Scars of Dracula
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 "Scars of Dracula" cover |
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| Directed by | Roy Ward Baker |
| Produced by | Aida Young |
| Written by | Bram Stoker (character) Anthony Hinds (screenplay) |
| Starring | Christopher Lee Patrick Troughton Dennis Waterman Jenny Hanley Michael Gwynn Michael Ripper |
| Distributed by | Hammer Studios |
| Release date(s) | November 8, 1970 |
| Running time | 96 min. |
| Country | UK |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Taste the Blood of Dracula |
| Followed by | Dracula AD 1972 |
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Scars of Dracula is a 1970 British horror film directed by Roy Ward Baker for Hammer Studios. It breaks continuity with Hammer's previous Dracula vehicle Taste the Blood of Dracula, and was apparently intended to start a new series.[citation needed]
It stars Christopher Lee as Count Dracula, alongside Dennis Waterman, Jenny Hanley, Patrick Troughton, and Michael Gwynn. Although disparaged by some critics, the film does restore a few elements of Bram Stoker's original character: The Count is introduced as an "icily charming host";[1] he has command over nature; and he is seen scaling the walls of his castle (albeit a little more like Spider-Man than a bat).
David Pirie, one of the first critics to take Hammer films seriously, criticized the film for tarnishing the Dracula myth by having him torture a servant with a red-hot sword and stab a woman to death.[2]
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[edit] Plot summary
A prologue shows local villagers rising up and, led by the local innkeeper along with the priest, set fire to Castle Dracula. But when they return home, they find bats have swarmed inside the church where their women were waiting. Every single woman in the village is dead...
After being caught with the burgomasters' daughter, libertine Paul Carlson flees by jumping into a nearby coach. This deposits him near Count Dracula's mountaintop castle and there he becomes Dracula's latest victim. His more sober brother Simon Carlson and his fiancee Sarah Framsen come searching for him and end up fighting the Prince of Darkness.
[edit] Cast
- Christopher Lee (Count Dracula)
- Dennis Waterman (Simon Carlson)
- Jenny Hanley (Sarah Framsen)
- Christopher Matthews (Paul Carlson)
- Michael Gwynn (The Priest)
- Michael Ripper (Landlord)
- Patrick Troughton (Klove)
[edit] Credits
- Directed by Roy Ward Baker
- Screenplay by John Elder (Anthony Hinds)
- Produced by Aida Young
[edit] Trivia
- The film was released in some markets on a double feature with The Horror of Frankenstein.
[edit] Notes and references
[edit] External links
Dracula (1958) • The Brides of Dracula (1960) • Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) • Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968) • Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) • Scars of Dracula (1970) • Dracula AD 1972 (1972) • The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)
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