The Satanic Rites of Dracula

The Satanic Rites of Dracula
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAlan Gibson
Screenplay byDon Houghton
Based onCount Dracula and Professor Van Helsing
by Bram Stoker
Produced byRoy Skeggs
StarringChristopher Lee
Peter Cushing
Joanna Lumley
Michael Coles
Richard Vernon
William Franklyn
Freddie Jones
CinematographyBrian Probyn
Edited byChris Barnes
Music byJohn Cacavas
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia-Warner Distributors
Release dates
  • 3 November 1973 (1973-11-03) (West Germany)
  • 13 January 1974 (1974-01-13) (UK)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office£223,450[1]

The Satanic Rites of Dracula is a 1973 British horror film directed by Alan Gibson and produced by Hammer Film Productions. It is the eighth film in Hammer's Dracula series, and the seventh and final one to feature Christopher Lee as Dracula. The film was also the third to unite Peter Cushing as Van Helsing with Lee, following Dracula (1958) and Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972).

  1. ^ Hearn, Marcus; Barnes, Alan (25 September 2007). The Hammer Story: The Authorised History of Hammer Films [The Hammer Story] (Limited ed.). Titan Books. p. 163. ISBN 978-1845761851. OCLC 493684031.