DRACULA, PRINCE OF DARKNESS (Ken Laszlo - Tonight).

DRACULA, PRINCE OF DARKNESS (1965) pits Dracula against four travellers. Two brothers and their wives. The four travellers from England are travelling through the Carpathians when they become stranded and behold a carriage with no driver arrives and quickly whisks them away to Castle Dracula. They wander the castle alone for a while until they meet up with Dracula's servant Klove. They dine and inquire to Klove about his master. Klove whom has served Dracula even though he has been dead for ten years (destroyed in Horror Of Dracula) says that it was his master's wish to always welcome guests. Count Dracula's servant revives his master by hanging an unsuspecting victim over the tomb containing Dracula's ashes and draining the blood from the unlucky fellow so it can trickle into the tomb and restore life to the remains of the undead vampire!
For many years after becoming one of the definitive movie Draculas in the 1958 Hammer Films classic Horror of Dracula (in which he was pitted against Peter Cushing as Dr. Van Helsing), Christopher Lee refused to reprise his role as filmdom's most infamous vampire. He finally returned to the role in this belated 1965 sequel, once again directed by Hammer studios veteran Terence Fisher. It's not as effective or as intelligently written as the earlier film, but it has become a minor classic in its own right for horror connoisseurs, notably due to the combination of eerie atmosphere (a Terence Fisher specialty) and violence that was, by mid-'60s standards, quite bloody and graphic. to the remains of the undead vampire! It's this kind of unholy communion that was a trademark of Hammer horror, and continues with all the requisite ingredients, including a group of tourists who arrive at the count's secluded castle just in time to feed his insatiable bloodlust! True horror fans will appreciate the performance by Hammer regular Barbara Shelley, widely considered to be one of her best.
The ending is fresh indeed. No stake in the heart, no burning in the rays of the Sun, no, this is an entirely new method, yet a way we all knew Dracula could be ended. Interesting, and enough action and story to go along for the ride. Suzan Farmer is excellent as the innocent (yet sexy) young wife. Christopher Lee plays a great Dracula, although I wished he would have spoken in the movie. If you are a classics fan, or Dracula fan this is a must see. Some of the things in the story are just too good to miss. So, file your fangs and enjoy Lee in his most famous and immortal role!

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