Christopher Lee as Dracula - The BEST!

Sir Christopher Lee is a magnificent Dracula,by far my favourite.Louis Jourdan played count dracula in the bbc production that was shown in 1977.He was seriously good as dracula.My favourite Hammer Lady has always been Caroline Munro,who made a beautiful single when she was 16 years old called Tar and Cement.Her backing band were none other than the members of Cream,Ginger Baker and Eric Clapton.
 
I agree with Truegho... Christopher Lee will always be dracula to me.. no-one else can scare and excite in quite the same way without making the part trashy... I spent many Friday nights babysitting my younger sisters during the early 70s when I couldnt wait for the house of horrors to come on... I loved him...:eek:
 
I doubt there could ever be a better Dracula - he has it all - tremendous physical presence, extremely expressive face, especially the eyes and an inherent erotic edge.

The fact that he has not made a Dracula film since the early 70s yet is still regarded as the best, says it all.

I also liked him in The Mummy - although mute for most of the film, he was able to convey a wide range of emotions through body language and his eyes.

You could say I'm a bit of a fan:)
 
Christopher Lee was pretty good as Dracula.I didn't realize that Christopher Lee & Peter Cushing only starred together in 3 Dracula films.Dracula (1958),Dracula AD (1972) & The Satanic Rites Of Dracula (1973).
 
Veronica Carlson was quite nice too. She was the pretty blonde girl who played Maria in DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE. She was also in FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED (but sadly, she got killed in that one) with Peter Cushing, and THE HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN with Ralph Bates.

The Hammer films, just like the Universal movies before them, were just brilliant, and I don't think they have ever been equalled. The trouble with today's horror movies is that there are far too many teenagers in them, and you get the same old thing in movie after movie (bonking wantonly in the wooRAB before being bumped off by the monster/masked killer/etc.). The Hammer films didn't have any of that samey rubbish (thank God!), and were just so brilliantly made, with strong, mature characters, great atmospheric settings (always loved the gothic castles!), and thoroughly entertaining plots.

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Devil Rides Out is for me , possibly one of Hammer best.
From the credits fading out until the end credits roll there is rarely pause for breath.

It's a superb film only spoilt by the well known voice of Patrick Allen dubbing over the actor who plays Rex .
 
Yes they did which is why they were often censored and virtually all had X Certificates.

Back then as in Universal movies buckets of blood and gore were not required , it was down to atmosphere.

Quite likely that Hostel will be scoffed at in 50 years too
 
The most scared I ever was from a vampire was the kid ( Ralphie Glick) in Salem's lot who comes through the window.
I was 11 at the time and the whole playground was buzzing from it the next day.
My windows stayed shut for weeks after :D
 
I was watching a film called: Lust For a Vampire,starring Mike Raven.In one scene,the camera focuses on,what is suppose to be,the insane blood filled eyes of Mike Raven as Count Karnstein.But it is so obvsious the eyes are of Christopher Lee when he played dracula.
 
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