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Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) 6.6
Dracula is resurrected, preying on four unsuspecting visitors to his castle. Director:Terence Fisher |
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Cast
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Barbara Shelley | ... |
Helen Kent
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Andrew Keir | ... |
Father Sandor
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Francis Matthews | ... |
Charles Kent
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Suzan Farmer | ... |
Diana Kent
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Charles 'Bud' Tingwell | ... |
Alan Kent
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Thorley Walters | ... |
Ludwig
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Philip Latham | ... | |
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Walter Brown | ... |
Brother Mark
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George Woodbridge | ... |
Landlord
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Jack Lambert | ... |
Brother Peter
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Philip Ray | ... |
Priest
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Joyce Hemson | ... |
Mother
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John Maxim | ... |
Coach Driver
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Two couples traveling in eastern Europe decide to visit Karlsbad despite dire local warnings. Left outside the village by a coachman terrified at the approach of night, they find themselves in the local castle and are surprised at the hospitality extended by the sinister Klove. It turns out the owner, Count Dracula, dead for ten years, has been hoping for such a visit. Written by Jeremy Perkins <jwp@aber.ac.uk>
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Country:
UKLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
12 January 1966 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Disciple of Dracula See more »Company Credits
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[nobody moves to carry out his instructions]
Father Sandor: Do as I say!
Priest: You're out of your jurisdiction! I'll complain to the bishop!
Father Sandor: Do... and tell him that I stopped you from performing an act of blaphemy!
[indicates the body]
Father Sandor: Or would you prefer that I told him?
Priest: Well... We have to be sure.
Father Sandor: You are an idiot, ...
[...]
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Did You Know?
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In the scene where the vampire woman is being killed by the monks, the shot of the stake being driven into her heart is systematically shortened by a visible rough cut. To this day, no copy with the complete shot has been available. See more »Goofs
Diana holds the crucifix out towards Dracula twice in successive camera shots from the back while front shots don't show her holding it at all See more »Quotes
Father Sandor: [after stopping a mob, led by a local priest, from driving a stake into the body of a girl who has died of natural causes. He orders the body be brought to a churchyard] I will bury her. Now do as I say.[nobody moves to carry out his instructions]
Father Sandor: Do as I say!
Priest: You're out of your jurisdiction! I'll complain to the bishop!
Father Sandor: Do... and tell him that I stopped you from performing an act of blaphemy!
[indicates the body]
Father Sandor: Or would you prefer that I told him?
Priest: Well... We have to be sure.
Father Sandor: You are an idiot, ...
[...]
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Dracula Prince Of Darkness is in many ways as good as the first of the Hammer Draculas. It isn't actually the first sequel they made- that being The Brides Of Dracula- but that did not have Dracula in it, it actually being another adventure for Peter Cushing's Van Helsing, the vampire hunter. This film is hardly a classic, but it's extremely effective in what it sets out to do.
Rather disappointingly, Dracula is not revived {in startlingly gory fashion}until half the film is over, and even after that only puts in brief appearances. Although this has been heavily criticised, in some ways it makes the film more effective ,as you don't always know when he is going to appear. He doesn't even speak ,just hisses. The leisurely first half is nonetheless full of creepy atmosphere, while the second half is pretty much all action. The scene where a writhing Barbara Shelley is held down and staked remains astonishingly effective, and only Dracula's icy demise seems a little unconvincing technically.
Of course the sexual element is hardly worth thinking about- prudish Shelley becomes'eroticised'as a vampire and than has to be killed, and why were the Hammer ladies always far more attractive in their vampiric form? Still, this film shows many of the Hammer elements at their best.