Dracula: Prince of Darkness

Dracula: Prince of Darkness

DEAD for Ten Years DRACULA, Prince of Darkness, LIVES AGAIN!

1966 · 90 min · ★ 6.7 · Horror

Whilst vacationing in the Carpathian Mountain, two couples stumble across the remains of Count Dracula's castle. The Count's trusted servant kills one of the men, suspending the body over the Count's ashes so that the blood drips from the corpse and saturates the blackened remains. The ritual is completed, the Count revived and his attentions focus on the dead man's wife who is to become his partner; devoted to an existence of depravity and evil.

Directed by Terence Fisher · Written by Jimmy Sangster

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Christopher Lee Count Dracula
Barbara Shelley Helen Kent
Andrew Keir Father Sandor
Francis Matthews Charles Kent
Suzan Farmer Diana Kent
Thorley Walters Ludwig
Philip Latham Klove
Charles Tingwell Alan Kent
Walter Brown Brother Mark
George Woodbridge Landlord
Philip Ray Priest
Joyce Hemson Mother (uncredited)

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