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rests in her crypt. He does not change into a mist, a wolf or a bat – his supernatural powers would increase or decrease from film to film -, but strides boldly into the nearby village to pick up wandering strays. All the continuing movies would concentrate on an ambiguous revenge motive to carry the Lord of Darkness into the next installment. It is interesting to note that only three of the series of films starring Christopher Lee, Dracula, Prince of Darkness, Taste the Blood of Dracula and The Satanic Rites of Dracula , would carry an involving plot structure and narrative; while Dracula Has Risen From the Grave, Scars of Dracula and Dracula AD1972 , seem to be hastily compiled, but enjoyable mash-ups featuring the companies favourite bogeyman. Lee himself would go on to star in most of Hammer’s classic horror films including, The Mummy (1959), The Gorgon (1964), Rasputin, the Mad Monk (1965), The Devil Rides Out (1967) and To the Devil, A Daughter (1976), as well as playing a myriad of characters for Hammer’s rival company Amicus. But Dracula has proven a very hard act to follow and Sir Christopher has only recently been able to step out of the vampire’s long shadow to create one of the longest CVs in British cinematic history.
    In March 2012, a restored print of Dracula was released on Blu-Ray DVD with added extra footage showing the full meltdown of the Crown Prince of Horror salvaged from the remains of a rescued, but damaged, Japanese print and proved to be a world-wide best-seller.
     

     
     
    Dracula – Prince of Darkness (1965)
Christopher Lee as Count Dracula, Andrew Kier as Father Sandor , Francis Matthews as Charles , Barbara Shelley as Helen , Charles Tingwell as Alan , Suzan Farmer as Diana, Philip Latham as Klove and Thorley Walters as Ludwig . Screenplay based on the character created by Bram Stoker and an idea by John Elder: John Sansom (Jimmy Sangster, Anthony Hinds). Director; Terence Fisher
    Synopsis
Four English travelers are holidaying in the Carpathian Mountains. At a local Inn they meet Father Sandor, who berates the townspeople for their insistence in keeping alive the superstition of vampires and werewolves by hanging cloves of garlic everywhere and insist on staking every corpse that turns up. Sandor invites the tourists to visit his monastery. When they decline he insists that they stay away from the castle that is not marked on any map. As they take their leave, the passengers find themselves ejected from their transport by a driver who refuses to venture any further in the dark. He takes his coach and bolts. In the distance can be seen a large looming castle. From nowhere appears a driverless carriage and the travelers capture it but the horses have their own ideas of the destination. The four are taken to the seemingly deserted castle that is prepared for dinner. A servant, Klove, makes his presence known and insists that his late Master, Count Dracula, has left a clause in his will that the castle should always be ready to receive guests. After a hearty meal, the four retire to their respective rooms. During the night, Klove is witnessed dragging a large trunk through the castle hallways. Allan Kent decides to investigate and is savagely murdered. His body is hung over a large sarcophagus and his throat is cut. The blood drips onto the ashes in the sarcophagus and reconstitutes the undead Count. During the course of the night, Helen Kent is vampirized and Charles and Diana barely escape with their lives; eventually running into Father Sandor who takes them into his protection at the local monastery. Over the course of the next few nights the vampires attack the monastery gaining admittance with the help of an inmate named Ludwig who had been found years earlier in the region of Castle Dracula, a helpless lunatic. The battle reaches meteoric proportions when Helen is staked by the monks at the monastery and Dracula escapes with the girl Diana. Sandor and Charles Kent give chase.