At The Begining It Recaps The Ending From the First One and I Love the The Scene Where Dracula Forces Susan Farmer To Drink His Blood The Way He Opens His Shirt and cuts Himself is dark and gothic and It's Funny He Does'nt do it For Veronica Carlson in the next one or any others I see it as This
"Horror of Dracula"
"The Brides of Dracula"
"Dracula: Prince of Darkness
I know everyone else rates BRIDES OF DRACULA in the #2 position, but I put DRACULA PRINCE OF DARKNESS there.
I know BRIDES probably works better as an original story, but I cant' get over the fact that Van Helsing, having defeated Dracula, cannot believably be threatened by any lesser vampire. Hence, there is no suspense for me.
DRACULA PRINCE OF DARKNESS, on the other hand, is just the opposite: Dracula and no Van Helsing. The film has its problems, but I like it more anyway.
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Yeah, this is a rare example of a sequel being a strong and worthy follow-up to an excellent original. Christopher Lee makes for a very fearsome and convincing Dracula in this movie. Both Barbara Shelley and Thorley Walters are terrific as well. And Andrew Keir is simply wonderful as Father Sandor.
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As I've stated in a different thread, I enjoy this Hammer Dracula above all others. "Brides of Dracula" ranks in second place, followed by "Horror of Dracula," in my opinion.
There is something unique about "Dracula Prince of Darkness" that sets it apart from the other Hammer Dracula pics. There's fantastic cinematography, as another thread here indicates, but I think it's the whole build-up and story, which are much stronger here than in the other films. Outside of the flashback from "Horror," Lee doesn't make his first appearance until about halfway through the film. But it doesn't matter because the story of our four travelers and how they end up at the castle keeps you interested and on the edge of your seat.
And Dracula in this one seems more monstrous than in any of the other Lee/Hammer ventures, and I think it's because he doesn't utter any words. Lee was smart to not speak any of the lines they gave him in this one because for whatever reason, it works better without them this time around. What's really amazing about it is that one of the best things about watching a film with Lee in it is hearing his prolific voice. This is an exception. There was only one other film with Lee where he didn't speak, and that was "Curse of Frankenstein." As we know, that one was pretty good, too.