The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)

While lecturing in China, Van Helsing agrees to help seven kung fu trained siblings reclaim their ancestral mountain village, now the domain of seven powerful vampires and their army of undead slaves.

Directors:

Roy Ward Baker, Cheh Chang (uncredited)

Writer:

Don Houghton (screenplay)

Stars:

Peter Cushing, David Chiang, Julie Ege

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Peter Cushing	...	Professor Van Helsing
David Chiang	...	Hsi Ching
Julie Ege	...	Vanessa Buren
Han Chen Wang	...	Leung Hon (as Wong Han Chan)
Robin Stewart	...	Leyland Van Helsing
Szu Shih	...	Mei Kwei (as Shih Szu)
John Forbes-Robertson	...	Dracula
Robert Hanna	...	British Consul
Shen Chan	...	Kah (as Chan Shen)
James Ma	...	Hsi Ta
Chia Yung Liu	...	Hsi Kwei (as Liu Chia Yung)
Hark-On Fung	...	Hsi Sung (as Fong Kah Ann)
Tien Lung Chen	...	Hsi San (as Chen Tien Loong)

Storyline

Count Dracula journeys to a remote Chinese village in the guise of a warlord to support six vampires who are dispirited after the loss of a seventh member of their cult. At the same time, vampire hunter Prof. Van Helsing happens to be lecturing in the country and is persuaded by villagers to help them fight this curse of the ages.

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Plot Keywords:

vampire | dracula | student | village | legend | 

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Taglines:

Black belt vs. black magic!

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

UK Hong Kong

Language:

English Mandarin

Release Date:

June 1979 (USA)

Also Known As:

The 7 Brothers Meet Dracula

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hammer Films, Shaw Brothers

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

John Forbes-Robertson was considered for the role of Dracula in Scars of Dracula (1970) before Christopher Lee was persuaded to return.

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Goofs

During the battle with the bandits, the archer shoots one of them in the neck. The angles of entry and exit of the prop arrow are clearly different.

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Connections

Follows The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)

User Reviews

Excellent Hammer Entertainment!

Well as you have been reading the reviews of this film, two definite trends seem to emerge. One is that this film has been critically panned for a couple of decades, and, two, this film seems to be genuinely liked by those that take actual effort to watch it. The film surely has its faults, but the overall effect it creates diminishes its shortcomings. The film is about a small town in China that has been ravaged for many years by a band of seven vampires. Professor Van Helsing, giving a lecture in China, is approached by someone from that village that requests Van Helsing's assistance. The rest of the story concerns Van Helsing, his son, a lady benefactor, and seven Chinese brothers and their talented sister trekking across China to get to the village and face the seven deadly vampires in the charge of the one and only European Count Dracula. Along the way, we the audience are treated to some first-rate martial arts, scary atmospheric settings which include zombie servants rising from fog-filled cemetaries, and the ultimate climax of good fighting evil. All in all it is one exciting piece of entertainment. The story at the end is a bit weak, as is the character of Van Helsing's son, who seems to manage to stay alive despite being a weakling.