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Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)

Rate: 4
Viewed: 3/09

3/09: Although it's an improvement over Horror of Dracula, Dracula Has Risen from the Grave is still boring.

I like the story because it's new and different. Also, it retains the classic colorful cinematography that has been a trademark of Hammer Horror pictures, especially the blood...the redder, the better.

The acting is fair, and the women, as hot as they can be, never reveal their bodies after so much of teasing. Do I feel tired of Christopher Lee playing Dracula? I'm not sure; he's stoic and one-dimensional. The biggest problem is the slow pace which has me falling asleep. Moreover, the changes in Dracula rules are becoming ludicrous and annoying. Dracula never sees his own reflection. And it's ice in this kind of weather?

What bothers me is the neck biting. The two puncture holes are horizontally done, but Christopher Lee did it in a vertical manner. If I think about it more, there should be four puncture holes instead of two. In other scenes, the characters' neck wounds are not visible. When it's time to reveal them, they're unusually large.

All in all, Dracula Has Risen from the Grave needs more work.

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