Dracula AD 1972 [1972]

A major guilty pleasure, this is wholly enjoyable tosh. Glum Christopher Lee's Count [who gets all of five lines] lurking in a church as a resurrected Dracula and Peter Cushing's Van Helsing straining to work out what's strange about the surname of Chelsea troublemaker Johnny Alucard [Christopher Neame]. Most fun comes from 'dig the crazy scene, kids'-talking thirtyish teenage Satanists in astonishing outfits, notably pin-up Caroline Munro [looks lovely - but dances by jumping up and down] and a voluptuous Stephanie Beacham, whose cleavage is groped by the entire male cast on flimsy excuses like attaching or ripping away a crucifix.
KIM NEWMAN

First Published In: Empire


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