Christopher Lee plays the evil count for the fifth time. I haven't read too many good things about this movie from horror fans, but I found it to be very entertaining.
The movie opens with an angry crowd from a small village attempting to burn down the counts castle. They fail and now live in fear. Before long a young man named Paul Carlson (Christopher Matthews) is on the run from the police of a small village and ends up at the castle.
He is welcomed in by a beautiful woman called Tania (Anouska Hempel) and Dracula (Christopher Lee) himself. Paul is invited to stay the night and soon finds he has more trouble than he can deal with.
Paul's brother Simon (Dennis Waterman) and his lovely girlfriend Sarah (Jenny Hanley) go searching for him after he fails to return. Simon and Sarah are treated like crap by the local citizens and soon also end up at the castle.
It's here that Simon must try and save Jenny from Dracula's evil clutches. There is plenty to like in this movie if you're a horror fan. There are gruesome scenes of bats attacking people, Dracula stabbing a woman to death and torturing his helper named Klove (Patrick Troughton) with a red hot sword.
It's a fast paced movie and I was kept very entertained thru the entire run time. It may not be the best Dracula film from Hammer, but it certainly isn't the worst.
I can't help but recommend this to any horror fan that hasn't yet seen it.
The rest of the cast includes Michael Ripper, Michael Gwynn, Delia Lindsay, and Margo Boht.
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