Dracula in Whitby Blog

I’ve just read a rather interesting review about Hammer’s ‘Brides of Dracula’.

To be honest, I’d kind of forgotten about this film; there’s no Christopher Lee and the score is NOT by my favourite, James Bernard (Malcolm Williamson does the honours, and rather well too!).

Despite this, the film is vintage Hammer and contains the usual corseted damsels, terrifying music, stylized sets and all rounded off by a huge dollop of repressed Victorian sexuality.

Great stuff!

If you haven’t seen the film before (hell, even if you have!) you must watch it soon.

Let me know what you think.

To read Chris Alexander’s review, click here: Brides of Dracula 

I’ve just watched a snippet of the new Hammer Film called ‘Beyond The Rave‘.

It certainly looks bloodthirsty, contemporary and has some great music.

Is there a certain element of ‘cheese’ or ‘corn’ there? Can’t help feeling that the acting looks a little under par, or maybe it’s the script.

Maybe I need to see the thing in its entirety.

What do you think?

To view a clip from the film, go to: Beyond The Rave

Here’s an interesting snippit about the VERY heavy cape that Christopher Lee wore in his Hammer Films role of Dracula.

Yours truly has seen the said cape at The Dracula Experience in Whitby - not terribly interesting, I have to say, but it does look big and heavy!

Click below to read the blog post…

Dracula’s Cape