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The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)

R 04/17/1973 Horror 1h 28m
56%
User
Score
5.5/10

Evil begets evil on the sabbath of the undead!

Overview

The police and British security forces call in Professor Van Helsing to help them investigate Satanic ritual which has been occurring in a large country house, and which has been attended by a government minister, an eminent scientist and secret service chief. The owner of the house is a mysterious property tycoon who is found to be behind a sinister plot involving a deadly plague. It is in fact Dracula who, sick of his interminable existence, has decided that he must end it all in the only possible way- by destroying every last potential victim.

Don Houghton

Writer

Alan Gibson

Director

Part of the Dracula (Hammer) Collection

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Top Billed Cast

Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee

Count Dracula

Peter Cushing

Peter Cushing

Prof. Lorrimer Van Helsing

Michael Coles

Michael Coles

Insp. Murray

William Franklyn

William Franklyn

Peter Torrence

Freddie Jones

Freddie Jones

Prof. Julian Keeley

Joanna Lumley

Joanna Lumley

Jessica Van Helsing

Richard Vernon

Richard Vernon

Col. Mathews

Barbara Yu Ling

Barbara Yu Ling

Chin Yang

Patrick Barr

Patrick Barr

Lord Carradine

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Media

The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

Joe Dante on THE SATANIC RITES OF DRACULA

Joe Dante on THE SATANIC RITES OF DRACULA

The Satanic Rites of Dracula / Original Theatrical Trailer (1974)

The Satanic Rites of Dracula / Original Theatrical Trailer (1974)

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak

Written on October 31, 2019

***Hammer’s final Dracula film with Christopher Lee***

Two years after the events of “Dracula A.D. 1972” (1972) Scotland Yard & Lorrimer Van Helsing (Peter Cushing) discover that Dracula (Christopher Lee) is alive and well in the London area, disguised as an antisocial property developer with a mad scheme to unleash a lethal virus upon the Earth.

“The Satanic Rites of Dracula,” aka “Count Dracula and His Vampire Bride” (1973), was the last of seven Hammer Dracula films starring Lee as the diabolic Count released from 1958-1973. The previous six are: “Horror of Dracula” (1958), “Dracula, Prince of Darkness” (1966), “Dracula has Risen from the Grave” (1968), “Taste the Blood of Dracula” (1970), “Scars of Dracula” (1970) and “Dracula A.D. 1972” (197...

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written on May 27, 2023

The great grandson of the original "Van Helsing" (Peter Cushing) is drafted in by Scotland Yard to investigate a series of deaths that smack of vampirism. The investigation centres around a manor house where the great and the good of London society meet, ostensibly for ordinary gatherings, but we know it is much more sinister (well, in theory, anyway). What's more - this house is built upon an old cemetery, and guess who was buried in it just a few years earlier? This is a sort of 1970s "Freemasons meet Dracula" affair, with a lacklustre dialogue and some pretty lame performances all round. It builds predictably to a conflagration that seems a long time coming, and neither Cushing nor the fleeting appearances from Christopher Lee really ignite the film. The score has that early synthesised...

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