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Satanic Rites of Dracula [DVD] [1974] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

3.4 out of 5 stars 61 customer reviews

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  • Format: NTSC
  • Language: English
  • Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: R (Restricted) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Studio: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (61 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00005JA8C
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 57,201 in DVD & Blu-ray (See Top 100 in DVD & Blu-ray)

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Format: VHS Tape
Don't buy this video. It's cut. Nearly all the gore and blood has been removed.(3 minutes in total). The result is that a lot of the horror in this movie is gone. The original film was a good Hammer Production, well directed and starring 2 of the best actors: Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. I would rate this movie at least 3 stars in the uncut version. Even the version I once saw on TV was uncut. Therefore this video was a waste of money. I could have taped the full version from TV instead.
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By Trevor Willsmer HALL OF FAMETOP 50 REVIEWER on 15 Dec. 2007
Format: DVD
The Satanic Rites of Dracula (aka Dracula's Vampire Bride) was the swansong of the Hammer-Christopher Lee Dracs, and while not a classic it is a much more interesting attempt to do something new with the material in a modern-day setting than it's predecessor, Dracula AD 1972. Here Dracula is a reclusive Howard Hughes-like tycoon weary of immortality but determined to take the world with him when he goes by unleashing a new and improved Black Death, developed with the help of key government figures who think it's just a bargaining chip to create a new world order. Pitted against him are a couple of British secret service agents whose own boss is one of Dracula's Four Horsemen of the new Apocalypse, a special branch officer and the grandson of Van Helsing and his own granddaughter. The low budget is apparent, but the ideas go some way to compensate (certainly Drac's plan is a more convincing Armageddon than anything Damien Thorn planned in The Final Conflict) and Alan Gibson's direction, though not always successful, shows some imagination.
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Format: DVD
Satanic Rites of Dracula [DVD] [1974] [US Import] [NTSC]Sir Christopher Lee's final - to date - appearance as the Count is in `The Satanic Rites of Dracula' in 1973, again directed by Alan Gibson for Hammer. This time the film is a mixture of motorcycle Afghans, black magic, big business and cellars filled with female vampires. Lee is suitably impressive both as property millionaire D.D.Denham, and when unmasked as the snarling Count himself. Peter Cushing acquits himself as admirable as ever in the part of Lorimar Van Helsing, this time called into battle not only by his old friend, Inspector Murray of Scotland Yard, but also at the request of Colonel Mathews, head of the Secret Service Department, M.I6! But the concept of Count Dracula sponsoring a deadly bacterial research programme aimed at world dominination, "mod" motorcycling thugs as protection for the Vampire, and black magic never settle into a unity, and the film literally ends on a dying fall. Dracula, in pursuit of Van Helsing, who has already failed to kill him with the traditional silver bullet, stumbles and falls into the - for him - deadly embrace of a Hawthorn bush. Christopher Lee combines even in his least satisfactory movies, a grace of action and a mesmeric charm and fatal attraction to Count Dracula, while never failing to bring out the true and very real `evil' of the man. Lee's Dracula is not a love - smitten Vampire prince in search of `eternal love' like film - makers of recent years have portrayed him. He is an extremely cruel and evil Lord of the UN - Dead and Master of Corruption as described by Van Helsing (Peter Cushing) himself gazing at the portrait which hangs in the professor's library.
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Format: DVD
I can understand why this film tends to be dismissed, but I actually think it's a good addition to the series. In comparison with many of the rather po-faced vampire films of more recent years (Coppola and 'Interview', no thanks), this at least tries something a bit different. The sub-plot involving the police and property development (!) is admittedly a bit odd, but in these post-Tarantino years should count as strengths. What do vampires do on their days off? - they invest in the property markets!

Anybody looking for cheap gore, exploitative thrills and a strange direction for the series should look no further. The later 'seven golden vampires' should be avoided, though.
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By The Movie Guy TOP 500 REVIEWER on 3 May 2013
Format: DVD
There is nothing like a Dracula film based on a true story. It seems the British version of the Bilderbergs along with their Proctor & Gamble counter parts are satanic worshipers (something we all suspected because we all got the e-mail). The bad bikers wear animal skin vests. People who are held prisoner at the International House of Satan must have their left sleeve ripped (there are 3, count 'em.) They plan on taking over the world by releasing a deadly yeast infection, worse than the one my wife claimed she had for 10 years. This varmint was exposed to "radioactive neutrons."

Only one man is strong enough to combat a Christopher Lee vampire, and that is a Peter Cushing Van Helsing. The film is campy in a modern sense.

First off neutrons do not become radioactive. They are radiation. It is like saying "ammo bullets." Secondly, silver bullets made from melting down crosses are for werewolves, not really good vampire stoppers. And thirdly, the P&G thing is a joke. God knows they sued enough people.

Parental Guide: No sex or f-bombs. Nudity.
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Format: DVD Verified Purchase
This is, without doubt, the worst DVD transfer of a Hammer film that I have ever seen. As an ardent fan of the genre, I purchased this copy as it was one of the few still required to complete my collection. So, on Saturday night, I slipped the disc into my player and settled down in eager anticipation; it wasn't long, however, before my heart began to sink at what appeared on the screen before me. From the outset, the picture quality was poor; it was grainy and the images blurred, very akin to a pirate copy. Even worse, a company advertising logo (Platinum disc management) lodged itself at the bottom right hand corner of the screen, not just over the opening credits, but at various stages throughout the film's duration. I don't know about you, but I object to paying £19.99 for a DVD only to see an inane logo pop up every 15 minutes to interrupt the flow and spoil my enjoyment of the film.

Aside from the irritating logo and the poor quality graphics, the editing was abysmal with several critical scenes at the denouement being wildly jerky. By then, poor Michael Coles was having a bad enough time trying to rescue Joanna Lumley from Dracula, without the film editor giving him St Vitus Dance to contend with as well. Such sloppiness is inexcusable and I found this continuity fault incredibly distracting. The sound quality was also below par with the dialogue in a number of scenes sounding very muffled. All these faults combined to make viewing this film a chore rather than the pleasure it could have been, if the company concerned in producing the DVD had given a fig about their paying customers. So, if you are a dyed-in-the-wool hammer fan like me, do yourself a favour and don't touch this version with a barge pole. Hopefully, in the fullness of time, somebody else will release a decent transfer of this classic, latter day Hammer film, which it deserves.
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