| Scars of Dracula | |
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| Directed by | Roy Ward Baker |
| Screenplay by | Anthony Hinds |
| Based on | Count Dracula by Bram Stoker |
| Produced by | Aida Young |
| Starring | Christopher Lee Patrick Troughton Dennis Waterman Jenny Hanley Michael Gwynn Michael Ripper |
| Cinematography | Moray Grant |
| Edited by | James Needs |
| Music by | James Bernard |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | MGM-EMI Distributors (UK)1 Continental Films (US) |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £200,000[1] or £186,000[2] |
Scars of Dracula is a 1970 British horror film directed by Roy Ward Baker for Hammer Films. It stars Christopher Lee as Count Dracula, along with Dennis Waterman, Jenny Hanley, Patrick Troughton, and Michael Gwynn.
Although disparaged by some critics, the film does restore a few elements of Bram Stoker's original character: the Count is introduced as an "icily charming host;"[3] he has command over nature; and he is seen scaling the walls of his castle. It also gives Lee more to do and say than any other Hammer Dracula film except his first, 1958's Dracula.
- ^ Hearn, Marcus; Barnes, Alan (25 September 2007). The Hammer Story: The Authorised History of Hammer Films [The Hammer Story] (Limited ed.). Titan Books. p. 138. ISBN 978-1845761851. OCLC 493684031.
- ^ Moody, Paul (2018). EMI Films and the Limits of British Cinema. Palgrave MacMillan. p. 91.
- ^ Pirie, David (10 September 1973). A Heritage of Horror – The English Gothic Cinema 1946-1972. Fletcher & Son, Ltd. p. 98. ISBN 978-0900406263. OCLC 746521.