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Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)

Horror | 96 minutes
2,88 100 votes

Genre: Horror

Duration: 96 minuten

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Alan Gibson

Stars: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and Stephanie Beacham

IMDb score: 5,9 (7.832)

Releasedate: 26 June 1972

Dracula A.D. 1972 plot

"The Count is back, with an eye for London's hotpants . . . and a taste for everything"

London 1972. Johnny Alucard and Jessica van Helsing unknowingly raise Count Dracula from the dead. He immediately goes after the heiress of his nemesis, namely Jessica. In bustling London, however, no one seems to want to believe he really exists and is alive again.

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speedy23

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Strange and somewhat dated horror film in which Dracula wanders around in the hippie era of the early seventies. Thanks to Christopher Lee, the Dracula character remains standing in this film in which it was not the notorious count but rather the screenwriters who suffered from anemia...

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Gang_Star

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While in the beginning you see a struggle between Van Helsing and Dracula, the next scene is... a car. This is the problem of the film. The story is incredibly mediocre. The film is set in 'contemporary' London in the year 1972. The film has completely lost the good atmosphere of the previous parts and it is not exciting at all. It is because Christopher Lee as Dracula and Peter Cushing as Van Helsing still strongly play their roles, because this is what actually stands out the most. Dracula mainly hides and does not walk around London. Maybe that would have been more fun. Anyway, result is for me the least of this series.

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baspls

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The Dracula series by Hammer is what got me hooked on Horror. However, those movies eventually became less and less and for some reason I never finished the series. Now I'll continue.

That the 70s would mean the end for Hammer is no mystery when you consider that the producers thought it was a good idea to make a film with Dracula in modern times. Atmospheric ruins, black magic and a creepy vampire just don't go together with hippies, happy rock music and snakes... Dracula AD 1972 is therefore a rather strange film and perhaps the most mediocre one I have seen from Hammer so far. No wonder Lee was completely fed up with the exploitation of Stoker's character. After the first film he actually wanted nothing more to do with it, but in order to meet his contractual obligations, pay the bills and not put his friends at Hammer out of work, he still played the role again and again. Cushing and Lee must have frowned when they saw that the name Abraham Van Helsing had suddenly been changed to Lawrence Van Helsing.

You could watch the film for the roles of Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, who are finally seen together again in the Dracula series, or the beautiful Caroline Munro (who is barely on screen and doesn't even undress, how about wasted potential...), but honestly, you can safely skip this part. The only atmosphere there is is completely ruined by the cringe-inducing soundtrack that would rather belong under a film like Austin Powers.

No, the original Dracula film remains in a lonely position with the strong sequels The Brides of Dracula and Dracula: Prince of Darkness in a shared second place. In addition, Dracula Has Risen from the Grave and Scars of Dracula were also quite atmospheric.

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