10-11-2020, 01:06 PM
Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
The first of a loose new Hammer Dracula continuity shifted to England, in that atmospheric, fog-ridden, 'Jack the Ripper' era, which suits the material very well. It's got a stellar cast of British character actors including Geoffrey Keen, Roy Kinnear and Peter Sallis. The sex and violence is noticeably more X-rated than previous Dracula films. The movie wisely devotes the whole 1st half to the resurrection of the Count, by three outwardly respectable old country gentlemen (but really a trio of debauched perverts) and a Byronic devil worshipper, who all make a pact with Satan in the hopes of tasting new forbidden pleasures. Once Christopher Lee is back from the grave he starts preying on the men and their grown up children. Unlike the last movie, I was really rooting for the determined young hero this time, played by the fantastic Anthony Higgins (from 'The Draughtsman's Contract' and 'Young Sherlock Holmes'). This might be my favourite in the franchise so far (including the original).
The first of a loose new Hammer Dracula continuity shifted to England, in that atmospheric, fog-ridden, 'Jack the Ripper' era, which suits the material very well. It's got a stellar cast of British character actors including Geoffrey Keen, Roy Kinnear and Peter Sallis. The sex and violence is noticeably more X-rated than previous Dracula films. The movie wisely devotes the whole 1st half to the resurrection of the Count, by three outwardly respectable old country gentlemen (but really a trio of debauched perverts) and a Byronic devil worshipper, who all make a pact with Satan in the hopes of tasting new forbidden pleasures. Once Christopher Lee is back from the grave he starts preying on the men and their grown up children. Unlike the last movie, I was really rooting for the determined young hero this time, played by the fantastic Anthony Higgins (from 'The Draughtsman's Contract' and 'Young Sherlock Holmes'). This might be my favourite in the franchise so far (including the original).
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