brookesy7-607-493447 Great memories of growing up in the 70's the worst Dracula ever but this film has stayed in my memory for as long as can remember, i bought the DVD years ago and now its fetching £30+ on some sites(cult) so it must be a collectors item I guess, everything about it is cheesy but its a classic and its Hammer so you gotta love it.

jacobjohntaylor1 This a prequel to The satanic rites of Dracula. The it is great movie. It is very scary. If you do not get scared of this movie. Then no movie will scary you. It is the ninth hammer Dracula movie. It takes please after the first six hammer Dracula movies. But before the seventh and eighth hammer Dracula movies. This movie has a great story line. It also has great acting. It also has great special effects. See this a movie. It is a must see. The first eight hammer Dracula movies are a little better. But this is one of the best horror movies ever. This a 70's horror classic. Dracula kills a c.h.i.n.e.s.e man. He shape s.h.i.f.e.s into a him. He goes to China to rise seven vampires that where gold mask and suits. Very scary.

UnderworldRocks Hammer's Dracula series is nothing more than a bunch of old dusty vampire films with pathetic low budget, laughable effects, and ridiculous plots in which the vampires are nothing more than a bunch of weak-ass turtles. This belief was firstly established by watching the trashy "Horror of Dracula" (a film that should be called "A Horrified Dracula"), and a few follow-ups (a series of rubbish) like "Brides of Dracula", and further made solid by this abomination.The story had potential. The idea of Dracula having cross-cultural communication with the Chinese vampires seems interesting. Watching a Chinese priest who's dressed like a Chinese monk speaking Chinese to Dracula and Dracula having no trouble with communicating got me intrigued and made me laugh. A vampire film with Chinese elements would be fun, I thought.Oh gosh. How wrong I was, thinking this piece of crap could have been fun!

Woodyanders Professor Van Helsing (a typically splendid performance by the impeccable Peter Cushing) and his eager son Leyland (likable Robin Stewart) join forces with a team of expert martial artists in order to do battle in China with a bunch of legendary local bloodsuckers led by none other than Count Dracula (essayed with tremendously sinister theatrical flair by John Forbes-Robertson). Director Roy Ward Baker relates the gloriously gonzo story at a snappy pace and delivers a handy helping of bloody violence. Don Houghton's dotty and imaginative script comes through with a wildly inventive and energetic blend of the horror and martial arts genres. The karate fights are staged with considerable rip-snorting brio; it's a total treat to see a surprisingly spry Cushing engage in the strenuous action. David Chiang brings real charm to his part as the earnest Hsi Ching. Providing tasty eye candy are voluptuous blonde knockout Julie Ege as wealthy thrill-seeker Mrs. Vanessa Buren and the lovely Szu Shih as the delicate, yet deadly Mei Kwei. The crisp widescreen cinematography by Roy Ford and John Wilcox offers several spookily effective shots of rot-faced zombies rising out of their graves and hopping down the road. James Bernard's dynamic score hits the stirring spot. A complete blast.