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Horror of Dracula (1958)

Rate: 2
Viewed: 3/09

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3/09: Compared to The Curse of Frankenstein which started it all for England's legendary Hammer Horror film studio, Horror of Dracula is a flop.

Nothing works. It's a victim of redundancy in the neverending cycle of Dracula flicks with the same story repeated ad nauseam. The pace is dreadfully slow although Peter Cushing does a nice job of generating energy at opportune times. His co-star Christopher Lee doesn't look right for the role of Dracula.

My pet peeve is that Dracula rules are constantly broken. Take one instance, Dracula has no problem with sunlight, yet he's burned easily at the end when bathed in artificial light. Lucy is bitten on the neck before she's forever transformed into the undead but isn't fazed by the crucifix she has on her necklace. Dracula looks human, lacking the inhuman strength of twenty men. Meanwhile, the cinematography looks off by Hammer Horror standards which are usually colorful, but in this one, it's drab.

All in all, Horror of Dracula is an awful Hammer Horror picture.