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What really surprises me is how good this film starts, and how dull it gets once Lee appears as Dracula. Four individuals are lost and find Castle Dracula. There, they are welcomed to stay by a very eerie, creepy butler. This guy is terrific. He has the same mannerisms that Lee has in the beginning of "Horror": polite but very scary.

As the movie progressed, I started to feel the same anxiety and terror of the first film. The guests stay overnight but then they start walking around the castle as they hear noises. This section creates suspense and chills because we don't know what will happen next, or how Dracula will be revived. Once Dracula appears though, the movie seems to lose everything. Lee pops up and gives a few perfunctory snarls and runs around, but has nothing to say. Somehow he just doesn't have the presence he had before (maybe because he's bored playing it a second time). In "Horror" he was much scarier even when he didn't have lines. From there, the film never seems to recover.

One question: Why isn't "Horror of Dracula" available on DVD?

Dracula-Prince of Darkness: A must see for all horror fans!!
This film was first released in 1965 and is certainly worth the 90 minates of running time. Filmed in Techniscope, Dracula-Prince of Darkness is about 4 tourists who stray off their destination of Carlsbad and end up within the walls of Castle Dracula. Christopher Lee and Barbara Shelley provide plenty of scares and keep you on the edge of your seats. Plenty of gore and a very tense scene involving B. Shelley towards the end of the film, make this (in my opinion) one of the scariest Dracula films ever. Although Christopher Lee was disappointed that he didn't have a speaking role, I think (in my opinion) it made him more frightning to watch. The only 2 faults I have with this film is the dialog a little weak at beginning and an extra scene or two could have been used at the end. Never the less, an enjoyable film to watch for all horror fans. Cast: Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Francis Matthews, Andrew Keir, Susan Farmer, Charles Tingwell and Thorley Walters. Director: Terence Fisher

A Hammer classic
Dracula, Prince of Darkness tends to get short shrift from the critics, but it is hard to see why. Director Terence Fisher is on top form, delivering some of Hammer studios' most memorable and fascinating images: Klove's pseudo-Eucharistic ritual to bring Dracula back to life; the staking of a female vampire; the Count's destruction at the film's icy climax. Cast are second to none: Christopher Lee reprising his role as the Count; Barbara Shelley as a repressed Englishwoman-cum-vampire; Andrew Keir as Father Sandor, a rough-and-ready Van Helsing-type. Rest of the crew are top-notch: The atmospheric photography is by Michael Reed; the score is one of studio regular James Bernard's best; and Bernard Robinson's set designs are among his most memorable (the castle exterior was shared with the less impressive but still entertaining Rasputin the Mad Monk in the same year).

I found this film riveting as a child, and it still captivates me today. It certainly belongs in the essential Hammer canon, and is perhaps the finest of the Dracula sequels.