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Dracula A.D. 1972

Name: Dracula A.D. 1972
Genre: Horror
Released: 1972-06-26
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 5.957

★ 6,0 /10 (196 Votes)

1972 EN 96 min

Overview

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.

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Release date

26/06/1972

Votes

196

Popularity

1.6

The Count is back, with an eye for London's hotpants . . . and a taste for everything

Genres

Horror

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

96 min

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

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Janet Key

Anna

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William Ellis

Joe Mitcham

Pip Miller

Bob

Michael Kitchen

Greg

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Lally Bowers

Matron

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Constance Luttrell

Mrs. Donnelly

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Michael Daly

Charles

Artro Morris

Police Surgeon

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Jo Richardson

Crying Matron

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Brian John Smith

Hippy Boy

Penny Brahms

Hippy Girl

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David Andrews

Detective Sergeant

Original Soundtrack

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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.

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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. We witness Drac's ashes buried near to the grave of Helsing, and then it's fast forward to 1972... It must have seemed like a good idea at the time - letting loose one of the most iconic monsters i…

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