Scars of Dracula

Scars of Dracula
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRoy Ward Baker
Screenplay byAnthony Hinds
Based onCount Dracula
by Bram Stoker
Produced byAida Young
StarringChristopher Lee
Patrick Troughton
Dennis Waterman
Jenny Hanley
Michael Gwynn
Michael Ripper
CinematographyMoray Grant
Edited byJames Needs
Music byJames Bernard
Production
company
Distributed byMGM-EMI Distributors (UK)1
Continental Films (US)
Release date
  • 8 November 1970 (1970-11-08)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
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.

  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. 138. ISBN 978-1845761851. OCLC 493684031.
  2. ^ Moody, Paul (2018). EMI Films and the Limits of British Cinema. Palgrave MacMillan. p. 91.
  3. ^ 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.