Review of Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) by Jose M — 05 Jan 2014

Dracula- Prince of Darkness is Hammer's third entry in the Dracula film and has Christopher Lee returning as the count and Terence Fisher as director.

Despite being destroyed with a makeshift cross earlier, Dracula is still feared in the villages while tourist are roughly ignorant of him. Ignoring the warnings from a priest, two couples enter the castle of Dracula where a weirdo serves as a host. He explains that master is gone, but his home is opened to strangers. Eventually, Dracula is brought back and terrorized everyone. Dracula- Prince of Darkness may show us what we have already seen, but it still is entertaining. The Blu-Ray disc has the film restored from the negative print. Yet, there are few things off with the picture. There's redness in both sides of the film although it is kind of cool since it makes it look like Dracula's view. (Spoiler alert) I was rather baffled in the end when Dracula falls into an ice pit and dies. Also, Dracula never utters a single word through the whole film. He just hisses. I am guessing the producers didn't have enough money or all his lines were terrible.