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Greek Tragic Women on Shakespearean Stages

Tanya Pollard

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Greek Tragic Women on Shakespearean Stages argues that ancient Greek plays exerted a powerful and...

Revolutionary French Cooking

Daniel Galmiche

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Daniel Galmiche's first book, French Brasserie Cookbook, was hailed as a masterpiece of French home...

Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972) in Movies

Nov 20, 2020

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Peter Cushing

Dracula Getting With The Times

Dracula A.D. 1972- is the seventh Hammer film featuring Dracula, and the sixth to star Christopher Lee in the title role. It also marked the return of Peter Cushing as Van Helsing for the first time since The Brides of Dracula (1960), and was the first to feature both Lee and Cushing in their respective roles since Dracula (1958).

Unlike earlier films in Hammer's Dracula series, Dracula A.D. 1972 had (at the time of filming) a contemporary setting, in an attempt to update the Dracula story for modern audiences. Dracula is brought back to life in modern London and preys on a group of young partygoers that includes the descendant of his nemesis, Van Helsing.

The plot: Van Helsing despatches Dracula to his grave, only for the dark lord to be reborn in 1972. When the swinging trendies of London decide to experiment with a little devil-worshipping, the Count decides to move to his own bloody groove.

It was followed by the last film in Hammer's Dracula series to star Christopher Lee, The Satanic Rites of Dracula, which similarly utilized a modern setting and featured most of the same central characters.

Dracula A.D. 1972 was marketed with the taglines "Past, present or future, never count out the Count!" and "Welcome back, Drac!"

Its a good film.