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Did this film directly parody any of the Hammer films with Christopher Lee?


It's been several years since I've seen this film, but I remember enough about it to confirm that it obviously parodied several different movie adaptations of the original novel by Bram Stoker. I recall that the main two versions spoofed here were the original 1931 classic with Bela Lugosi (such as the Renfield character for example) and the 1992 Francis Ford Coppola film (like Dracula's shadow and his initial hair style that's revealed to be a wig).

But were there any scenes or moments that referenced any of the Hammer films in which Christopher Lee played the count? There aren't any that I can remember, at least not ones that don't already apply to something from one of the other various adaptations. Obviously there are several elements from the original story that were present in most movie versions. Some are also seen in this parody as well as the Hammer movies, but any direct spoofs of the Lee portrayal?

You would think there would be. And if you go to the connections page on IMDb, it lists Horror of Dracula (the first Hammer film featuring the character) as one of the films being spoofed. But I don't remember any times that film is explicitly parodied here. Could it possibly be the overly bloody staking of Lucy or the abundant cleavage seen throughout the film? Sure, Dracula dies by sunlight in both films, but that's also happened in several other adaptions as well.

Anyone have any more info?

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I haven't seen the Christopher Lee ones but it is very similar in story to the 1931 Dracula. Now thinking of it there is a scene in it where Dracula dances with Mina and Dracula's shadow starts having sex with Mina's shadow. There is also the scene where Lucy as a vampire declares to Jonathan that her boobs are British. Other than that it's pretty similar to the 1931 movie for the most part.

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Yet you just started a thread asking this question that you are answering right here.

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Not specifically though the cleavage jokes would definitely be a reference to Hammer Films. The rest is more of a parody of the 1930 Universal and 1992 Coppola Dracula.

Opening village is universal
Renfield is universal
Dracula's shadow and costumes 1992 Coppola
Cleavage furniture is Hammer
Boat ride is universal
The high British jokes are Universal
The bloody staking is 1992 Coppola

It's actually fun to review the jokes based on past Dracula movies.

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What Dracula is about and what he does in no laughing matter. He is evil. Thats why I feel this entire film is a plot hole. I don't want to laugh while seeing Dracula on screen

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I think Mina being horny after Dracula bit her is parodying the 1958 Hammer Dracula. In the Hammer one, she returns home afterwards and acts very sexual. Possibly also the staking of Lucy with the extreme amount of blood; the Hammer one is fairly tame today but it was extremely graphic for the time it came out in 1958 (to put it in context, it was two years before Hitchcock's Psycho had come out).

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