Taste the Blood of Dracula | |
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Directed by | Peter Sasdy |
Screenplay by | John Elder |
Based on | Count Dracula by Bram Stoker |
Produced by | Aida Young |
Starring | Christopher Lee Linda Hayden Geoffrey Keen Gwen Watford |
Cinematography | Arthur Grant |
Edited by | Chris Barnes |
Music by | James Bernard |
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Distributed by | Warner-Pathé (UK) Warner Bros. Pictures (US & Worldwide) |
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Running time | 91 minutes (cut, US) 95 minutes (uncut, UK) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Taste the Blood of Dracula is a 1970 British supernatural horror film produced by Hammer Film Productions. Directed by Peter Sasdy from a script by Anthony Hinds, it is the fifth installment in Hammer's Dracula series, and the fourth to star Christopher Lee as Count Dracula, the titular vampire. The film also features Geoffrey Keen and Gwen Watford.
Taste the Blood of Dracula was released on a double bill alongside Crescendo, another Hammer production. It was followed by Scars of Dracula, also released in 1970.
The film reached number-one in the U.S. in November 1970, only as part of a double bill with Trog.[1]