Dracula Movies: Hammer Films

1958 - 19749 Films13h 30m3.5 Average

Hammer Film Productions revitalized Dracula for the color era with Christopher Lee's towering, visceral performance and Terence Fisher's Gothic sensibility. Beginning with Dracula in 1958, this series follows the Count through repeated resurrections as the Van Helsing family battles him across generations.

The nine films trace Dracula's evolution from Victorian aristocrat to modern-day menace, ending with genre-bending experiments that transplant the vampire into contemporary London and martial arts territory. These films established the visual language of vampire cinema - Gothic castles, heaving bosoms, and rivers of bright red blood. Note that The Brides of Dracula continues the Van Helsing storyline with vampires in Dracula's tradition, but the Count himself does not appear.

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Dracula

19581h 22m4.3
Horror
Director: Terence Fisher
Cast: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Michael Gough, Melissa Stribling, Carol Marsh

When vampire hunter Jonathan Harker confronts Dracula at his castle, the ancient vampire retaliates by targeting Harker's fiancée and her family. Only Dr. van Helsing, an expert in the supernatural, stands between Dracula and his innocent victims.

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The Brides of Dracula

19601h 22m3.8
Horror
Director: Terence Fisher
Cast: Peter Cushing, Martita Hunt, Yvonne Monlaur, Freda Jackson, David Peel

A young teacher traveling to Transylvania unwittingly helps free a vampiric young man from his mother's bonds, unleashing undead horrors upon the local population. Fortunately, the legendary vampire hunter Dr. Van Helsing arrives to confront the supernatural threat.

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Dracula: Prince of Darkness

19661h 30m3.8
Horror
Director: Terence Fisher
Cast: Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Andrew Keir, Francis Matthews, Suzan Farmer

Two couples vacationing in the Carpathian Mountains discover Count Dracula's castle, where the vampire's loyal servant performs a blood ritual to resurrect his master. The revived Count sets his sights on one of the women to become his dark companion.

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Dracula Has Risen from the Grave

19681h 32m3.8
Horror
Director: Freddie Francis
Cast: Christopher Lee, Rupert Davies, Veronica Carlson, Barbara Ewing, Barry Andrews

After being revived by blood from an injured priest, Count Dracula returns to terrorize the village of Keineneburg in Transylvania. The undead vampire stalks new victims to satisfy his thirst for blood in this classic Hammer Horror film.

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Taste the Blood of Dracula

19701h 35m3.3
Horror
Director: Peter Sasdy
Cast: Christopher Lee, Geoffrey Keen, Gwen Watford, Linda Hayden, Peter Sallis

Three bored Victorian gentlemen seek thrills by participating in a dark ritual that resurrects Count Dracula. When they betray Dracula's servant, the vengeful vampire orchestrates their deaths through their own children.

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Scars of Dracula

19701h 36m3.2
Horror
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Cast: Christopher Lee, Dennis Waterman, Jenny Hanley, Christopher Matthews, Patrick Troughton

Count Dracula is resurrected when his ashes are mixed with bat's blood, terrorizing the village of Kleinenberg once again. Two people searching for their missing loved one discover Dracula's castle and become targets of the vampire's deadly revenge.

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Dracula A.D. 1972

19721h 36m3.1
Horror
Director: Alan Gibson
Cast: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Stephanie Beacham, Christopher Neame, Michael Coles

In 1970s London, a young man performs a black magic ritual that resurrects Count Dracula from his remains. When the vampire begins hunting victims, he faces off against a descendant of the legendary Van Helsing family in a modern battle between good and evil.

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The Satanic Rites of Dracula

19731h 28m2.9
Horror
Director: Alan Gibson
Cast: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Michael Coles, William Franklyn, Freddie Jones

Professor Van Helsing is called in to investigate satanic rituals at a country estate involving high-ranking government officials. The mysterious property owner is revealed to be Dracula himself, who plots to end his eternal existence by unleashing a deadly plague on humanity.

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The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires

19741h 29m3.1
ActionHorror
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Cast: Peter Cushing, David Chiang Da-Wei, Julie Ege, Robin Stewart, Shih Szu

Professor Van Helsing travels to rural China to combat Count Dracula, who has allied himself with skeletal creatures terrorizing the local peasants. He teams up with seven martial arts warriors to battle the undead menace in this unique blend of horror and kung fu action.