Dracula A.D. 1972
1972
In modern-day London a group of young people hold a black mass and unwittingly summon back the spirit of Dracula, who embarks on a reign of terror. Read more
| Starring | Peter Cushing, Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Christopher Neame |
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| Director | Alan Gibson |
| Genres | Horror |
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Dracula A.D. 1972
In modern-day London a group of young people hold a black mass and unwittingly summon back the spirit of Dracula, who embarks on a reign of terror.
| Starring | Peter Cushing, Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Christopher Neame, Michael Coles, Stephanie Beacham, William Ellis |
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| Director | Alan Gibson |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 32 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Horror |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 31 Oct 2005 Production year: 1972 |
| Format | DVD |
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For the sixth entry in their enduring Dracula series, Hammer relocated the count to swinging Chelsea, where he's holed up in a deconsecrated King's Road church and putting the bite on hippy layabouts. Derided at the time as a monumental misjudgement on the House of Horror's part, this slice of bell-bottomed phoniness can now be enjoyed as a camp period piece. Despite the mod trappings, Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing are as convincing as ever in their familiar roles, and director Alan Gibson keeps things moving at a fine pace.
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Depressed attempt to update a myth; the link with modern sin makes it seem not only tarnished but tasteless, and the film itself is lamentably short on excitement.
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Get a hair cut ya damn hippies...
...and try not to raise the embodiment of all that is evil while you're at it! I can't believe Christopher Lee thinks Scars of Dracula is his worst outing as Dracula when this rubbish exists. I ask you, why would Dracula hang out with a bunch of out of date hippies? - the very idea of a poly-nylon mix would be a anathema to the man!! The dialogue is as unbearable dated as the clothes, and frankly the music (by Stoneground) doesn't help. Cushing and Lee looked as irritated as I felt by this 'hip young crowd.' The whole film is just so very very wrong.
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Far out man...
Hey man, what’s the scene man, be cool, be groovy, don’t sweat it man... the party scene at the start of this movie is like something out of an Austin Powers movie.
Some young hippy decides to bring the Prince of Darkness back from the dead in London, in 1972. To most people used to living in Transylvania in the 19th century this might come as a bit of a shock, but Mr Lee wastes no time in biting his way through a group of laid-back-groovy-chicks. It’s all quite daft but who cares when Mr Cushing gets his wooden stake out and starts looking for a corpse to spike.
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