Directed by:
Terence FisherScreenplay:
Jimmy SangsterCinematography:
Michael ReedComposer:
James BernardCast:
Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Andrew Keir, Francis Matthews, Suzan Farmer, Thorley Walters, Philip Latham, Peter Cushing (a.f.), Fred Wood (more)Plots(1)
Four English tourists find themselves stranded in the mysterious village of Karlsbad, a sinister and remote place of deadly, dark legend. Their journey leads them to an abandoned castle where a nightmarish destiny awaits them. However, it wasn't just fate that brought them here, but an evil force in need of resurrection, a blood craving beast known only as Count Dracula, Prince Of Darkness. Released in 1966 this is Christopher Lee's second outing as Dracula, with Hammer pushing the cinematic boundaries of graphic gore and terror. (StudioCanal UK)
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Despite some positives, I don't feel that the horror film Dracula: Prince of Darkness stands out. Within the Dracula mythology, it's a relatively standard film that doesn't offer any fundamentally new perspective but simply deals with the presence of a vampire who should be defeated, or perhaps there's even a female vampire who needs to be dispatched from the world. Too bad, maybe more could have been made of it. On the other hand, compared to contemporary Dracula films, it's still pretty good.
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