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The Brides of Dracula (1960)
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Release Date:
5 September 1960 (USA)
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He Turned Innocent Beauty Into Unspeakable Horror. more
Plot:
Vampire hunter Van Helsing returns to Transylvania to destroy handsome bloodsucker Baron Meinster, who has designs on beautiful young schoolteacher Marianne. full summary | full synopsis
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One of Hammer's Best!
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Peter Cushing | ... | Dr. J. Van Helsing | |
| Martita Hunt | ... | Baroness Meinster | |
| Yvonne Monlaur | ... | Marianne Danielle | |
| Freda Jackson | ... | Greta | |
| David Peel | ... | Baron Meinster | |
| Miles Malleson | ... | Dr. Tobler | |
| Henry Oscar | ... | Herr Otto Lang | |
| Mona Washbourne | ... | Frau Helga Lang | |
| Andree Melly | ... | Gina | |
| Victor Brooks | ... | Hans, a Villager | |
| Fred Johnson | ... | The Cure, Father Stepnik | |
| Michael Ripper | ... | Coachman | |
| Norman Pierce | ... | Johann, Landlord | |
| Vera Cook | ... | Landlord's Wife | |
| Marie Devereux | ... | Village Girl (as Marie Deveruex) |
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85 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.66 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Norway:16 (1960) |
Netherlands:12 |
Argentina:16 |
Australia:PG |
Finland:(Banned) (1960) |
Portugal:17 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15 |
USA:Unrated
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The ending was to have originally had the vampires destroyed by a swarm of bats. This ending proved too expensive to stage and shoot. The concept of this ending was recycled three years later for the climax of Hammer's The Kiss of the Vampire (1963).
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Crew or equipment visible: In many scenes involving Baron Meinster in bat form, the strings holding up the prop bat are clearly visible.
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Featured in Bloodsucking Cinema (2007) (TV)
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Why isn't Christopher Lee in this?more
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Dracula is dead, and one of his disciples carries on his wicked ways in Eastern Europe. This time around it is the young Baron Meinster(played with credibility by David Peel). A young woman is invited to the Castle Meinster and unleashes the Baron from his shackles to allow him to slake his thirst through the living. This film lacks the star power of Christopher Lee in Hammer's second vampire outing, yet does not suffer greatly due to the wonderful performance of Peter Cushing reprising his role as Dr. Van Helsing and the incredible direction of Terrence Fisher. Fisher's ability to tell a story through film is not to be overlooked, nor is his use of subtle and bright colours to create wonderfully atmospheric sets and scenic centerpieces. Some of the scenes in this film are some of the best to ever come by way of Hammer, including the scene where a servant taps on a buried coffin to show a fledgling vampire the way, the incident with Van Helsing and his wound, and the windmill finale. The cast is very good with particular honors going to Cushing, Martita Hunt as the vampire's sympathetic mother, and Freda Jackson as the demented, crazed servant-nurse. Cushing is as ever implacable from his crusade to save the world from vampirism. Just a wonderful tale!