VHS : Taste the Blood of Dracula
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starring: Christopher Lee, Geoffrey Keen, Gwen Watford, Linda Hayden, Peter Sallisdirected by: Peter Sasdy
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302676846
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6302676843
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: August 22, 1995
Running Time: 91 minutes
Sales Rank: 28143
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: June 07, 1970
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Description:
Three elderly distinguished gentlemen are searching for some excitement in their boring borgoueis lives and gets in contact with one of count Dracula's servants. In a nightly ceremony they restore the count back to life. The three men killed Dracula's servant and as a revenge, the count makes sure that the gentlemen are killed one by one by their own sons.
Amazon.com:
'Drac' is back once again in this fourth installment of Hammer's Dracula films starring Christopher Lee. Under the guidance of Satanic Priest Lord Courtley, three middle-aged professionals seek to add more spice to their love lives by dabbling in rituals to the Dark Prince. After drinking the blood of the Count, the pleasure seekers kill Lord Courtley, inadvertently awakening Dracula who is dead set on avenging his Priest's murder. Though not on par with Hammer's original 'Horror of Dracula', Taste the Blood of Dracula does take all the key elements from the original (beautiful heroines, picturesque settings, gothic ambiance, and Lee as the 'Count') and somewhat successfully 'cheeses' it up for audiences of the '70s. Those wishing to expand their cheesy '70s Dracula experience will find Morrissey's 'Hammeresque' Blood for Dracula a nice compliment. By all counts Taste the Blood of Dracula is a fun, campy romp --Rob Bracco
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Quality production values enhance this Hammer production.
This is the fourth instalment in Hammer productions' Dracula series. The storyline is quite unique in that it centers on a group of middle-aged businessmen who inadvertently cause the Count to be resurrected via an occult ritual conducted by a young nobleman, Courtley. They kill Courtley during the ritual, and leave in a hurry, not realising that by committing murder, they have not only caused Dracula to rise again, but awakened his anger. Dracula is bent on revenge for his acolyte's death and proceeds ... Read More
Rating:  - Sins of the fathers
Taste the Blood of Dracula follows on so directly from Dracula Has Risen From the Grave that, after one particularly bizarre piece of deus ex machina that borders on the inspired, it begins with Roy Kinnear literally stumbling into the last scene of the movie. On a less welcome note it also marks the point at which an increasingly reticent Christopher Lee was reduced to a cameo figure as the Count - it's not until the halfway point that he's resurrected in a less than convincing display of special effects. ... Read More
Rating: - They taste his blood and the horror begins.
Christopher Lee stars in this Hammer Horror film about Dracula, he has got to be the best actors to play this role and nobody has ever come close to being as good as him, he just looks very menacing and creepy as the count especially with those red eyes. The film takes place in old Victorian England where a trio of business associates spend the evening in a brothel when they get accosted by Lord Courtley. Rumor has it that Lord Courtley who was disowned by his wealthy family has sold his soul to the devil, ... Read More
Rating: - Lee is wasted
This 4th film in the Hammer Dracula series starts promisingly. Roy Kinnear witnesses Dracula dying in classic fashion (stake in heart) and keeps the Counts dried blood, Cape and Ring etc. Later in the film he sells these to three English gentleman who are looking for something more exciting than a brothel and are given this opportunity by Lord Courtley (Ralph Bates). He wants to bring Dracula back to life and the 3 gentlemen help him. Of course it all goes wrong, and from there the film goes downhill rapidly. ... Read More
Rating: - A Fine Vintage
"Taste the Blood of Dracula" was Hammer's fourth Dracula film to feature Christopher Lee and was a noticeable improvement on their previous outing "Dracula has Risen from the Grave." The move from Bray Studios to Elstree Studios in 1966, whilst not initially having a major effect on the films, was by the turn of the decade leading to rather dour and unassuming spectacles that were not aided by a forced economisation at Hammer. With this in mind "Taste the Blood..." was one of Hammer's last great productions. The ... Read More
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