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VHS : Dracula Has Risen From The Grave [1968]

starring: Christopher Lee, Rupert Davies, Veronica Carlson, Barbara Ewing, Barry Andrews
directed by: Freddie Francis


Audience Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 5014781106924 Format: PAL Label: Warner Home Video Manufacturer: Warner Home Video Number Of Discs: 1 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Warner Home Video Release Date: May 01, 2000 Running Time: 88 minutes Sales Rank: 14853 Studio: Warner Home Video Theatrical Release Date: February 06, 1969
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Amazon.co.uk Review:
It took a long time for Hammer's 1958 version of Dracula to turn into a franchise, and it was ten years before Dracula Has Risen From the Grave, the third film in the series, continued where Dracula--Prince of Darkness (1965) left off. The vampire count is accidentally resurrected by the blood of a priest when Monsignor Muller (the excellent Rupert Davies replacing Peter Cushing, whose Professor Van Helsing is absent) exorcises Castle Dracula. The Lord of the Undead soon has the priest under his power, and sets about claiming the Monsignor's niece Maria (Veronica Carlson) as his bride. Maria is in love with Paul (Barry Andrews), more a 60's English 'angry young man' than a Victorian hero, yet only he can save the day, the film contrasting his atheism against much Catholicism. Working as a taut, Gothic thriller, the intensity is maintained to a large degree by James Barnard's excellent score and, of course, by Christopher Lee's magnetic interpretation of Count Dracula. The eroticism is stronger than in previous Hammer Draculas, the palpably electric blood-lust marking the movie as a high-point before the series' gradual decline, beginning with Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970). --Gary S. Dalkin

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- The best of Lee's Dracula sequels
For the US release of Hammer's fourth Dracula film (only the third to actually feature Christopher Lee, the Count sitting out Brides of Dracula), Warner Bros. used a one-sheet of a woman's neck with a sticking plaster on it, following the title Dracula Has Risen From the Grave with the single word 'Obviously.' The film itself, however, is anything but tongue-in-cheek, and played deadly straight with a conviction the series gradually lost over the years. It's probably the best-looking of all the Hammer ... Read More

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- Dracula Has Risen From the Grave
Dracula Has Risen From the Grave.

Still continuing their gothic setting, this film is characteristicly big on atmosphere, & is beautifully shot, containing some of my favourite cinematography of the entire franchise. Sadly, there's still no sign of Cushing's return as Van Helsing, & instead we have another strong religious figure in the form of Rupert Davies, who gives a fairly strong portrayal of Monsignor Mueller. Ironically, Dracula's 'servant' in this film is a cowardly priest ... Read More

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- One of the Best
"Dracula Has Risen From The Grave", has to be one of the best Dracula movies of all time. The film has a rich gothic feeling to it, and Christopher Lee makes the most of his role. He doesn't have much to say, but his presence as the bloodthirsty count are among the finest on the silver screen. Tall, dark and menacing. You don't have to rely on expensive special effects when you have an actor like Chris Lee around. A rock solid production.

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- Dracula is back!!!
This is the third in the hammer dracula series, and although not quite as atmospheric as the first dracula is still a pretty decent effort. Although Christopher Lee doesn't have much script, his presence still makes the film very watchable. Picture quality is good. Well worth a purchase.

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- Dracula is back and being a vampire was never so sexy
"Dracula Has Risen From the Grave" might have Christopher Lee as the Count, but this is really director Freddie Francis's film. Francis replaced Terrence Fisher at the helm and all of the differences between this 1968 effort and other Dracula films can be traced to the director. A year has passed since Dracula died in "Dracula--Prince of Darkness," and a Monsignor (Rupert Davis) finds the locals still living in fear so he drags the local priest (Ewan Hopper) up to Castle Dracula to perform an exorcism. ... Read More

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