DRINK A PINT OF BLOOD A DAY
Three elderly distinguished gentlemen are searching for some excitement in their boring borgoueis lives and gets in contact with one of count Dracula's servants. In a nightly ceremony they restore the count back to life. The three men killed Dracula's servant and as a revenge, the count makes sure that the gentlemen are killed one by one by their own sons.
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Classical in form, unpretentious, grave and bleak.
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- Wuchakon TMDB · Jul 20217/10
_**Dracula takes on members of the Hellfire Club (sort of)**_ Hammer did nine Dracula or vampire films from 1958 to 1974 as follows: Horror of Dracula (1958); The Brides of Dracula (1960); Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966); Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968); Taste the Blood of Dracula (1969); Scars of Dracula (1970); Dracula AD 1972 (1972); The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973); and The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974). While "Taste the Blood of Dracula" has a kick-axx first act, a highlight of the series, the remaining hour is rather run-of-the-mill and flawed. The most intriguing aspect of the story is "the circle" of three Affluent British thrill-seekers. Once a month they secretly meet together to taste of life's taboo activities. Enter Lord Courtley, an Aleister Crowley-like servant of darkness. Ralph Bate's performance as Courtley is one of the highlights of the film; he's utterly twisted, diabolic, maniacal, self-centered and arrogant, a great character to love to hate! Courtley offers the ultimate fiendish thrill to the circle of friends. Geoffrey Keen plays the hypocritical William Hargood, who puts up the pretense of being a respectable, church-going aristocrat
Read the whole review on TMDB - John Chardon TMDB · Nov 20176/10
They have destroyed my servant. They will be destroyed... Taste the Blood of Dracula is directed by Peter Sasdy and written by Anthony Hinds (AKA: John Elder). Out of Hammer Film it stars Christopher Lee, Geoffrey Keen, Peter Sallis, Linda Hayden, Gwen Watford and Ralph Bates. Music is by James Bernard and cinematography by Arthur Grant. Trawling through all the sequels of Hammer's Frankenstein and Dracula series it becomes apparent that opinions differ greatly, a case in point is this, the fifth of the Dracula cycle. For her we have a Dracula film thought of very highly in some quarters, most notably in one of the Hammer Films' lauded literary bibles, myself, like the other 50% of Hammer film fans, just don't see that at all. Famously it's the Drac film where Christopher Lee had to be greatly coerced into reprising the role of the blood sucking count, financial rewards doth talk it seems. His apprehension with script and stale feelings were well grounded, with the final result begging the question as to how bad was the script before Lee's intervention? Story has three upstanding English gentlemen showing themselves to be model pillars of society by day, good stern parents/husbands
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Cast
- Christopher LeeDracula
- Geoffrey KeenWilliam Hargood
- Gwen WatfordMartha Hargood
- Linda HaydenAlice Hargood
- Peter SallisSamuel Paxton
- Anthony HigginsPaul Paxton
- Isla BlairLucy Paxton
- John CarsonJonathon Secker
- Martin JarvisJeremy Secker
- Ralph BatesLord Courtley
Crew
- Peter SasdyDirector
- Anthony HindsWriter
- Arthur GrantDirector of Photography
- James BernardOriginal Music Composer
- Chris BarnesEditor
- Aida YoungProducer
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