IMDb RATING
6.5/10
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After a Monsignor accidentally brings Count Dracula back from the dead while exorcising his castle, the vampire preys on the holy man's beautiful niece and her friends.After a Monsignor accidentally brings Count Dracula back from the dead while exorcising his castle, the vampire preys on the holy man's beautiful niece and her friends.After a Monsignor accidentally brings Count Dracula back from the dead while exorcising his castle, the vampire preys on the holy man's beautiful niece and her friends.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Christopher Cunningham
- Farmer
- (as Chris Cunningham)
Carrie Baker
- First victim
- (uncredited)
Donald Campbell
- Tavern Customer
- (uncredited)
Frank Forsyth
- Villager
- (uncredited)
Lindsay Hooper
- Tavern Customer
- (uncredited)
Philip Stewart
- Tavern Customer
- (uncredited)
John Timberlake
- Tavern Customer
- (uncredited)
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- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaThis was the first ever movie to receive a rating from the MPAA in 1968.
- GoofsWhen the bell-ringer arrives at the church at the beginning of the movie he leaves his bicycle on the steps of the front door. When the priest arrives and rushes to investigate the screaming, the bicycle is no longer there.
- Alternate versionsThe UK cinema version was cut by the BBFC to remove some closeup shots of Dracula pulling a stake from his heart. Later video and DVD releases were uncut.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
Featured review
Lights off, a few beers and a Hammer Horror movie - my perfect Saturday night!
Great opening for this installment, a deaf altar boy discovers a young woman hanging upside down from the church bell, blood dripping from her neck. Move forward a year and Count Dracula is accidentally revived. He goes on his usual round of terror and bloodsucking, his target of desire being the beautiful Veronica Carlson. He certainly has great taste in women!
The sets are great, I felt like I was almost in the mountain village. Good cast, nice to see Hammer's most prolific actor Michael Ripper have a larger part than normal. No Peter Cushing here, which makes the vampire hunter aspect interesting. There is some debate within the film of faith versus atheism, apparently staking a vampire does not work if the person doing the staking lacks religious belief. Interesting.
We have no nudity but there are sexual overtones. Thankfully we get plenty of blood, plus Hammer's trademark day for night scenes and swirling fog.
Not one of the studio's best vampire movies but it's still a wonderful piece of Gothic horror, I grew up on watching these films and love immersing myself into them, over and over again.
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- Stevieboy666
- Jan 25, 2020
Details
- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1(original/negative ratio)
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