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Part of Hammer Studio's reboot of the Universal horror series.

The U.K. release is called Dracula. The film's title was changed in the U.S. to Horror of Dracula because in the U.S. Universal Studios owned the right to the film title Dracula.

The bloodshot contact lenses that Christopher Lee wore in the film bothered him a great deal throughout the production.

The first film of the Count Dracula/Hammer series.

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Cast: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Miles Malleson, George Woodbridge, Michael Gough, George Merritt, Charles Lloyd Pack, Geoffrey Bayldon, John Van Eyssen, Valerie Gaunt, Carol Marsh, George Benson, Barbara Archer, Judith Nelmes, Melissa Stribling, Olga Dickie, Janina Faye, William Sherwood, Paul Cole, Humphrey Kent
Director: Terence Fisher
Genre: Horror
Release Date: June 16, 1958
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Screen Writer: Jimmy Sangster
Runtime: 1hr 22min
Studio: Warner Bros., Hammer

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review by Count_Orlok_22. December 23, 2008

posted in The Vampire Historians

A Bloody Good Vampire Tale

In the 1950s, the classic horror monsters of old had been abandoned in favor of the more trendy atomic monsters. Most of these new monsters were giant bugs or lizards, which naturally have no personalities or psychological motivations for the destruction they caused. Many of the actors who were featured in the classic horror films had passed away, Boris Karloff being the great exception. And no one had seen the likes of vampires, werewolves, or zombies for some time. British audiences, who had no … more

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