Favorite Hammer Frankenstein/Dracula movies?
10-18-06, 09:20 PM
#1
DVD Talk Legend
Thread Starter
Favorite Hammer Frankenstein/Dracula movies?
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed/Dracula Has Risen From the Grave
10-18-06, 09:22 PM
#2
DVD Talk Legend
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lyon Estates
Posts: 10,795
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
there's a shot of the castle toward the beginning as the travellers make their way toward Transylvania or something. I think it's even a model, but there's something I've always liked about that shot. Also, the end is pretty good.
there's a shot of the castle toward the beginning as the travellers make their way toward Transylvania or something. I think it's even a model, but there's something I've always liked about that shot. Also, the end is pretty good.
10-18-06, 09:29 PM
#3
DVD Talk Legend
Thread Starter
Did Christopher Lee get a full paycheck for that one since he didn't utter one word?
10-18-06, 11:19 PM
#4
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
Originally Posted by dvd-4-life
Did Christopher Lee get a full paycheck for that one since he didn't utter one word?
Not the best, but my favorites: Brides of Dracula/Frankenstein Created Woman
Kiss of the Vampire, although not Dracula, I think is the best vampire film Hammer made and my all-time favorite Hammer flick.
Last edited by rw2516; 10-18-06 at 11:22 PM.
10-19-06, 07:07 PM
#5
DVD Talk Legend
Thread Starter
Why wasn't Christopher Lee in Brides of Dracula?
10-19-06, 09:56 PM
#7
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: TEXAS!!
Posts: 439
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I loved Brides of Dracula. Thought it was one of the most entertaining of the lot. I also really liked The Vampire Lovers and Countess Dracula (though not really about any Dracula or relative) because of Ingrid Pitt. Horror of Frankenstein is great too just because it's so goofy.
10-22-06, 04:40 PM
#8
DVD Talk Legend
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Cape Ann, Massachusetts
Posts: 10,928
Likes: 0
Received 2 Likes
on
2 Posts
Well, I'm a huge Hammer buff and there's none of these movies I really dislike, so it's hard for me to pick a favorite.
Evil of Frankenstein doesn't seem to get much praise, but I enjoyed that one a lot. And for late-period Hammer, I really liked Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell.
As far as Dracula, Brides might be my favorite, although Prince of Darkness, Dracula Has Risen from the Grave and the first one are all about equal and right up there for me.
Speaking of Christopher Lee's dissatisfaction with Prince of Darkness, on the commentary track (or maybe the home movies), when they show the part at the end where Dracula was frantically looking around for a way to get off the ice right before he went under, Lee says "Yes, I think I was actually looking for my agent at that point."
Evil of Frankenstein doesn't seem to get much praise, but I enjoyed that one a lot. And for late-period Hammer, I really liked Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell.
As far as Dracula, Brides might be my favorite, although Prince of Darkness, Dracula Has Risen from the Grave and the first one are all about equal and right up there for me.
Speaking of Christopher Lee's dissatisfaction with Prince of Darkness, on the commentary track (or maybe the home movies), when they show the part at the end where Dracula was frantically looking around for a way to get off the ice right before he went under, Lee says "Yes, I think I was actually looking for my agent at that point."
