Christopher Lee ''scars of Dracula 1970''

Scars of Dracula is a 1970 British horror film directed by Roy Ward Baker for Hammer Studios. It breaks continuity with Hammer's previous Dracula vehicle Taste the Blood of Dracula. It stars Christopher Lee as Count Dracula, alongside Dennis Waterman, Jenny Hanley, Patrick Troughton, and Michael Gwynn. Although disparaged by some critics, the film does restore a few elements of Bram Stoker's original character: The Count is introduced as an "icily charming host"; he has command over nature; and he is seen scaling the walls of his castle. It also gives Lee more to do and say than any other Hammer Dracula film except its first, 1958's Horror of Dracula. David Pirie, one of the first critics to take Hammer films seriously, criticized the film for tarnishing the Dracula myth by having him torture a servant with a red-hot sword and stab a woman to death.

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Keywords: Christopher Lee ''skars of Dracula 1970'' Hammer films
Added: September 14, 2008