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Thursday, May 24, 2018

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Film As Dracula













     Horror of Dracula








1958  NR  HORROR  1h 22min
CAST— Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Melissa Stribling, Michael Gough, Carol Marsh, John Van Eyssen, Valerie Gount, Miles Malleson
MUSIC— James Bernard  DIRECTOR— Terence Fisher  BASED ON— Dracula (novel), by Bram Stoker

     Hammer Films unleashes the Count in bloody Technicolor, starring not a suave Romanian gentleman but a hissing Englishman. Christopher Lee “chews the scenery” as Dracula, his nemesis Dr. Van Helsing being played by the unflappable Peter Cushing. Basic formula from start to finish has Drac doing his thing while Van Helsing, aided by a young Michael Gough, spend their time searching tombs and staking the undead. Grand finale utilizes (now dated) special effects to full measure. AKA Dracula.
OUR RATING— ** ½
FOLLOWED BY— The Brides of Dracula (1960), Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966), Dracula Has Risen From the Grave (1968), Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970), Scars of Dracula (1970), Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972), The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1974)
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