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| “ | I am Dracula, Lord of Darkness, Master of the Vampire, Prince of the Undead, RULER OF THE DAMNED! | „ |
| ~ Dracula |
Count Dracula, or just Dracula, is the titular main antagonist of the Hammer series of Dracula films starting with the 1958 horror film Horror of Dracula.
He is loosely based on the character from the Bram Stoker novel. He is an evil vampire who preys on humans and rules the dead who is killed several times, but comes back to life again and again through various different circumstances from sheere accidents to intentional incantations via black messes.
During the first seven movies the bloodthirsty Count was famously portrayed by the late Sir Christopher Lee, who also played Frankenstein's Monster in The Curse of Frankenstein, Lord Summerisle in The Wicker Man, Francisco Scaramanga in The Man with the Golden Gun, King Haggard in The Last Unicorn, Kato in Mio, My Son, Cushing Catheter in Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Saruman in Sir Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit film trilogies and Count Dooku in the Star Wars prequel films.
In the final Hammer Dracula-Film Lee had no further interest to reprise the part due to the ridiculous script, so the late british actor John Forbes-Robertson took over as Count Dracula.
Biography[]
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Personality[]
Promotional image of Christopher Lee as Count Dracula.
Dracula was a brutal and sadistic vampire who took pleasure in killing people and would often kill his victims in extremely brutal ways.
Despite that, it was often his cruelty that was his downfall. Because of him trying to extend his victims suffering rather than just killing them right away, it gave them opportunities to escape.
He also doesn't care for his servants, torturing and abusing them for failing to kill his enemies. This shows he is truly selfish and pitiless.
Appearances[]
| Year | Title | Directed by | Portrayed by |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Horror of Dracula | Terence Fisher | Christopher Lee |
| 1965 | Dracula: Prince of Darkness | Terence Fisher | Christopher Lee |
| 1968 | Dracula Has Risen from the Grave | Freddie Francis | Christopher Lee |
| 1970 | Taste the Blood of Dracula | Peter Sasdy | Christopher Lee |
| 1970 | Scars of Dracula | Roy Ward Baker | Christopher Lee |
| 1972 | Dracula A.D. 1972 | Alan Gibson | Christopher Lee |
| 1973 | The Satanic Rites of Dracula | Alan Gibson | Christopher Lee |
| 1974 | The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires | Roy Ward Baker | John Forbes-Robertson |
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Trivia[]
- Christopher Lee's performance as Dracula is considered by many critics to be the best cinematic interpretation of the character, alongside Bela Lugosi's.
- Christopher Lee played Dracula more than any other actor.
- Horror of Dracula, Dracula's debut, was ranked 65th best British film ever by Time Out.
- Unlike the Dracula from the original novel who was described as an old man who wore a colourless cloak, this version of Dracula looks significantly younger and had a cloak lined with red, which would become an iconic part of Dracula's image.
- In Dracula: Prince of Darkness, Dracula never says a line, only hissing. According to Christopher Lee, this was because he found the dialogue to be so poor, it was unspeakable.
- Christopher Lee's version of Dracula was noted for its "dark, brooding sexuality".
- In the first film, Dracula only has 7 minutes of screentime and 16 lines of dialogue.
- Empire ranked this incarnation Dracula the 7th Greatest Horror Movie Character of All Time, higher than Lugosi's version.
External Links[]
- Count Dracula (Hammer) on the Pure Evil Wiki
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