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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780790768106
Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0790768100
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 01, 2002
Running Time: 81 minutes
Sales Rank: 6396
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: May 08, 1958
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Product Description:
Jonathan Harker a student of vampires ventures to Dracula's castle and attacks him. The revengeful vampire leaves his dark abode to prey on the family of his attacker's fiancee. The only man able to protect Harker and his fiancee is Dr. Van Helsing a friend of Harker's. As a fellow-student of vampires he's determined to destroy Dracula.Running Time: 82 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: HORROR/VAMPIRES UPC: 085391149927 Manufacturer No: 1000000224
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After Hammer Studios' tremendous success with The Curse of Frankenstein, they struck a deal to adapt Universal's catalog of classics and set their sights first on Dracula. Christopher Lee removes the monstrous makeup from the earlier film and makes his entrance as an elegant, confident, altogether seductive Dracula, a frightening figure of flashing eyes and erotic allure. Peter Cushing, with his hawklike profile and piercing eyes, turns his rationalist intensity to Van Helsing: man of science as crusading vampire hunter. Director Terence Fisher and screenwriter Jimmy Sangster make a few changes to Bram Stoker's tale; gone are Renfield, Transylvania, howling wolves, and transformations into bats. The Count is an old-world aristocrat firmly ensconced in a castle in England and Van Helsing a crusading vampire hunter who plots his demise with an elaborate plan. This is the first film to really mine the erotic appeal of vampires: Dracula seduces Mina and Lucy like a devil tempting good to the dark side through sex--more suggestive than explicit, but daring for 1958. Lee is electric as the ferocious Count, despite his limited screen time, and Cushing turns Van Helsing into a virtual swashbuckler of a hero, leaping and diving through the climax like an aging action hero. Cushing reprises his role in The Brides of Dracula, while Lee absented himself from the series until 1966's Dracula: Prince of Darkness. --Sean Axmaker
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Rating:  - dracula reborn
Horror of Dracula, Hammer films
This masterpiece of English film making form the then infant Hammer studios, took unknown actors Christopher Lee & Peter Cushing as the count & Vampire hunter & they made a smash hit! All over Britain & later North America too!
The music Set design lighting is perfect at setting the mood.
& the plot is full of tension as Dracula makes his way across Europe with the good Dr. Vanhelsing not far behind.
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Rating: - I will forever end this man's reign of terror
Hard to believe this was made 50 years ago. Superbly acted and directed, there is a raw energy that really permeates from the screen. It's filled with relentless action, unbridled suspense, plus a dark, foreboding atmosphere. This loose adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel sets the standard for romantic gothic horror.
Van Helsing vs. Count Dracula
Brace yourself. These two square off in an intense rivalry filled with hatred and determination. Peter Cushing shines as the ... Read More
Rating: - 'The Terrifying Lover Who Died Yet Lived !'
Along with 'the Wicker Man' this is the finest British thriller ever made.
A big accolade but one it deserves. It made me jump out of my seat as a child, the scene where Christopher Lee bursts in, and starts throwing luscious Valerie Gaunt around. Despite my mother having histrionics, and warning me not to tell my teachers that I'd been up late watching horror movies, it set me up for a lifetime of wonderful (and occasionally vile) film experiences. Whether you're a horror fan or not, this is ... Read More
Rating:  - Classic Dracula
I saw this film when it first came out in 1958 and I was 14 years old. Then it was just called Dracula. To me it has to be one of the first British movies that was totally exciting while being terrifying at the same time. It's still a classic though obviously terror has reached new heights since then. I like how the women victims were full bodied and not skimpy skinny teenage things.
Rating: - ...the best vampire movie ever made!
This is the movie that redefined how vampires would be portrayed on the screen for all time. Christopher Lee makes the character his own. No one before or since has injected so sinister a villain with so much charisma and sex appeal. Peter Cushing is perfect cast as the vampire hunter Van Helsing. No collection is complete without this cinematic gem.
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