Ameriatch
One of the best films i have seen
Livestonth
I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible
Hulkeasexo
it is the rare 'crazy' movie that actually has something to say.
Martin Bradley
"Dracula" (aka "The Horror of Dracula") was one of the first Hammer films to really make an impact and to this day it remains the best of the series, keeping reasonably close to Bram Stoker's original novel. It was also the film that turned Christopher Lee into a star; it was obvious he was born to play Dracula, something he continued to do in several 'sequels' of varying quality. It also made a star of Peter Cushing, excellent as Van Helsing, though Cushing was already a very well-known supporting player in Britain. It was also beautifully designed and photographed by that fine and underrated cinematographer Jack Asher and unlike many subsequent 'monster' movies from the studio this one still has the ability to give you the shivers, thanks again to Lee's superb performance and special effects of an unusually high quality.
Richie-67-485852
Yes to this movie if you are a fan. It captures the theme quite nicely and as a bonus we get to good movie stars to play important parts making this entertaining. The movie travels along nicely and keeps the viewers interest no problem. I am currently reading the book by Bram Stoker and highly recommend this to all fans of the subject matter. I don't mind telling you that when I was a kid, I thought those two little holes in the neck were made by those fangs and then the fangs functioned as straws slurping it all up. Just recently I was surprised to find out that those fangs are puncture type tools and that a process similar to giving one a hickey pulls the blood out. It changed my whole perspective watching these movies with this new knowledge. So the fangs are not straws but sort of like a can-opener LOL. I like eating while watching movies but go lightly here as well as on the drink too. Good snack movie however. I enjoyed the sound track when the Count shows up. It sets the mood quite nicely. The Horror of Dracula delivers...enjoy
John austin
Classic vampire stories were out of style for most of the '50s until Hammer Studios took up this full color retelling of Stoker's Dracula.Christopher Lee plays Dracula with the usual aristocratic air, but also with a dose of viciousness and even a little desperation that nobody had really seen before. Seeing it again recently, I'm surprised by just how few lines Lee has in this. The show really belongs to Peter Cushing as the single minded Van Helsing.Some divergences are taken from the original story, but that's usually the case, and they treat this story with the proper amount of reverence. The plot moves quickly, almost like the original story had to be compressed to work here. I like the way color works in this, although some could argue that it detracts just a little from the Gothic atmosphere they were able to establish in earlier versions. The principal players in this are quite stodgy and British even though it appears that all the action in this film takes place on the European continent. I recall that other Hammer films were also uncertain about exactly where they were taking place, i.e., characters wearing German helmets but talking with a British accent. I wonder if that was done on purpose for some reason.The passage of time definitely places this one up there with the greats of the genre and should be seen by anyone who claims to be a fan of vampire cinema.
GManfred
Someone here recorded it, so I thought, 'what the heck'. This was a big surprise, as it was good! Ordinarily I would have passed on it, having seen other films like it which were junk movies, pure and simple. But the main role went to Peter Cushing playing Helsing, the vampire slayer (I borrowed that from a current popular entity), and I can report that neither he nor Christopher Lee overacted or hammed it up as they did in other over-the-top horror films. The story moved along, the color was natural and the plot was (almost) plausible, never descending into vaudeville. Good supporting acting and a thoroughly refreshing dip into the horror genre make this one worth recommending.
