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YouTube reviews:
Trailer:
Free to watch on YouTube:
Soundtrack score by John Cacavas (main title):
Offline reading:
The Art of Hammer by Marcus Hearn – Buy from Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.com
English Gothic: A Century of Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby (2002). Reynolds & Hearn, London, UK
Buy: Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.com
Buy: Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.com
The Hammer Vault by Marcus Hearn – Buy from Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.com
Censorship:
The original British cinema print was cut by the BBFC to heavily edit the opening sacrifice scene, two staking scenes and the electrocution of a guard (the proposed cuts to the shooting of Torrence were never made).
For the film’s video release, the same cut print was submitted and a further second edit to remove a shot of Jane’s exposed bosom seemingly pierced with a stake was required by BBFC censors.
Cast and characters:
Christopher Lee … Count Dracula; Peter Cushing … Professor Lorrimer Van Helsing; Michael Coles … Inspector Murray; William Franklyn … Torrence; Freddie Jones … Professor Julian Keeley; Joanna Lumley … Jessica Van Helsing; Richard Vernon … Mathews; Barbara Yu Ling … Chin Yang; Patrick Barr … Lord Carradine; Richard Mathews … Porter
Lockwood West … Freeborne; Valerie Van Ost … Jane; Maurice O’Connell … Hanson; Peter Adair … Doctor; Maggie Fitzgerald … Vampire Girl; Pauline Peart … Vampire Girl; Finnuala O’Shannon … Vampire Girl
Mia Martin … Vampire Girl/Sacrifice Victim; John Harvey … Commissionaire; Marc Zuber … Guard 1; Paul Weston … Guard 2; Ian Dewar … Guard 3; Graham Rees … Guard 4
Filming locations:
The Albert Hall, Kensington, London, England
Centre Point, London, England (D. D. Denham building exterior)
EMI Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England (studio)
Freston Road, Notting Hill, London, England (car chase scene)
High Canons, Buckettsland Lane, Well End, Hertfordshire, England (Pelham House exteriors)
Queen’s Gate Lodge, 23a Elvaston Place, Kensington, London, England (The Keeley Foundation exterior)
Technical specs:
1 hour 27 minutes
Technicolor
Aspect ratio: 1.85: 1
Audio: Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
