Ben Mankiewicz Intro - Horror Of Dracula (1958)
Ben Mankiewicz introduces Horror Of Dracula, 1958.
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Horror of Dracula - (Original Trailer)
Christopher Lee takes the role of the bloodthirsty count versus Peter Cushing's Van Helsing in Hammer Films' Horror of Dracula (1958).
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Horror Of Dracula (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Why All The Garlic Flowers?
First appearance of Peter Cushing as Van Helsing, in tiny Klausenburg investigating the disappearance of Harker, whom we know died at the hands of Count Dracula, George Woodbridge and Barbara Archer at the inn, in Hammer Films Horror Of Dracula, 1958.
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Horror Of Dracula (1958) -- (Movie Clip) I'm The New Librarian
After readings from his diary that have not quite revealed his true purpose, Harker (John Van Eyssen) is greeted by a mysterious female (Valerie Gaunt), then his host, Christopher Lee (title character), in Hammer Films Horror Of Dracula, 1958, starring Peter Cushing.
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Horror Of Dracula (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Let Me Kiss You
Arthur (Michael Gough), now apparently convinced by what Van Helsing (Peter Cushing) has told him about the death of his sister Lucy (Carol Marsh), visits her grave, the servant girl Tania (Janina Faye) wandering the woods, in Hammer Films Horror Of Dracula, 1958.
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Horror Of Dracula (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Opening
Two simple shots, the opening from Hammer Films Horror Of Dracula, 1958, only the studios second color horror film and the international hit that led to the studios commitment to the genre, starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee.
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Horror Of Dracula (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Those Marks On Her Neck
Mina (Melissa Stribling) has asked Van Helsing (Peter Cushing) for a second opinion on the condition of her sister-in-law Lucy (Carol Marsh), who is suddenly anemic, after her fiancè Jonathan, his colleague, disappeared hunting vampires, in Hammer Films Horror Of Dracula, 1958.
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Horror Of Dracula (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Get Some Color Back Into Those Cheeks
Without revealing that hes a vampire hunter, Van Helsing (Peter Cushing, not seen here) has just told Arthur and Mina (Michael Gough, Melissa Stribling) of the death of Harker, fiancè to his sister Lucy (Carol Marsh), who has strangely taken ill, in Hammer Films Horror Of Dracula, 1958.