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Writers:
Anthony Hinds (writer)
Bram Stoker (character)
Release Date:
7 June 1970 (USA) more
Tagline:
DRINK A PINT OF BLOOD A DAY more
Plot:
Three elderly distinguished gentlemen are searching for some excitement in their boring borgoueis lives... more | full synopsis
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(4 articles)
Dracula Stakes Out A British Knighthood
(From HollywoodNorthReport.com. 31 October 2009, 9:18 AM, PDT)
Screen Queens: Hammer Horror
(From FilmExperience. 24 October 2009, 12:21 PM, PDT)
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The sexy followup to Dracula HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE more (45 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Christopher Lee | ... | Dracula | |
| Geoffrey Keen | ... | William Hargood | |
| Gwen Watford | ... | Martha Hargood | |
| Linda Hayden | ... | Alice Hargood | |
| Peter Sallis | ... | Samuel Paxton | |
| Anthony Higgins | ... | Paul Paxton (as Anthony Corlan) | |
| Isla Blair | ... | Lucy Paxton | |
| John Carson | ... | Jonathon Secker | |
| Martin Jarvis | ... | Jeremy Secker | |
| Ralph Bates | ... | Lord Courtley | |
| Roy Kinnear | ... | Weller | |
| Michael Ripper | ... | Inspector Cobb | |
| Russell Hunter | ... | Felix | |
| Shirley Jaffe | ... | Betty - Hargood's Maid | |
| Keith Marsh | ... | Father |
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Rated R for sexual content/nudity and brief violence. (2004 re-rating)
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Runtime:
USA:91 min | UK:95 min (uncut)
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
Certification:
UK:15 (video rating) | UK:X (original rating) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Australia:M | USA:GP (certificate #22364) (original rating) | USA:R (re-rating) (2004) | Ireland:15
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Some writers have claimed that Vincent Price was going to play a fourth member Of Geoffrey Keen's Thrill Seekers but budget cuts removed the character so his part was shared among John Carson, Peter Sallis and Keen. more
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Factual errors: When Hargood has forbidden Alice to go out and sends her to her room, he goes back to his newspaper and reads it upside down. (about 9'30" after beginning) more
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William Hargood: [to Alice] I haven't beaten you since you were a little girl. more
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Features Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968) more
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This is a very unusual Hammer horror film in that it picks up exactly where the last one left off--providing some nice continuity. It seems that after Drac was impaled in the last film, his body disintegrated and all that was left was his powdered blood. A REALLY STUPID passerby decided to scoop up the blood and later sells it--followed by the not unexpected resurrection of Dracula once again!! Despite this weird reincarnation, the movie does offer some nice innovations and some that weren't all that necessary. Dracula was revived by a Devil worshiper and three perverts. Just before Dracula revives, the three perverts get cold feet and kick the Devil worshiper to death. In an odd display of loyalty, Dracula decides to take revenge on the three man and their families because a sweet old Devil lover was needlessly killed! In most Dracula films his sidekicks are killed at the slightest whim by the vampire without a second thought. I really suspected that Christopher Lee's character was just looking for an excuse to shed some more innocent blood--and how he had them killed was pretty cool and unusual. However, were also some bad changes. Since the film came out in 1970 and the morals of the world were changing, the producer decided to "sex up the series" by adding a brothel scene and throwing in some gratuitous nudity. The entire scene could have remained and been just as effective without the boobies, but because of this some parents might want to think twice about allowing junior to watch this film. Of course, with all the killing and bleeding, this isn't exactly a kids' film anyway!! Overall, a very watchable addition to the franchise and a nice followup to "Dracula Has Risen From The Grave".
A couple final notes--when a dead woman is removed from the lake, the man who retrieved the body accidentally tripped a bit--and you can see the "dead lady" move her arm instinctively in response!! I'm amazed they didn't catch this or re-shoot the scene. Also, one of the three men marked for revenge is played by Peter Sallis (the voice of Wallace from "Wallace and Grommit"). It's interesting to see this man play a rather slimy part.