Review of Scars of Dracula (1970) by Michael K — 13 Dec 2009
One of the mid period Hammer Drac-pics before they opted to mess about with the formulae and put him in the 1970s.
The historic setting is well done (although they always appear to be in Germany rather than Transylvania) and the cast of B Movie and TV actors cope reasonably well with the script.
Hammer obviously wanted to cash in on the growing trend for violent Grindhouse / Drive-In-Movies and threw in some rather bloody scenes including a graphic impalement and the nasty after effects of a vampire bat attack. Unfortunately they're let down by the aforementioned bat itself - relying on an obviously plastic puppet flapping about on strings. That aside it's a reasonable romp and at least Christopher Lee finally gets some dialogue.
This review of Scars of Dracula (1970) was written by Michael K on 13 Dec 2009.
Scars of Dracula has generally received mixed reviews.
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