Horror of Dracula (1958)Today we present the entire feature length film Horror of Dracula thanks to My Flash Fetish and YouTube. Filmed in 1958 by Hammer Films after the successful remake of Frankenstein with The Curse of Frankenstein, this film resurrected the horror genre presenting the thrills and scares in technicolor. Curse and Horror also launched the horror careers of Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee and forever stamped Hammer Films as the House of Horror on genre film fans.
In a day where remakes are rampant, some successful and some failures, it is interesting to note how successful and important Horror of Dracula and Curse of Frankenstein are to the history of the horror film. Each film is a remake (reinvisioning) of Universals Frankenstein and Dracula classics. Sure they had the novels to draw their inspiration from, still they made an agreement with Universal to make and distribute these films (and The Mummy as well) -- even though they could not use the famous Boris Karloff monster make up.
The Dracula franchise would be a successful one for Hammer Films throughout the 60's and into the 70's, finally killing of the Count with a Kung-fu mix called The Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires (The Seven Brothers meet Dracula in the States).
So here it is...enjoy!
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