Sunday, June 14, 2009

Dracula AD.1972 - 1972 * * * * 1/2


The count is back with an eye for hotpants and a taste for everything.
Boy did I love this Hammer Horror production. Currently on a lifelong quest to watch all of the Hammer movies I eagerly jumped at the chance to see this one. Added to which a film combining Dracula and 1970s London is guaranteed to be great - and it was. Christopher Lee doesn't need any praise for this role because he has already become 'The Dracula of the Hammer Studios' in my eyes anyway and performs each role effortlessly, much like Peter Cushing. Stephanie Beacham was every part the 70s chick and wore the fashions with pizazz. I just loved the idea of Dracula being around in present-day London and having to adapt - genius idea!

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