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The Brides of Dracula (1960)
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5 September 1960 (USA)
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He Turned Innocent Beauty Into Unspeakable Horror. more
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Vampire hunter Van Helsing returns to Transylvania to destroy handsome bloodsucker Baron Meinster, who has designs on beautiful young schoolteacher Marianne. full summary | full synopsis
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Terrific Non-Christopher Lee HAMMER Dracula
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Peter Cushing | ... | Dr. J. Van Helsing |
 | Martita Hunt | ... | Baroness Meinster |
| Yvonne Monlaur | ... | Marianne Danielle |
| Freda Jackson | ... | Greta |
| David Peel | ... | Baron Meinster |
| Miles Malleson | ... | Dr. Tobler |
| Henry Oscar | ... | Herr Otto Lang |
| Mona Washbourne | ... | Frau Helga Lang |
| Andree Melly | ... | Gina |
| Victor Brooks | ... | Hans, a Villager |
| Fred Johnson | ... | The Cure, Father Stepnik |
| Michael Ripper | ... | Coachman |
| Norman Pierce | ... | Johann, Landlord |
| Vera Cook | ... | Landlord's Wife |
| Marie Devereux | ... | Village Girl (as Marie Deveruex) |
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85 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.66 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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Norway:16 (1960) |
Netherlands:12 |
Argentina:16 |
Australia:PG |
Finland:(Banned) (1960) |
Portugal:17 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15 |
USA:Unrated
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The prop department put a lot of effort into making a realistic model bat. It got lost and had to be replaced on short notice. This explains the rather unconvincing look of the model that got actually used in the movie.
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Revealing mistakes: When the coachman pulls the log out of the road, the thin end of it wobbles (revealing it to be a rubber mock-up).
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Featured in Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)
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Certainly, one of the oddest successes for Hammer. Determined to make a sequel to HORROR OF Dracula, but with a lead character turned to dust and an actor refusing to be 'typecast' (Christopher Lee), the film still manages to be one of the best "Dracula" films (as well as one of Hammer's of the era).
Set up with a narrated prologue (sublimely eerie photography) that explains that Dracula has left a 'cult' legacy behind, BRIDES picks up with a gorgeous French woman (Yvonne Monlaur) who is passing thru (does one pass thru Transylvania??). From there she meets a Baroness (Martita Hunt) who takes her in for the night. That night the young woman unwittingly lets loose her son the Baron (David Peel). Peel is, of course, a Vampire. It's at this point that Dr. Van Helsing (Peter Cushing) enters the scene and so the story is set up.
BRIDES OF Dracula has two main points of interest. First, the truly creepy Oedipel relationship of the Baron and his Mother (if one thinks about it, the Mother is one of the title 'Brides' - someone call Dr.Freud!). There is also the overly protective Housekeeper (Freda Jackson) who thoroughly abets The Baron and his Brides upon his 'release'. Second, there's Peter Cushing's magnificent performance as Van Helsing. In only his second time out in the role, he thoroughly owns it - and comes to dominate the picture. What's also amazing is Cushing's physicality. While there no doubt are some stunt double shots, the majority of the action scenes are clearly handled by the actor himself. Something that too often is over-looked when commenting on the nearly always reliable character actor.
A couple of quibbles. Since Vampires can change into bats, why can't the Baron escape a human sized shackle? And, since the Housekeeper is so smitten with him, why doesn't she release him herself? One could search and ponder why the script doesn't address these issues, but I believe the simple matter of fact is that they just weren't thought through. The film works quite well, nitpicks aside.