the satanic rites of dracula

[the master]

just watched it
it was like a combo of spy horror

[Nukie 2]

Does that have a scene where Chris twists some guys head around?

[the master]

no
this might help
http://www.archive.org/details/satanic_rights_of_dracula
the version i watched was on the mill creek 100 horror pack and was instead called count dracula and his vampire bride and i think its the american version with about four minutes cut out

[Neville]

I though it was OK, specially after "Dracula AD 72". The action is dated, many scenes would fit alright in a blaxplotation film, but the central idea is a good one, and there are several great moments, like the flashbacks of the satanic rites, the scene when one of the main characters walks into a cellar filled  with vampires chained to the walls, or the moment when Peter Cushing unmasks Dracula in his office, of all places.

My only real gripe is with the ending, specially the way Dracula gets killed this time. It's so lame and anticlimatic (specially considering it was the last time he was played by Christopher Lee) that it almost killed the whole thing for me.

[the master]

I though it was OK, specially after "Dracula AD 72". The action is dated, many scenes would fit alright in a blaxplotation film, but the central idea is a good one, and there are several great moments, like the flashbacks of the satanic rites, the scene when one of the main characters walks into a cellar filled  with vampires chained to the walls, or the moment when Peter Cushing unmasks Dracula in his office, of all places.

My only real gripe is with the ending, specially the way Dracula gets killed this time. It's so lame and anticlimatic (specially considering it was the last time he was played by Christopher Lee) that it almost killed the whole thing for me.

i agree crappy ending

[peter johnson]

Well, he'd already been impaled on a carriage wheel, drowned in an icy moat, etc. etc.  I think they resorted to the Hawthorne because they'd killed him every other way they could.

I like this one more on repeat viewings.  All the Lee/Hammer vampire flicks are worth watching a second or third time.

peter johnson/denny crane

[Underbelly]

This is a Hammer film, right?  Haven't watched those in forever, but I remember really enjoying them. Now I must start looking for them and see if they hold up!

[Neville]

For all sakes, do it. I did the same thing a few years ago, never regretted it. The films themselves looked to me very different than in my chilhood, but they were worth every minute.

There are a few buried threads about Hammer's best films, but if I were you I wouldn't miss the first and last Mummy films and all those Cushing-Fisher Frankentein flicks.

[peter johnson]

All Hammer is great, for one reason or another -- Call them what you will, but they always came out swinging, whether the film ultimately sucked or was good.
See "Scream of Fear", if you can find it:  Under-rated black and white horror/suspense, with Christopher Lee & the usual suspects.
Also, one of my favorite Science-Fiction/horror films ever:  "Quatermass and The Pit" --
I'm not trying to start another Hammer thread, as this has all been gone over before, but I'll gladly chime in if anyone cares to start another one!!
peter cushing/denny the reptile

[Hammock Rider]

I had heard bad things about this movie but decided to watch it anyway and I'm glad I did. The scenes Nevillementions were pretty powerful and hold up with most of the best Hammer from previous movies. Dracula at he center of a web of evil corporate and gov't enterprises is a very interesting idea and I think the storyline holds up today. Might explain of few things.

I liked the change up in time period and the super-villainization of Dracula. I think Hammer needed to shake things up at that time and movies like this one and Captain Konos which bombed initially are now seen by many as actually quite entertaining, although I'd put kronos above this movie. I think if Hammer had mixed things up earlier maybe they would have stuck around a little longer.