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8 May 1958 (USA) moreTagline:
Don't Dare See It...Alone! morePlot:
After Jonathan Harker attacks Dracula at his castle (apparently somewhere in Germany), the vampire travels to a nearby city... more | full synopsisAwards:
1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
(33 articles)
Christopher Lee is knighted (From Corona's Coming Attractions. 31 October 2009, 11:27 AM, PDT)
Dracula Stakes Out A British Knighthood
(From HollywoodNorthReport.com. 31 October 2009, 9:18 AM, PDT)
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Bram Stoker's classic gets a makeover....Hammer style! more (118 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Peter Cushing | ... | Doctor Van Helsing | |
| Christopher Lee | ... | Count Dracula | |
| Michael Gough | ... | Arthur | |
| Melissa Stribling | ... | Mina | |
| Carol Marsh | ... | Lucy | |
| Olga Dickie | ... | Gerda | |
| John Van Eyssen | ... | Jonathan | |
| Valerie Gaunt | ... | Vampire Woman | |
| Janina Faye | ... | Tania (as Janine Faye) | |
| Barbara Archer | ... | Inga | |
| Charles Lloyd Pack | ... | Doctor Seward | |
| George Merritt | ... | Policeman | |
| George Woodbridge | ... | Landlord | |
| George Benson | ... | Official | |
| Miles Malleson | ... | Undertaker |
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82 minCountry:
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1.66 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound Recording)Certification:
UK:12A (re-rating) (2007) | Norway:16 (1958) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | USA:Approved (PCA #18981) | UK:15 (video rating) | UK:X (original rating) | Argentina:16 | Finland:(Banned) (1958) | West Germany:12 | Sweden:(Banned) (1958-1970)Fun Stuff
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Dracula was filmed between 11 November 1957 and 3 January 1958. The film premiered at the Warner Theater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 8 May 1958 and took in $1,682 on its first day. In Britain, the film opened at London's Gaumont Theater 22 May 1958. moreGoofs:
Revealing mistakes: About quarter of an hour into the film, immediately following the scene where Dracula attacks Harker and then carries the vampire woman out from the library, there is an establishing shot of the outside of Dracula's castle. It looks motionless, but on closer inspection, a dark figure can be seen rushing past the bushes around the entrance to the castle. The most probable explanation is that it is in fact the top of Dracula's carriage, and the shot was originally filmed for the scene a few minutes later when the carriage rushes past Van Helsing on his first trip to the castle. However, the carriage is so indistinguishable in long-shot, the editors obviously abandoned it and used it here instead. moreQuotes:
Count Dracula: I am Dracula and I welcome you to my house. I must apologize for not being here to greet you personally, but I trust you've found everything you needed. moreFAQ
Was Dracula's castle a real location?What's new about the BFI's 2007 restored version?
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Often regarded as the highlight of Hammer horror's oeuvre, The Horror of Dracula stands up today as a fresh and inventive take on what is maybe the best story ever written. Hammer is a studio that has had many a fine hour, and although this is one indeed; I think that there are several other films from their ranks that just top it. Just, being the operative word as this is certainly up there with the best of them. As you might expect, the story follows that of Bram Stoker's original novel; with a young man travelling to Dracula's castle, and not returning. This attracts the attentions of Professor Abraham Van Helsing; an authority in the field of vampirism who then sets out to slay the malevolent fiend that is the source of all the foul play in the movie; Dracula himself.
Although this is based on the classic story, Hammer very much makes it their own. Of course, the campy horror styling that that the studio has become famous for features strongly in the movie and serves in giving it that classic Hammer feel. Furthermore, this movie features both of Hammer's greatest stars; Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. Christopher Lee may be no Bela Lugosi, but if there was anyone other than Bela Lugosi that I would want to play Dracula; Christopher Lee is that man. He isn't actually in it that much, but the moments when he is are the best in the movie. He has an incredible amount of screen presence, and all of that is transferred into the character of Dracula. In a similar way, Peter Cushing plays Van Helsing. Like Lee, Cushing has buckets of screen presence, but it's all in a very different style. While Lee is a defined evil, Cushing is more subdued, which allows him to adequately play the hero as well as well as he plays the villain. I've got to be honest, I prefer Cushing in the bad guy role; but he still makes an excellent hero.
Terence Fisher, one of Hammer's premier directors, directs the film and does a great job with it. The atmosphere of the Gothic period setting is spot on, and a constantly foreboding, and intriguing atmosphere is created throughout. The way that the smoke drifts across the graveyard in the movie is among the most atmospheric things Hammer ever shot. Dracula is a great story, and this Hammer yarn more than does it justice.