Post by phantomparticle on Jan 5, 2021 1:26:05 GMT
This movie nearly blew us kids out of the theatre in '58.
Shock Theatre was new at the time and we were becoming familiar with the Universal Classics, but the British Dracula in blazing color, garish blood red and final shocking death of the Count was an animal of a different stripe.
I still think it is a good movie, although time has taken much of the edge off it. Even if you don't like the film, it firmly cemented Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee as cinema icons and was a milestone in the history of the horror genre.
Shock Theatre was new at the time and we were becoming familiar with the Universal Classics, but the British Dracula in blazing color, garish blood red and final shocking death of the Count was an animal of a different stripe.
I still think it is a good movie, although time has taken much of the edge off it. Even if you don't like the film, it firmly cemented Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee as cinema icons and was a milestone in the history of the horror genre.