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Taste the Blood of Dracula

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6.3/10
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Three distinguished English gentlemen accidentally resurrect Count Dracula, killing a disciple of his in process. The Count seeks to avenge his dead servant, by making the trio die in the ha... Read allThree distinguished English gentlemen accidentally resurrect Count Dracula, killing a disciple of his in process. The Count seeks to avenge his dead servant, by making the trio die in the hands of their own children.Three distinguished English gentlemen accidentally resurrect Count Dracula, killing a disciple of his in process. The Count seeks to avenge his dead servant, by making the trio die in the hands of their own children.
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    • Peter Sasdy
    • Anthony Hinds(screenplay)
    • Bram Stoker(based on the character created by)
  • Stars
    • Christopher Lee
    • Geoffrey Keen
    • Gwen Watford
    • Peter Sasdy
    • Anthony Hinds(screenplay)
    • Bram Stoker(based on the character created by)
  • Stars
    • Christopher Lee
    • Geoffrey Keen
    • Gwen Watford
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    • 69Critic reviews
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    Christopher Lee and Linda Hayden in Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
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    Christopher Lee
    Christopher Lee
    • Dracula
    Geoffrey Keen
    Geoffrey Keen
    • William Hargood
    Gwen Watford
    Gwen Watford
    • Martha Hargood
    Linda Hayden
    Linda Hayden
    • Alice Hargood
    Peter Sallis
    Peter Sallis
    • Samuel Paxton
    Anthony Higgins
    Anthony Higgins
    • Paul Paxton
    • (as Anthony Corlan)
    Isla Blair
    Isla Blair
    • Lucy Paxton
    John Carson
    John Carson
    • Jonathon Secker
    Martin Jarvis
    Martin Jarvis
    • Jeremy Secker
    Ralph Bates
    Ralph Bates
    • Lord Courtley
    Roy Kinnear
    Roy Kinnear
    • Weller
    Michael Ripper
    Michael Ripper
    • Cobb
    Russell Hunter
    Russell Hunter
    • Felix
    Shirley Jaffe
    • Hargood's Maid
    Keith Marsh
    • Father
    Peter May
    Peter May
    • Son
    Reginald Barratt
    • Vicar
    Madeline Smith
    Madeline Smith
    • Dolly
    • (as Maddy Smith)
      • Peter Sasdy
      • Anthony Hinds(screenplay)
      • Bram Stoker(based on the character created by)
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    • Trivia
      The film was originally not going to feature Dracula at all, much like The Brides of Dracula (1960), due to Christopher Lee becoming increasingly reluctant to reprise the role and the producers not expecting to be able to convince him to do so. Lee's increasing salary demands were also a factor. Ralph Bates would have played the lead. The script was re-written to include Dracula after the producers were finally able to coax Lee back to the role after "Warner-Seven Arts" refused to back this movie without the actor's participation.
    • Goofs
      When Paul carries Lucy's dead body from the lake, her arm reaches out to prevent her from falling.
    • Quotes

      Dracula: They have destroyed my servant. They will be destroyed...

    • Alternate versions
      The UK cinema version was cut by the BBFC to edit blood spurts from the staking of Paxton, a closeup of Dracula's bloodstained teeth and a brief shot of a brothel customer with a topless woman. The 1989 Warner video release featured the heavily edited U.S cinema print which runs around 4 minutes shorter and is missing shots of Dracula's blood becoming powder during the opening scene, the violent beating to death of Courtley, and a snake charmer's dance in the brothel. The 2004 DVD is the original UK cinema version, minus the BBFC cuts which may no longer survive.
    • Connections
      Edited from The Vengeance of She (1968)

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    7/10
    Surprisingly original!
    It's funny how I really wasn't into this movie at first but still ended up really liking it!

    Thing that makes this movie a bit unusual and different is that it's being a part of the Hammer studios Dracula series but it really doesn't feel or look like a Hammer movie at all! Director Peter Sasdy did an handful of movies for the Hammer studios but only in its later years and he never impressed with any. He obviously wasn't that accustomed to its approach and style of film-making, or perhaps he simply really preferred to do his own thing. But anyway, if you're really into Hammer films, just prepare yourself for something totally different. You might end up disliking it at first, just as I did but don't give up on it! It's really a worthwhile and original enough little horror movie. I can also honestly say that this was the best movie I had seen, that got directed by Peter Sasdy.

    The movie and story all first starts out as something very simplistic and formulaic but as the movie goes along, you actually start to realize how great its premise is. It has a premise that really adds to the movie its tension and for once isn't all about Dracula and the horror that he does. It might very well be true that this movie would have a better reputation if it didn't featured the character of Dracula in it, since this movie really doesn't feel like a typical Dracula movie at all and its story and atmosphere perhaps called for something totally different, outside of the Dracula universe.

    And as often is the case with these late Hammer Dracula movies, Dracula himself is hardly in it at all. It was because Christopher Lee got fed up with the role and was also afraid he was going to get typecast because of it, for the rest of his life. He still needed a paycheck, so he kept on playing the character for a couple of years, under the condition that his role got limited down and in some cases he doesn't even have any lines. In this movie he does still speak however and once more shows why he was such a great and charismatic Dracula at the time.

    It's the more slower sort of horror movie, which doesn't really work out that great for the movie at first but about halfway through it picks up some more pace and things start to get far more interesting and original. It's then that the movie suddenly starts to take form and makes its intension clear. It also provides the movie with some really solid horror moments and the movie has a very constant horror like atmosphere to it as well, that really adds to the tension and mystery of the overall movie.

    Once you start to realize that this isn't being your average formulaic and simplistic Dracula production, the movie becomes surprisingly good, effective and original to watch!

    7/10

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      • June 7, 1970 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • English
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      • St Andrew's Church, Totteridge Lane, Totteridge, London, England, UK
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      • Hammer Films
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