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Hammer stalwart Terence Fisher was due to direct this until he was forced to bow out following an automobile accident, leaving cameraman Freddie Francis at the helm.
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Christopher Lee loved to recount the following tale: Hammer was given a Queen's Award to Industry while shooting the final scenes of Dracula impaled on the rocks, with a group of British government dignitaries watching as Lee thrashed around screaming and pouring with gore. After the scene wrapped, a minister turned to wife and said, "That man is a member of my club."
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According to the inscription on the marker ("Gisela Heinz 1885 - 1905") of the just-stolen coffin, the date of the action in this film is within a year or so of 1905.
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During production Hammer became the first film studio to be presented with the Queen's Award for Industry.
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