Review of The Brides of Dracula (1960) by Kevin N — 05 Feb 2014
One of the best damn Hammer Horror films I have seen to date, and a worthy follow-up to my favorite HORROR OF DRACULA. All of the major talent of the first film (sans Christopher Lee) is back here, and is appreciated most notably in the form of a moody Jimmy Sangster script, stylized direction by Hammer heavyweight Terence Fisher and another unbelievably suave performance by Peter Cushing as the legendary Dr.
Van Helsing- one of my favorite actor-to-part marriages in all of cinema. Hammer was always pushing boundaries, and here they take the raw sexuality and gothic violence of the first film a step further.
But what I love most about this sequel is its set design, which is beautiful and creepy all at once, and which is used so effectively and directly to tell this story. the mise-en-scene is quite different than that of the first film, and I sank deeply into these shadowy village and castle sequences.
It's escapist horror of the highest order.
This review of The Brides of Dracula (1960) was written by Kevin N on 05 Feb 2014.
The Brides of Dracula has generally received positive reviews.
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