs and cape dominate.
It may have slipped from an X rating to a 12A but this is still a potent adaptation of Bran Stoker's eternal monster.
A film that deserves recognition as one of this country's finest horror movies, a sexually charged Gothic nightmare featuring standout performances from Hammer stalwarts Lee and Peter Cushing, who stars as vampire hunter Van Helsing.
Bloody well done. Hammer finally gave the Dracula legend the treatment it deserved here.
Drink the blood of the Master!
Unlike many examples of British mainstream cinema, it is not a "museum" piece, still retaining its power to shock on historical and generic levels.
Parts have worn less well.
The best of the Hammer horror collection
This was the first film in Hammer's series devoted to updating Dracula, making variations that, unlike Universal, were filled with a bit more mature content such as blood, cleavage, and being in color.This film follows the basic story as created by Bram Stoker, but of course takes plenty of liberties. The result
September 15, 2011Super Reviewer
It's difficult to overestimate the significance of Dracula. Far more so than its predecessor, The Curse of Frankenstein, it set the tone for Hammer's movie output over the next two decades - the two decades (1956-1976) when British films, or at least British horror films, were among the best, most admired and most
February 10, 2011Super Reviewer
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