Was Klove supposed to be fully human? He knew to send the carriage for Charles & the gang, and he knew to set the table for four guests. Also, he "called" apparently in a dream to Helen (whom, btw, he seemed to have fun terrorizing), and he knew where to find Diana. And he's supposedly killed in POD, yet doesn't he return in a later movie?
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Gordon P. Clarkson
Klove is fully Human,Father Sandor mentions this .I assume that any super-human powers he appears to have are actually the work of Dracula himself.
So, does the castle, itself, contain the power of Dracula? Or is Dracula's hold on Klove through some other means? I ask this b/c while Klove did all (or most--it's been awile since I've seen the movie)of these things, Dracula was yet to be resurrected--he was just some dust in a vase.
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Gordon P. Clarkson
Dracula still has his power,it is he who lures the two couples to his castle.His body may be temporarily dust ,but he still has his evil soul.
Its a great Movie which I just watched for the first time for several years two days ago.
Yes, it is a good movie, and I love Latham's creepy performance as Klove. Even though one is supposed to root for the "good guys," I couldn't help but love it when Klove freaked out Helen, LOL.
shareI just watched it again, and it never gets old. I guess Klove is somewhat similar to the character Ygor played by Bela Lugosi in "The Son of Frankenstein" and "Ghost of Frankenstein" in that, even though he apparently gets shot dead in one film, he turns up again in another one. In the case of the Hammer Dracula pictures, the next film I believe with Klove in it would be "The Scars of Dracula," when Patrick Troughton played the character.
The Klove character is, however, different in both films. Klove, as portrayed by Philip Latham, comes off as rather odd, but he does seem a little more dignified and trustworthy, at least at first. The Klove played by Troughton is a mess, filthy dirty, doesn't seem as subserviant and has more human emotions than Latham's version.
Many people rate "Horror of Dracula" as the best Hammer Dracula picture. I believe "Dracula Prince of Darkness" is the best one, followed by "Brides of Dracula" and then "Horror of Dracula."
The idea that the castle itself contains the evil spirit of Dracula would seem to fit with the warning given by Father Sandor to the English travellers. He warned them to keep away from the castle, seeming to indicate he felt the place itself was dangerous, because of Dracula's lingering influence.
Remember Helen's line too, when she insists they must leave. She argues frantically with her husband and says, " Everything about this place is evil!"
Then there's the mysterious flickering of the candles and the movement of the drapes by an unexplained breeze when Charles proposes a toast to the late Count Dracula, suggesting that the mere mention of his name can unleash strange powers.
And when he crossed the bridge, the phantoms came to meet him
I heartily concur w\this being # 1 !
-although in some ways i wish to make "Brides" the top one...
-Brides of Drac.has so many merits going for itself :
>Cushing as the venerable Van Helsing
>the lovely women
>the script
>the beautiful Colour
>etc.
alas all we need is Chris Lee and yet the actor who does play the part does a credible job >>>