Dracula: Prince of Darkness

Dracula: Prince of Darkness
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTerence Fisher
Screenplay byJohn Sansom
Story byJohn Elder
Based onCount Dracula
by Bram Stoker
Produced byAnthony Nelson Keys
StarringChristopher Lee
Barbara Shelley
Andrew Keir
CinematographyMichael Reed
Edited byChris Barnes
Music byJames Bernard
Production
company
Distributed byWarner-Pathé Distributors
Release dates
  • 9 January 1966 (1966-01-09) (U.K.)
  • 12 January 1966 (1966-01-12) (U.S.)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£100,000 (approx)[1]
Box office$2.345 million (rentals)[2]

Dracula: Prince of Darkness is a 1966 British gothic supernatural horror film directed by Terence Fisher.[3] The film was produced by Hammer Film Productions, and is the third entry in Hammer's Dracula series, as well as the second to feature Christopher Lee as Count Dracula, the titular vampire. It also stars Andrew Keir, Francis Matthews, and Barbara Shelley.

The film was photographed in Techniscope by Michael Reed, designed by Bernard Robinson and scored by James Bernard.

  1. ^ Hearn, Marcus; Barnes, Alan (25 September 2007). The Hammer Story: The Authorised History of Hammer Films [The Hammer Story] (Limited ed.). Titan Books. pp. 96–97. ISBN 978-1845761851. OCLC 493684031.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Fox was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966), retrieved 16 May 2019