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Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
1970 | Horror
7
7.3 (4 Ratings)
Movie Rating
The Vampire's Blood
Taste The Blood of Dracula- is the fifth Dracula movie made by Hammer. The Fourth with Christopher Lee.

The plot: Three elderly and distinguished gentlemen, searching for some excitement in their boring lives, get in contact with one of Count Dracula's servants.

Taste the Blood of Dracula was originally written without Dracula appearing at all. With Christopher Lee's increasing reluctance to reprise the role, Hammer intended to replace Lee and Dracula in the franchise with the Lord Courtley character played by Ralph Bates, who would rise as a vampire after his death and seek revenge on Hargood, Paxton, and Secker.

Hammer intended to replace Lee and Dracula in the franchise with the Lord Courtley character played by Ralph Bates, who would rise as a vampire after his death and seek revenge on Hargood, Paxton, and Secker. Hammer's American distributor refused to release the film if it lacked an appearance by Dracula; this prompted Hammer to convince Lee to return, with Dracula replacing the resurrected Courtley.

In its original United States release, it was rated GP (General audience, Parental guidance suggested—the forerunner to today's PG), but when it was re-released to DVD it was rated R for sexual content/nudity and brief violence.

Its a hammer film, what else do you expect.
  
Dracula (English) (1931)
Dracula (English) (1931)
1931 | Horror
9
7.8 (24 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Bela Lugosi (0 more)
I am Dracula
Dracula- such a classic film, such a excellent film. It is so perfect, its a masterpeice. This film really started "the unviersal monsters franchise", this and "Frankenstien". Without those two films, we would have no "unverisal monsters", we would have no "monster/creature films", i mean we still would but their wouldnt be good/the same. So thanks to this film and frankenstein, we got "the universal monster franchise" and films about "monsters/creatures". Also if it wasnt for "Dracula" and "Nosferatu", we wouldnt have any movies about vampires. So once again thanks to "Dracula" and "Nosferatu" we have movies about vampires.

The plot: The dashing, mysterious Count Dracula (Bela Lugosi), after hypnotizing a British soldier, Renfield (Dwight Frye), into his mindless slave, travels to London and takes up residence in an old castle. Soon Dracula begins to wreak havoc, sucking the blood of young women and turning them into vampires. When he sets his sights on Mina (Helen Chandler), the daughter of a prominent doctor, vampire-hunter Van Helsing (Edward Van Sloan) is enlisted to put a stop to the count's never-ending bloodlust.

And of course, you cant forgot about the amazing and fantasic Bela Lugosi. When you think of Dracula, you think of him. He was so perfect as Dracula.

Like i said before this film is a masterpiece and my second favorite film of "the unverisal monster franchise".
  
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Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) created a poll

Oct 8, 2019 (Updated Oct 19, 2019)  
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The Batman vs. Dracula

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Batman: Under the Red Hood
Batman: Year One
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
     
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Awix (3310 KP) rated Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) in Movies

Feb 15, 2018 (Updated Feb 15, 2018)  
Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
1970 | Horror
8
7.3 (4 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Mmmm, Blood of Dracula
Superior Hammer horror movie. Victorian hypocrites looking for naughty kicks get mixed up with one of Dracula's disciples, inadvertently bring him back. Dracula is not grateful and uses their own children to get them.

Usual strong Hammer cast, polished production values, lush James Bernard score - topical (for the time) subtext about the generation gap, and the depiction of Dracula as an avenging angel of darkness is an interesting new twist on a character who seemed in danger of running out of things to do. Dracula was originally supposed to be reincarnated as Ralph Bates, but the distributors insisted they get Lee back, much against his will as usual.
  
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Kevin Wilson (179 KP) created a poll

Jul 13, 2018  
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Best monster movie icon?

Dracula
Frankenstein's monster
The Mummy
Wolfman

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Godzilla
Kong
Invisible man
Other (vote then comment your answer)

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Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) created a poll

Oct 5, 2019 (Updated Oct 8, 2019)  
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The Night of the Hunter

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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
The Curse of Frankenstien

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Horror of Dracula

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Sarah (7798 KP) created a post

Dec 12, 2018 (Updated Dec 12, 2018)  
Today we've been on the hunt of Dracula/Vlad the Impaler in Transylvania & visited a couple of castles (very loosely) related to him:
     
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Sarah (7798 KP) Dec 13, 2018

Definitely. No more garlic and sunbathing for me!

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Andy K (10821 KP) Dec 13, 2018

HAHA

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Darren (1599 KP) rated Dracula (1958) in Movies

Oct 31, 2019  
Dracula (1958)
Dracula (1958)
1958 | Horror
6
7.8 (6 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Characters – Doctor Van Helsing has been trying to hunt down Dracula for years now, his latest attempt sees him anger the vampire, forcing him to defend his loved ones before he starts his own attack on the vampire. Count Dracula has lived a life where his presence has struck fear in the locals, he is a vampire with his age seemingly unknown, after his bride is taken from him, he goes after the people that took her, in search of finding his new bride. Arthur is one of the people working with Van Helsing, it is his family that has becomes the target of Dracula, with Mina being the wife of Arthur that is one of the women Dracula wants to make his brides.

Performances – Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee are the icons on the 50’s horrors, this film shows they are just wonderful in the horror performances both sides of the good and evil scale. When it comes to the supporting roles, it appears that the rest of the cast are meant to just let the lead two stars take the spotlight.

Story – The story here is the basic Dracula story, where after one of his brides is killed, Dracula targets the family that took his bride to get his own new bride and revenge. The Dracula story has been told so many times, it does become slightly boring to watch a story that doesn’t offer anything new to the tried and tested formula. If you do know the basic story, you will know everything that happens in this film which just ends up being nothing refreshing.

Horror – The horror comes the ideas of vampires with Dracula lurking in the darkness, most doesn’t come off scary though which is disappointing.

Settings – The film uses the couple of main locations, we have the castle of course which we don’t spend enough time around, the English house that shows how the family will try to hide from Dracula.

Special Effects – The effects are practical which do bring one of the most memorable scenes in the film.


Scene of the Movie – final showdown.

That Moment That Annoyed Me – It isn’t anything new.

Final Thoughts – This is a hammer horror version of Dracula, it works well enough for the basic idea, only it doesn’t reach too much new to the story idea.

 

Overall: Hammer Horror Dracula.
  
The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1974)
The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1974)
1974 | International, Horror
5
6.0 (2 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Last Film With Christopher Lee as Dracula (1 more)
A huge Disappointment
Out With Boredom
The Satanic Rites of Dracula- was a huge disappointment. It was boring, and only was intresting when Dracula was on screen. The first 30 minutes doesnt seem like a dracula film, i was confused on what i was watching. It sad because this was the last time you get to see Christopher Lee as Dracula. And it was a disappointment.

The plot: British-made chiller about a blood-thirsty count who takes up residence in modern London to develop a new strain of bubonic plague, with the evil intention of annihilating all life on Earth.

Work began on what was tentatively titled Dracula is Dead...and Well and Living in London in November 1972.

The film itself is a mixture of horror, science fiction and a spy thriller, with a screenplay by Don Houghton, a veteran of BBC's Doctor Who. This is the problem its trying to be more sci-fi and a spy thriller than horror.

This was the final Hammer film that Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing would make together. The two stars would eventually reunite one more time in House of the Long Shadows, ten years later.

A huge let down.
  
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Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated Dracula 2000 (2000) in Movies

Jan 5, 2021 (Updated Jan 5, 2021)  
Dracula 2000 (2000)
Dracula 2000 (2000)
2000 | Horror
6
5.7 (7 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Welcome to 2000 Dracula
Dracula 2000- it is what it is, a cheesy horror flick in the early 2000's that trys so hard to be scary and horrorfyed that its not. Its also trying so hard to connect to the early 2000's, with rock and sex. I mean it did come out in 2000 so.

The plot: Long ago, Abraham Van Helsing (Christopher Plummer) imprisoned the infamous Count Dracula (Gerard Butler) within a vault inside Carfax Abbey. In the present day, Van Helsing relies on Dracula's immortal blood to remain alive. But then thieves breaks into the vault and steal the vampire's coffin, thinking it contains something valuable. Liberated from his prison, Dracula seizes the opportunity to escape, but Van Helsing sets out to banish him to the crypt once again.

All i can say is that its okay.