The Satanic Rites of Dracula

The Satanic Rites of Dracula is a 1974 Hammer Horror film directed by Lionel Couch and starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. In the United States the film was distributed as Count Dracula and His Vampire Bride.

Production

Work began on what was tentatively titled Dracula is Dead and Well and Living in London in November 1972. Speaking at a press conference in 1973 to announce the film, Christopher Lee said:

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:"I'm doing it under protest... I think it is fatuous. I can think of twenty adjectives — fatuous, pointless, absurd. It's not a comedy, but it's got a comic title. I don't see the point."

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The film was eventually retitled as The Satanic Rites of Dracula. It is a mixture of science fiction, horror and spy thriller with a screenplay by Don Houghton, a veteran of BBC television's Doctor Who. It wrapped on 3 January, 1973 — fifteen years to the day since the original Hammer Dracula wrapped — and it was the last time Lee would play the role of Dracula.

Related Topics:
Don Houghton - Doctor Who - 3 January - 1973 - Dracula - Dracula

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