A noted professor and his dim-witted apprentice fall prey to their inquiring vampires, while on the trail of the ominous damsel in distress. They then attempt to destroy the undead nobleman and his cronies and rescue the buxom maid.
22 December 1905, Vienna, Austria
12 April 1941, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
8 April 1916, Bethnal Green, London, England, UK
5 June 1905, London, England, UK
1930, Bristol, England, UK
13 October 1918, Dublin, Ireland
12 March 1923, Zgierz, Lódzkie, Poland
24 January 1943, Dallas, Texas, USA
June 25, 1900 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
28 September 1935, Harrow, London, England, UK
24 July 1909, London, England, UK
28 September 1946, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England, UK
9 May 1936, Paddington, London, England, UK
14 November 1888, Greece
18 August 1933, Paris, France
11 March 1916, Mainz, Germany
October 19, 2009
Shot in the Italian Alps, the cinematography is striking.
June 18, 2009
Nobody laughed.
January 26, 2006
Messy vampire spoof-cum-homage to Hammer, which doesn't really come off on either count.
October 19, 2009
Ferdy Mayne is the menacing Dracula, and Sharon Tate, lady in question, looks particularly nice in her bath.
May 09, 2005
He was evidently only trying to make fun of horror films, forgetting that horror films, played straight, are now more often funny -- unconsciously to -- than horrible.
October 14, 2005
Has its few garlicky moments of delight.
April 15, 2005
Early Polanski is a treat.
April 09, 2007
Infectiously silly vampire farce that's a lot more elegant than it had to be.
October 19, 2009
Funny and scary, this is vintage Polanski.
December 16, 2004
An elaborate letdown.
October 19, 2009
The film amiably runs through all the standbys associated with vampire movies, putting a personal and goofy spin on most of them.
November 26, 2015
Lustrous caricature of Hammer frights
