Dracula A.D. 1972

1972 96 min ★ 5.9 Horror

Set in London in the early 1970's, supposedly for teen thrills, Johnny organises a black magic ceremony in a desolate churchyard. The culmination of the ritual, however, is the rejuvenation of Dracula from shrivelled remains. Johnny, Dracula' s disciple, lures victims to the deserted graveyard for his master's pleasure and one of the victims delivered is Jessica Van Helsing. Descended from the Van Helsing line of vampire hunters her grandfather, equipped with all the devices to snare and destroy the Count, confronts his arch enemy in the age-old battle between good and evil.

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Cast

Christopher Lee

Count Dracula

Peter Cushing

Professor Van Helsing

Stephanie Beacham

Jessica Van Helsing

Christopher Neame

Johnny Alucard

Michael Coles

Inspector

Marsha Hunt

Gaynor

Caroline Munro

Laura Bellows

Janet Key

Anna

William Ellis

Joe Mitcham

Pip Miller

Bob

Details

Director

Alan Gibson

Screenplay

Don Houghton

Tagline

"The Count is back, with an eye for London's hotpants . . . and a taste for everything"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Hammer Film Productions

Reviews

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talisencrw

September 28, 2016

★ 8/10

Yes, I know I'm giving this WAY TOO MANY marks, but, hey, I love all of the clashes between Sir Christopher Lee's 'Count Dracula' and Sir Peter Cushing's 'Van Helsing' (perhaps the greatest characterizations of those two characters, over a series of films, in cinema), and the then-contemporary (now almost 45 years ago!) update certainly is intriguing. So sue me.

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John Chard

September 3, 2017

★ 4/10

A misjudged mess. Good grief! Hammer Horror Films were very much in a flux come 1972, so in a bold (yet ultimately ill conceived) attempt to move with the times and grasp a new audience, they turned to old faithful to resurrect their hopes - Count Dracula. Pic starts with an exciting prologue in 1872, where we see Dracula (Christopher Lee) and Van Helsing (Peter Cushing) battling to the death. ...