Horror of Dracula
1958 · Movie · 82 min. · United Kingdom
Posing as a librarian, erstwhile vampire hunter Jonathan Harker travels to Castle Dracula where he is welcomed by the courtly Count Dracula. Harker attempts to kill Dracula and eliminate the vampire menace that Dracula spreads but the sun sets before he can do so. His body and diary are found by his friend Dr Van Helsing, who stakes him and takes the sad news on to Jonathan’s fiancée Lucy Holmwood. But there Van Helsing finds that Lucy has become Dracula’s prey. Joined by her brother Arthur, Van Helsing begins a search for Dracula, to stake and kill him before Lucy is fully claimed as a vampire.
Direction Terence Fisher
Cast Christopher Lee · Peter Cushing · Michael Gough · Melissa Stribling · Valerie Gaunt · Carol Marsh · Olga Dickie · John Van Eyssen · Janina Faye · Barbara Archer · Charles Lloyd Pack
Soundtrack James Bernard
Screenplay Jimmy Sangster · Bram Stoker
Cinematography Jack Asher
Original title Dracula
Also known as Horror of Dracula
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