Dracula: Prince of Darkness

Dracula: Prince of Darkness

90 mins | Horror | Jan. 9, 1966

Whilst vacationing in the Carpathian Mountain, two couples stumble across the remains of Count Dracula's castle. The Count's trusted servant kills one of the men, suspending the body over the Count's ashes so that the blood drips from the corpse and saturates the blackened remains. The ritual is completed, the Count revived and his attentions focus on the dead man's wife who is to become his partner; devoted to an existence of depravity and evil.

Dracula: Prince of Darkness

90 mins | Horror | Jan. 9, 1966

Dracula: Prince of Darkness
Whilst vacationing in the Carpathian Mountain, two couples stumble across the remains of Count Dracula's castle. The Count's trusted servant kills one of the men, suspending the body over the Count's ashes so that the blood drips from the corpse and saturates the blackened remains. The ritual is completed, the Count revived and his attentions focus on the dead man's wife who is to become his partner; devoted to an existence of depravity and evil.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Seven Arts Productions, Hammer Film Productions
Original title Dracula: Prince of Darkness
Directors Lorna Selwyn, Terence Fisher
Writers Jimmy Sangster, Anthony Hinds, Bram Stoker

Cast

Christopher Lee

as Count Dracula

Barbara Shelley

as Helen Kent

Andrew Keir

as Father Sandor

Francis Matthews

as Charles Kent

Suzan Farmer

as Diana Kent

Thorley Walters

as Ludwig

Philip Latham

as Klove

Charles Tingwell

as Alan Kent

Walter Brown

as Brother Mark

George Woodbridge

as Landlord

Philip Ray

as Priest

Joyce Hemson

as Mother (uncredited)

John Maxim

as Coach Driver

Jack Lambert

as Brother Peter

Peter Cushing

as Doctor Van Helsing (archive footage)