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DRACULA: PRINCE OF DARKNESS

1966 • GB HMDB
January 9, 1966

Whilst vacationing in the Carpathian Mountain, two couples stumble across the remains of Count Dracula's castle. The Count's trusted servant kills one of the men, suspending the body over the Count's ashes so that the blood drips from the corpse and saturates the blackened remains. The ritual is completed, the Count revived and his attentions focus on the dead man's wife who is to become his partner; devoted to an existence of depravity and evil.

Directors

Terence Fisher

Cast

Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Andrew Keir, Francis Matthews, Suzan Farmer, Thorley Walters, Philip Latham, Charles Tingwell, Walter Brown, George Woodbridge
Horror

REVIEWS (1)

MC

Marco Castellini

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Four noble English travelers, two women and two men, are welcomed by a perfect butler in a manor in the Carpathians. It is the castle of Dracula, who rises again with the help of the butler and turns two of the four travelers into vampires. The others find refuge in a convent... There is really little that is original and suggestive in this yet another cinematic adaptation of Stoker's novel. Except for the introduction of a new character, Klove (Philip Latham), the servant of the Prince of Darkness who receives, with his gentle manners and unsettling demeanor, the guests in the castle, this film by Fisher offers no particular reason to be remembered, ultimately proving to be one of the many films about the exploits of the most famous vampire in history. The Count, once again, has the face and class of the great Christopher Lee.