"Horror of Dracula" from 1958 is a Hammer film inspired by the Bram Stoker novel Dracula. It was directed by Terence Fisher, and stars Peter Cushing, Michael Gough, Melissa Stribling and Christopher Lee.
This film also stars the beautiful Carol Marsh, who we just saw a few days ago in "Brighton Rock."
Jonathan Harker, in this film goes to the castle of Count Dracula posing as a librarian, but he has come to kill Dracula. He had partnered up with Dr. Van Helsing, played by the always awesome Peter Cushing.
Jimmy Sangster (a real hero of mine) has made this screenplay tight. Jack Asher’s lurid colour and cinematography is gorgeous. What Bernard Robinson was able to do with set design for what was available to him and the space he had to work with is great, but for the fact some wallpaper and set pieces do reappear in other locations. I shrug it off as that time period didn't have Ikea or many choices in decorators.
Terence Fisher, the great man of British horror, directs this film and to me this film is nearly flawless. I watched it with a 13 year old girl who mocked it, complained about how old and unscary it was, but in the end she wanted to sleep with her mother. Nice!
I love this film!
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