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SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review
Dracula - usually better known under its American retitling, The Horror of Dracula - is the cornerstone of the Hammer Films legend. Although The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) the year before was beginning of Hammer's success, Dracula was the ...read the complete Dracula movie review at SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review
Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips, Jr.)
Perhaps I am overestimating the modern trappings of this film. A lot of them might have come from the low budget; I know that Dracula in this film is unable to turn into a bat or a wolf because Hammer Studios couldn't afford to show it happen. It is ...read the complete Dracula movie review at Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips, Jr.)
DVD Review e-zine
"Horror Of Dracula" is the film that established Christopher Lee as the most recognized Dracula actor of the time and Peter Cushing as the ultimate Van Helsing character. ...read the complete Dracula movie review at DVD Review e-zine
At-A-Glance Film Reviews (--)
Fresh from their success with The Curse of Frankenstein, Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing adapt the classic Dracula story in what is arguably their best in a long line of classic monster movies. ...read the complete Dracula movie review at At-A-Glance Film Reviews (--)
Wooden Spoon's
After Jonathan Harker tries to kill Dracula at his castle, but in vain, the vampire travels to prey on Harker's fiancee. ...read the complete Dracula movie review at Wooden Spoon's
The Digital Bits
Oh, yes! It's Halloween time! The bestest time in the whole wide world. It's time for horror movies, costume parties and all the candy you can eat and purge and eat some more. ...read the complete Dracula movie review at The Digital Bits
Video Graveyard
When it was first released there were also cries that its violence was too extreme and like nothing seen in any other Dracula adaptation. ...read the complete Dracula movie review at Video Graveyard
Popcorn Pictures Review
Vampire hunter Jonathan Harker travels to Castle Dracula where he intends to kill Dracula and eliminate the vampire threat once and for all. But the sun sets before he can do it and Dracula manages to bite him. ...read the complete Dracula movie review at Popcorn Pictures Review
KQEK DVD Review (Mark R. Hasan)
A ridiculously fun vampire romp that offers several amusing spins on Bram Stoker's oft-filmed novel. ...read the complete Dracula movie review at KQEK DVD Review (Mark R. Hasan)
DVD Authority.com ("Fusion3600")
After he is attacked by one Jonathan Harker (John Van Eyssen), Count Dracula (Christopher Lee) and one of his female minions dispatches the man, leaving him cold and dead. ...read the complete Dracula movie review at DVD Authority.com ("Fusion3600")
Cinema Laser (Derek M. Germano)
Christopher Lee is an imposing figure as Count Dracula- the role that made him both a star and horror movie icon. ...read the complete Dracula movie review at Cinema Laser (Derek M. Germano)
HORRENDOUS! (Matt Bradshaw)
The first big change comes after Harker has been shown to his quarters and writes in his journal that he has actually come to destroy Dracula, a complete diversion from the novel. ...read the complete Dracula movie review at HORRENDOUS! (Matt Bradshaw)
DVDTown (John J. Puccio)
Surprisingly, anything approaching the original plot of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel, "Dracula," has only been attempted on the screen several times. ...read the complete Dracula movie review at DVDTown (John J. Puccio)
Classic Horror
Fisher is an extremely detail-orientated director and is the master of lighting and makeup. ...read the complete Dracula movie review at Classic Horror
Classic-Horror.com
The film starts off with a commoner named Jonathan Harker who just happens to be attacking Dracula at his castle. ...read the complete Dracula movie review at Classic-Horror.com
Eccentric Cinema
Enter Van Helsing, who's just a little late in aiding his colleague. He finds the vampirized Harker lying in Dracula's crypt, where he destroys him. ...read the complete Dracula movie review at Eccentric Cinema
DVD Savant (Glenn Erickson)
here really weren't that many vampire movies before Hammer's outing, and most of them were made under the American censor code that forbade the kind of heavy-breathing seductions seen here. ...read the complete Dracula movie review at DVD Savant (Glenn Erickson)
The Nick Schager Film Project
From the late '50s through the '70s, no one did horror like England's Hammer studios, and the crown jewels in their terrifying oeuvre were the gothic Dracula pictures starring the incomparable Christopher Lee as the blood-sucking prince of darkness. ...read the complete Dracula movie review at The Nick Schager Film Project
Britmovie
The film thus opens on a suitably ominous note as Jonathan Harker (John Van Eyssen) makes his way to Castle Dracula to take up his new post as a librarian. ...read the complete Dracula movie review at Britmovie
Hollywood Gothique
The essential elements of the Hammer approach to horror, as established by CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN, were color, action, eroticism, and gore, with a sometimes quirky British sensibility lurking around the edges. ...read the complete Dracula movie review at Hollywood Gothique
Movie-Vault.com (Mel Valentin)
Harker's disappearance, and the discovery of his diary, leads Professor Van Helsing (Peter Cushing), a man dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge, both natural and supernatural, to the village lying at the outskirts of the count's castle. ...read the complete Dracula movie review at Movie-Vault.com (Mel Valentin)
Senses of Cinema (Tony Williams)
Like the often critically despised films of The Archers and Gainsborough melodrama, Horror of Dracula offered contemporary viewers the taboo cinematic elements of spectacle and excess that offended establishment definitions of the proper "realist" nature ...read the complete Dracula movie review at Senses of Cinema (Tony Williams)
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