Dracula A.D. 1972
The Count is back, with an eye for London's hotpants . . . and a taste for everything
Set in London in the early 1970's, supposedly for teen thrills, Johnny organises a black magic ceremony in a desolate churchyard. The culmination of the ritual, however, is the rejuvenation of Dracula from shrivelled remains. Johnny, Dracula' s disciple, lures victims to the deserted graveyard for his master's pleasure and one of the victims delivered is Jessica Van Helsing. Descended from the Van Helsing line of vampire hunters her grandfather, equipped with all the devices to snare and destroy the Count, confronts his arch enemy in the age-old battle between good and evil.
- 5.9
- 1972
- Released
- 1h 36m
Christopher Lee
Count Dracula
Peter Cushing
Professor Van Helsing
Stephanie Beacham
Jessica Van Helsing
Christopher Neame
Johnny Alucard
Michael Coles
Inspector
Marsha Hunt
Gaynor
Caroline Munro
Laura Bellows
Janet Key
AnnaWilliam Ellis
Joe Mitcham
Pip Miller
Bob
Michael Kitchen
GregDavid Andrews
Detective SergeantLally Bowers
MatronConstance Luttrell
Mrs. DonnellyMichael Daly
Charles
Artro Morris
Police SurgeonJo Richardson
Crying MatronBrian John Smith
Hippy Boy
Penny Brahms
Hippy Girl
Released
en
- #london, england
- #police
- #vampire
- #exploitation
- #resurrection
- #sequel
- #murder
- #van helsing
- #hippies
- #dracula
Reviews
A misjudged mess. Good grief! Hammer Horror Films were very much in a flux come 1972, so in a bold (yet ultimately ill conceived) attempt to move with the times and grasp a new audience, they turned to old faithful to resurrect their hopes - Count Dracula. Pic starts with an exciting prologue in 1872, where we see Dracula (Christopher Lee) and Van Helsing (Peter Cushing) battling to the death.
Yes, I know I'm giving this WAY TOO MANY marks, but, hey, I love all of the clashes between Sir Christopher Lee's 'Count Dracula' and Sir Peter Cushing's 'Van Helsing' (perhaps the greatest characterizations of those two characters, over a series of films, in cinema), and the then-contemporary (now almost 45 years ago!) update certainly is intriguing. So sue me.