The read
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
Whilst vacationing in the Carpathian Mountain, two couples stumble across the remains of Count Dracula's castle. The Count's trusted servant kills one of the men, suspending the body over the Count's ashes so that the blood drips from the corpse and saturates the blackened remains. The ritual is completed, the Count revived and his attentions focus on the dead man's wife who is to become his partner; devoted to an existence of depravity and evil.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes82%
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do.
304 audience votes
Key crew
- Terence FisherDirector
- James BernardOriginal Music Composer
- Jimmy SangsterScreenplay
Cast
- Christopher LeeCount Dracula
- Barbara ShelleyHelen Kent
- Andrew KeirFather Sandor
- Francis MatthewsCharles Kent
- Suzan FarmerDiana Kent
- Thorley WaltersLudwig
- Philip LathamKlove
- Charles TingwellAlan Kent
- Walter BrownBrother Mark
- George WoodbridgeLandlord
- Philip RayPriest
- Joyce HemsonMother (uncredited)