Dracula synopsis plot count dracula s pregnant granddaughter arrives at his castle, along with her husband, who is not a vampire. Back to his old ways in different surroundings, he meets an alluring new bride and a fearsome challenge. Peter cushings second outing in a hammer dracula film as van helsing, the main protagonist and vampire hunter. Development of the brides of dracula, however, continued, albeit patchily.
The author skillfully weaves folklore from around the world into tales of debauchery, seduction, violence and gore along with dracula and his minions insatiable desire for power over every person they meet. A paranormal romance anthology, the three brides are named crina, emilia and isabella. The satanic rites of dracula is a 1973 horror film directed by alan gibson and produced by hammer film productions. The brides of dracula is a film directed by terence fisher with peter cushing, yvonne monlaur, david peel, martita hunt, year.
May 17, 20 dracula comes to london, posing as an american entrepreneur who wants to bring modern science to the victorian city. The brides of dracula is a 1960 british supernatural horror film produced by hammer film productions. The main character dia becomes draculas fourth bride. A disciple of dracula, baron meinster unleashes his wrath on unsuspecting women in. Horror of dracula trailer directed by terence fisher and starring peter cushing, christopher lee, michael gough, john van eyssen, charles lloyd pack. Overview full credits full synopsis notes music screenplay info original print info genre keywords. Stinkhorn favorite favorite april 20, 2019 subject. Christopher lee did not reprise his role as the count due to fear of getting typecast. Terence fishers the brides of dracula features a romantic and lustful subplot amidst vampires rising from the grave and alot of screaming a standard affair for a dracula outing, making it a. With peter cushing, martita hunt, yvonne monlaur, freda jackson. Hello guest, this is the official trailer of the brides of dracula 1960 best regards horrorfilm archivist. Oct 04, 2014 the brides of dracula rather wanders through the story with marianna as sort of the main character but then replaced by van helsing.
One is reminded of halloween iii, and the furore around there being no michael myers, an argument that rages 30 years on and has given a very good horror film a score of 4 on imdb. Movieaffinity filmaffinity is a movie recommendation site based on the concept of movie soulmates. In the deathless girls by kiran millwood hargrave, the two darkhaired brides are sisters kisaiya and lillai. Van helsing returns to the original scene of the original crime, transylvania, in the brides of dracula. The title is a misnomer since dracula isnt in the picture and the real star is baron meinster the original title of the disciple of dracula makes much more sense. Dracula bram stoker adaptations synopsis plot posing as a librarian, erstwhile vampire hunter jonathan harker travels to castle dracula where he is welcomed by the courtly count dracula. The brides of dracula comes opulently mounted with technicolor flashing, slickly, meticulously produced, said the american trade magazine film daily. Taking place sometime after the events of the first film and, hence, the death of count dracula, a narrator informs us that we are in transylvania still home to magic and devilry.
Brides of dracula, the hammer 1960 classic monsters. Vampire hunter van helsing returns to transylvania to destroy. Peter cushing, yvonne monlaur, david peel, martita hunt. Dracula 1897 by bram stoker presents an uneasy relationship with gender and traditional roles of masculinity and femininity. This time around it is the young baron meinsterplayed with credibility by david peel. In london in the 1970s, scotland yard police investigators think they have uncovered a case of vampirism. They are three seductive female vampire sisters who reside with count dracula in his castle in transylvania, where they entrance men with their beauty and charm, and then proceed to feed upon them. Dec 03, 20 with hypnotism, a mystic amulet, and a pair of runaway eyebrows, a teenage misfit at a girls school becomes a vampire in bobbysocks. They call in an expert vampire researcher named van helsing a descendant of the. A teenager has been infused with the spirit of count dracula and his mother locks him up in their mansion, while going out to ensnare victims for his bloody thirst. The brides of dracula wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. Left outside the village by a coachman terrified at the approach of night, they find themselves. Ladies and gentlemen i present terence fishers the brides of dracula.
It is the eighth film in hammers dracula series, and the seventh and final one to feature christopher lee as dracula. We are an independent movie lovers club worldwide with 646. Prince of darkness 1966 dracula has risen from the grave 1968 taste the blood of dracula 1970 scars of dracula 1970 dracula a. Set free by an unsuspecting visitor named marianne, baron meinster is a vampire that is released upon the world. The brides of dracula are characters in bram stokers 1897 novel dracula. Dec 17, 2007 this is the trailer to one of hammers great dracula movie. A young woman is invited to the castle meinster and unleashes the baron from his shackles to allow him to slake his thirst through the living.
The brides of dracula 1960 van helsing peter cushing drives a stake through the heart of a vampire baron david peel who even bites his own mother martita hunt. Lee has long maintained that the choice was his, that he was attempting to avoid typecasting in monster roles he had played the creature in the curse of. The film was also the third to unite peter cushing as van helsing with lee, following dracula 1958 and dracula a. A brave young woman yvonne monlaur takes refuge in a mysterious chateau but soon finds herself the prey of a treacherous vampire intent on claiming her. In reality, dracula seeks revenge on those who betrayed him centuries earlier. Christopher lee did not reprise his role as the count due to fear of. The title is a little misleading as dracula doesnt appear in the film.
Filmaffinity is a movie recommendation site based on the concept of movie. The brides begin play sleeping and hidden, as described above. The brides of dracula, horror,1960 the brides of dracula, horror,1960 skip navigation sign in. Prince of darkness is a film directed by terence fisher with christopher lee, barbara shelley, andrew keir, francis matthews, year. Posing as a librarian, erstwhile vampire hunter jonathan harker travels to castle dracula where he is welcomed by the courtly count dracula. Overview of the brides of dracula, 1960, directed by terence fisher, with peter cushing, martita hunt, yvonne monlaur, at turner classic movies. Tv shows based on books, period pieces, british tv shows, tv. Hammer horror series brides of dracula curse of the werewolf phantom of the opera 1962 paranoiac kiss of the vampire nightmare night creatures evil of frankenstein. The brides of dracula trailer 1960 trailer for the brides of dracula. Movie soulmates ratings register so you can access movie recommendations tailored to your movie taste.
The brides of dracula was the next hammer horror films. The satanic rites of dracula is a film directed by alan gibson with christopher lee, peter cushing, michael coles, william franklyn, year. If you like reading about bloody history, this is the book for you. Blood of dracula 1957 with hypnotism, a mystic amulet, and a pair of runaway eyebrows, a teenage misfit at a girls school becomes a vampire in bobbysocks. The owning player can decide if he begins play in mist or physical form. This is the trailer to one of hammers great dracula movie. Hammer fans hardly need a longwinded introduction from me on brides of dracula 1960, one of the british companys seminal gothic horrors. Horror of dracula is a film directed by terence fisher with christopher lee, peter cushing, michael gough, melissa stribling, year. Harker attempts to kill dracula and eliminate the vampire. Dracula is dead, and one of his disciples carries on his wicked ways in eastern europe.
Ive always loved black and white for its subtle chiaroscuro, its pools of expressionistic shadow and light, the way in which it creates a readymade short cut into a world of dreams and fantasy through its poetic, selfevident distance from the prosecoloured world thats always. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 24 hours to finish once started. The film brides of dracula had some deep southern american elements with the gothic, a freudian stew with tasty veggies. The brides of dracula is the sequel to dracula or horror of dracula and one wonders just what the publics reaction was, with the non appearance of dracula himself. The film is a sequel to the 1958 film dracula also known as horror of dracula, though the character of count dracula does not appear in the film, and is. Brides of dracula lovers of dracula, bladehelsing foes. Vampire hunter van helsing returns to transylvania to destroy handsome bloodsucker baron meinster, who has designs on beautiful young schoolteacher marianne. The brides of dracula 1960 cast and crew van helsing peter cushing drives a stake through the heart of a vampire baron david peel who even bites his own mother martita hunt. For those who are new to hammer, this film is a direct sequel to their superb horror of dracula 1958, one of the central films in the socalled silver age of horror. It turns out the owner, count dracula, dead for ten years, has been hoping for such a visit. He wreaks havoc, sucking blood and creating more of the undead to carry out his evil deeds. Hammer films and director terence fisher followed the excellent horror of dracula with this wellmade, richlycolored sequel which suffers only from the conspicuous lack of dracula himself since horrors christopher lee had declined participation in further dracula sequels for the time being. The brides of dracula rather wanders through the story with marianna as sort of the main character but then replaced by van helsing.
Harker attempts to kill dracula and eliminate the vampire menace that dracula spreads but. The brides of dracula 1960 vampire hunter van helsing returns to transylvania to destroy handsome bloodsucker baron meinster, who has designs on. He turned innocent beauty into unspeakable horror a young teacher on her way to a position in transylvania helps a young man escape the shackles his mother has put on him. Peter cushing, clifford evans, janette scott, herbert lom, david knight, freda jackson, oliver reed, heather sears, peter woodthorpe, noel willman, moira redmond, yvonne romain, martita hunt, sheila. Terence fishers the brides of dracula features a romantic and lustful subplot. Harker attempts to kill dracula and eliminate the vampire menace that dracula spreads but the sun sets before he can do so. The brides of dracula 1960 it remains a bone of contention among fans of great britains hammer studios as to why christopher lee did not reprise the title role in terence fishers first sequel to dracula us. Place him anywhere within 6 of the northwestern corner of the map. The brides of dracula 1960 cast and crew moviefone. Dracula the damned subsequently disappeared from the schedules, although the reason for this has never been clearly understood, as lee was becoming a hammer stalwart and had no hangups by this time about being typecast as dracula. Brides of dracula 1962 was the second film in hammers hugely successful dracula series and something of an odd one out. While she prepares to give birth to a new member of the dracula line, her husband secretly launches into a series of affairs with the counts resident brides. As the count seemingly defies gravity by scaling the walls of his castle, harker is entranced by the appearance of the three brides of dracula as he. Two couples traveling in eastern europe decide to visit karlsbad despite dire local warnings.
In so doing she innocently unleashes the horrors of the undead once again on the populace, including those at her school for ladies. Prince of darkness ficha en imdb ficha en filmaffinity. Its the only one in which dracula himself does not appear or is even directly referred to, and the only one that doesnt dovetail with the films that preceded and followed it indeed, the third film in the series, dracula, prince of darkness, establishes itself from. The brides of dracula is a 1960 hammer horror film which served as a semisequel to horror of dracula. The brides of dracula 1960 terence fisher synopsis. But dracula soon encounters an obstacle in his path. The brides of dracula 1960 official trailer youtube.