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The death of Baron Meinster

posted 14 years ago by childers-3
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I thought that he was already in a very weakened state by all the holy water thrown in his face. He was staggering around there at the end and when the image of the cross was made with the windmill, it finished him off. I liked the ending.

"Well, make something up!"/RG

[–] ElectricWarlock 12 years ago

I liked the ending too. It reminded me of The City of the Dead (AKA Horror Hotel) which came out the same year. In that movie, the shadow of the cross was the only way to kill a witch. It was a really clever way to get rid of Baron Meinster.

Come, fly the teeth of the wind. Share my wings.

[–] greenbudgie 11 years ago

It was a good ending. The Baron Meinster being killed in the shadow of the moonlit windmill cross. And David Peel never came back after that so it did it's job. It took Hammer seven attempts before they could finally nail Christopher Lee as Count Dracula to return no more.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

true

[–] strangenstein (683) 5 years ago

I like it, too. I’ve noticed something interesting about this movie and that scene. Over the years I’ve had many people, during a conversation about movies, reference that scene but they weren’t sure what movie it was from. I think that shows Hammer got it right. It’s an iconic shot and ending to a great vampire movie.