Fleeing the wrath of the Burgomaster, the father of one of his many sexual conquests, young Paul heads out of town and into the forest. He is refused a room at a remote inn and warned not to go to the nearby castle, but is taken there anyway by a strange, driverless coach. He is greeted by Dracula, a seemingly charming man who offers him the hospitality of his home. When Paul is not heard of again, his brother Simon and girlfriend Sarah set off in search of him…..
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Production Details
A Hammer Film production presented by EMI Film Productions Limited, distributed by Anglo-EMI Film Distributors Limited and released through MGM-EMI Film Distributors Limited
Copyright MCMLXX EMI Film Productions Limited – All rights reserved MPAA
Approved Certificate No. 22573
The characters and incidents portrayed and the names used herein are fictitious and any similarity to the name, character, or history of any person is entirely accidental and unintentional
RCA Sound Recording
Made at EMI/MGM Elstree Studim, England
Technicolor 96 mins
Filming Began: 14th July 1969
UK Release: 7th May 1970
Studio:
EMI-MGM Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire
Location:
Scratchwood, Hertfordshire
Stills from film
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Cast & Crew
Red = Uncredited
Crew | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Hidden | Death | Age | Hammer Credited | Hammer Uncredited | Total Hammer |
Art Director | Scott MacGregor | 56 | 22 Oct 1914 | 1 Jan 1971 | 56 | 14 | 1 | 15 | |
Assistant Art Director | Don Picton | 54 | 22 Feb 1916 | 1 Nov 1981 | 65 | 15 | 2 | 17 | |
Assistant Director | Derek Whitehurst | 42 | 2 Oct 1928 | 6 Dec 2005 | 77 | 16 | 16 | ||
Assistant Dubbing Editor | Colin Needs | 27 | 01 Jan 1943 | 01.01.1943 | 81 | 2 | 2 | ||
Assistant Production Accountant | Stuart King | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Based on the character created by | Bram Stoker | 123 | 8 Nov 1847 | 20 Apr 1912 | 64 | 5 | 5 | ||
Boom Operator | David Crozier | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Camera Grip | Peter Woods | 3 | 3 | ||||||
Camera Operator | Neil Binney | 39 | 01 Jun 1931 | 01.06.1931 | 93 | 17 | 10 | 27 | |
Clapper Loader | Roderick Barron | 25 | 16 Aug 1945 | 26 Oct 2016 | 71 | 3 | 3 | ||
Construction Manager | Arthur Banks | 18 | 29 | 47 | |||||
Continuity | Betty Harley | 6 | 6 | ||||||
Director | Roy Ward Baker | 53 | 19 Dec 1916 | 5 Oct 2010 | 93 | 8 | 8 | ||
Director of Photography | Moray Grant | 52 | 13 Nov 1917 | 17 Sep 1977 | 59 | 29 | 29 | ||
Draughtsman | Tony Baines | 3 | 3 | ||||||
Dubbing Mixer | Dennis Whitlock | 42 | 1 Jan 1928 | 1 Jan 2008 | 80 | 13 | 1 | 14 | |
Editor | James Needs | 51 | 17 Oct 1919 | 4 Feb 2003 | 83 | 110 | 1 | 111 | |
First Assistant Editor | Adrian McDonald | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Focus Puller | Bob Stilwell | 32 | 3 Dec 1937 | 10 May 2006 | 68 | 3 | 3 | ||
Hairdressing Supervisor | Pearl Tipaldi | 23 Aug 1993 | 7 | 7 | |||||
Make-up Assistant | Heather Nurse | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Make-up Supervisor | Wally Schneiderman | 48 | 27 Aug 1922 | 8 Apr 2021 | 98 | 3 | 3 | ||
Music Composer | James Bernard | 45 | 20 Sep 1925 | 12 Jul 2001 | 75 | 24 | 1 | 25 | |
Musical Supervisor | Philip Martell | 63 | 6 Oct 1907 | 11 Aug 1993 | 85 | 104 | 1 | 105 | |
Painter | Michael Finlay | 22 | 23 Apr 1948 | 23.04.1948 | 76 | 19 | 19 | ||
Producer | Aida Young | 50 | 11 Aug 1920 | 12 Aug 2007 | 87 | 8 | 6 | 14 | |
Production Accountant | Ken Gordon | 1 | 7 | 8 | |||||
Production Manager | Tom Sachs | 41 | 10 Apr 1929 | 10.04.1929 | 95 | 8 | 1 | 9 | |
Props Buyer | Edward Rodrigo | 60 | 14 May 1910 | 1 May 2003 | 92 | 1 | 1 | ||
Recording Supervisor | A.W. Lumkin | 57 | 1 Feb 1913 | 25 Oct 1985 | 72 | 30 | 30 | ||
Sarah Framsen (voice) | Nikki Van der Zyl | 35 | 27 Apr 1935 | 6 Mar 2021 | 85 | 5 | 5 | ||
Scenic Artist | Bob White | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Screenplay | Anthony Hinds | 48 | 18 Sep 1922 | 30 Sep 2013 | 91 | 84 | 1 | 85 | |
Second Assistant Director | Nicholas Granby | 24 | 19 Nov 1945 | 19.11.1945 | 78 | 6 | 6 | ||
Second Assistant Editor | Stephen Hyde | 19 | 01 Jan 1951 | 01.01.1951 | 73 | 3 | 3 | ||
Sound Camera Operator | David Tappenden | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Sound Editor | Roy Hyde | 50 | 15 Feb 1920 | 28 Jun 1985 | 65 | 30 | 1 | 31 | |
Sound Maintenance | Barry Reed | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Sound Recordist | Ron Barron | 46 | 9 Dec 1923 | 15 Dec 1973 | 50 | 4 | 4 | ||
Special Effects | Roger Dicken | 31 | 15 Apr 1939 | 18 Feb 2024 | 84 | 2 | 2 | ||
Still Photographer | Joe Pearce | 55 | 22 Sep 1915 | 17 Dec 1999 | 84 | 1 | 1 | ||
Stunts | Eddie Powell | 43 | 9 Mar 1927 | 11 Aug 2000 | 73 | 2 | 12 | 14 | |
Third Assistant Director | Lindsey C. Vickers | 30 | 01 Jan 1940 | 01.01.1940 | 84 | 7 | 7 | ||
Unit Publicist | Chris Nixon | 32 | 1 Jan 1938 | 5 Jul 2005 | 67 | 1 | 1 | ||
Unit Runner | Philip Campbell | 18 | 01 Jan 1952 | 01.01.1952 | 72 | 9 | 9 | ||
Wardrobe Assistant | Don Mothersill | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Wardrobe Mistress | Laura Nightingale | 35 | 35 | ||||||
Cast | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Hidden | Death | Age | Hammer Credited | Hammer Uncredited | Total Hammer |
Alice | Delia Lindsay | 25 | 19 Sep 1945 | 19.09.1945 | 78 | 1 | 1 | ||
Burgomaster | Bob Todd | 48 | 15 Dec 1921 | 21 Oct 1992 | 70 | 3 | 3 | ||
Dracula | Christopher Lee | 48 | 27 May 1922 | 7 Jun 2015 | 93 | 22 | 22 | ||
Farmer | Maurice Bush | 40 | 3 Jun 1930 | 1 Aug 1999 | 69 | 1 | 1 | ||
Fat Young Man | Clive Barrie | 2010 | 1 | 1 | |||||
First Officer | David Leland | 29 | 20 Apr 1941 | 24 Dec 2023 | 82 | 1 | 1 | ||
Girl at Party | Olgar James (Anthony) | 23 | 01 Jan 1947 | 01.01.1947 | 77 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Julie | Wendy Hamilton | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Klove | Patrick Troughton | 50 | 25 Mar 1920 | 28 Mar 1987 | 67 | 5 | 5 | ||
Landlord | Michael Ripper | 57 | 27 Jan 1913 | 28 Jun 2000 | 87 | 34 | 2 | 36 | |
Landlord's Wife | Margo Boht | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Paul | Christopher Matthews | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Priest | Michael Gwynn | 53 | 30 Nov 1916 | 29 Jan 1976 | 59 | 4 | 4 | ||
Sarah | Jenny Hanley | 23 | 15 Aug 1947 | 15.08.1947 | 77 | 1 | 1 | ||
Second Officer | Richard Durden | 26 | 8 Feb 1944 | 8.02.1944 | 80 | 1 | 1 | ||
Servant | George Innes | 32 | 8 Mar 1938 | 8.03.1938 | 86 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Simon | Dennis Waterman | 22 | 24 Feb 1948 | 8 May 2022 | 74 | 3 | 3 | ||
Tania | Anouska Hempel | 28 | 13 Dec 1941 | 13.12.1941 | 82 | 1 | 1 | ||
Waggoner | Toke Townley | 58 | 6 Nov 1912 | 28 Sep 1984 | 71 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Footnotes
With this film, Hammer upped the stakes (!) in both the sex/nudity and the violence departments, the latter particularly in the near-sadistic scene where Dracula brands Klove.
Jenny Hanley is the daughter of actor Jimmy Hanley, who appeared in Hammer’s Room to Let (1949) and The Lost Continent (1968).